Leftism in religion is a path to oblivion, as well as to far lower regions.
Thought for the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
That’s sadly the path chosen by Jorge the Heretic and his successor.
Pray the Tridentine persecution, somehow, ends.
The fact is, a significant number in many of those denominations don’t believe the Christian Faith is actually true. They believe it’s worthwhile in the sense that any philosophy that has bits and pieces worth embracing is worthwhile. But I knew many who no longer believe the faith claims themselves ever really happened. Any more than Perseus really killed Medusa or Harry Potter really goes to Hogwarts. I believe doubts about that preceded those denominations later chucking traditional Christian morality, FWIW.
I’ve heard the argument that there are now two denominations of Protestantism, mainline and evangelical.
Pinky: To my mind, I would make it three and add Pentecostalism as the third. The New Apostolic Reformation seems to be getting its second wind and becoming ever so influential. The “Seven Mountain Mandate” is big right now because of President Trump. So, all these pentecostal themes are making inroads at this moment in time.
Mainline Protestants decided to attune themselves to the world and, unsurprisingly, proved themselves to be a far less appealing version of that world.
I’m not much into marketing, but the concept of “differentiation” seems to apply. If you don’t offer a viable alternative, the customer will go with the easier, more economical option.