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Ceasing to be Christianity...
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 11:26 pm
by _moksha
Was glancing at the MD&D board and was taken with this quote.
MiserereNobis wrote: I think once Christianity stops being idealistic, radical, and naïve, then it stops being Christianity.
What are your thoughts on this?
Re: Ceasing to be Christianity...
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 2:48 am
by _huckelberry
Not knowing any context to the remark I can only remark with an immediate impression. I cannot consider a Christianity having lost ideals to be Christianity. I think many people would find it easy to agree with that. I have some reservations about radical. The word is at least potentially naïve and vain. I do not see any particular place for naïvété accept that it is a naturally occurring condition for people. Vanity occurs a lot for the same reason.
Re: Ceasing to be Christianity...
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 1:46 pm
by _subgenius
radical?
Re: Ceasing to be Christianity...
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 7:22 am
by _moksha
subgenius wrote:radical?
Think of this in terms of Joseph Smith creating a religion that was radical in nature, rather than as a concept which becomes threatening as a religion grows stodgy in nature.