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Mainline Protestantism ‘Gone from’ Christianity; Santorum Just Lost the South
Gulag Bound ^ | February 21, 2012 | Arlen Williams

Posted on 03/09/2012 12:54:15 PM PST by unspun

...I Believe, Michigan too, I Fear

 

Update:

This update is made simply to point out the problem with Rick Santorum's speech, excerpted below, as many are apparently having difficulty seeing it. I apologize for not making it clearer, earlier.

The problem lays in two sentences:

“And of course we look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country and it is a shambles. It is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it.
"...mainline Protestantism.... It is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it."


2/19/2012 @ 1:50pm CT

It was almost an excellent and critically important speech, but then...

(Excerpt) Read more at gulagbound.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: bigotry; blogpimp; christianity; kitties; mlprotestantism; protestantism; ricksantorum; romneyquotes; santorum; santorumcatholic; santorumoldspeech; santorumreligion; santorumspeech; zot
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To: 9YearLurker
Maybe this will help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_Protestant

Thank you, but I don't need the help.

BTW, I was raised in an American Baptist Convention church ("northern" as this wiki article states). I accepted Christ as my Savior, there. Like my father, I attended school in an ABC institution of higher learning.

I can assure you that along with the many devout Christians in all of the "mainline" denominations, whether in the pews, pastorates, or academia, they are not "gone from the world of Christianity," whatever errors exist. I won't go on here about them.

I won't go on about the errors in the Roman Catholic church, either. That would be unseemly.

41 posted on 03/09/2012 1:21:19 PM PST by unspun (It's the Sovereignty, Stu... | We are Gulag Bound)
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To: unspun; mrreaganaut

Most people confuse ‘mainstream’ Christianity with “mainline Christianity”. Mainline refers to certain Protestant groups who were directly on rail lines in certain orders.


42 posted on 03/09/2012 1:22:09 PM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian "I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: Jemian

Thank you for overlooking the bungled grammar that resulted from fast typing and a lack of proofing. ;-)


43 posted on 03/09/2012 1:22:37 PM PST by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: Jemian

Thank you for overlooking the bungled grammar that resulted from fast typing and a lack of proofing. ;-)


44 posted on 03/09/2012 1:23:30 PM PST by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: unspun

No one should have to hear a Presidential candidate, give his interpretation of religion. Is he a theologian or a lawyer turned Senator? This is the only topic he is comfortable with, or he would be addressing the vast complex issues facing this nation. This is his pattern, lose a little ground, make controversial religious statements, bring the focus back to his comfort zone. Might work a little in the primaries but in the general, forget it, people will reject him immediately.


45 posted on 03/09/2012 1:24:52 PM PST by Toespi
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To: unspun

This is old stuff pushed by romney supporters on the web.


46 posted on 03/09/2012 1:24:57 PM PST by Linda Frances (Only God can change a heart, but we can pray for hearts to be changed.)
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To: Jemian
My point is that NO, HE HASN’T LOST THE NON-CATHOLIC VOTE.

This is the second time they've made that declaration over these comments from a while back. It wasn't true then and it isn't true now. The fact is that we protestants are his firmest base of support because we know how true his words are.
47 posted on 03/09/2012 1:26:16 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: SoConPubbie

48 posted on 03/09/2012 1:26:38 PM PST by unspun (It's the Sovereignty, Stu... | We are Gulag Bound)
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To: unspun

“However, I hope none are bigoted or haughty enough to dictate which handfuls of tares, and the wheat along with it, may be uprooted, and called “gone from the world of Christianity.”

You don’t have to be either bigoted or haughty to exercise discernment or spot obviously false teachings. ECLA and the Episcopal Church have, eg, adopted officially false teachings at a high level. The teachings are directly contrary to scripture that spans thousands of years and their doctrines have been adopted with knowledge of that scripture.

Paul did not suggest we listen to false teachers. He didn’t run around calling them “Christians” so as to be PC. As to “matters that may be disputed,” we should not create doctrinal battles (Romans 14). But as to the clear lines in scripture, Paul fought like a lion.


49 posted on 03/09/2012 1:28:36 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: DManA

“There is a time and place to say these things. A Presidential stump speech is NOT the place to say it. For about a 1000 reasons.”

That right there is the core issue here.


50 posted on 03/09/2012 1:29:31 PM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: unspun

I agree. “Mainline” churches are leftist, in my opinion.


51 posted on 03/09/2012 1:30:17 PM PST by Politicalmom (Lazamataz for president!! NO MORE RINOS!!)
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To: Linda Frances

And you think the democrats aren’t going to use this “old stuff?”


52 posted on 03/09/2012 1:30:38 PM PST by Toespi
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To: RitaOK

I’m glad he’s staying on message, and not getting distracted by trivialities like Obamacare, unemployment or debt.


53 posted on 03/09/2012 1:35:03 PM PST by trappedincanuckistan (livefreeordietryin)
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To: I_Like_Spam

ARRG! I wish people would stop posting this ancient stuff.


54 posted on 03/09/2012 1:35:36 PM PST by DManA
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To: unspun
(sighs and rolls eyes...again)

Do you even know what the speech was and to whom it was intended? It was at Ave Maria College, a conservative Catholic school. The intent was to make sure the Catholics do not follow what the some branches of Anglicans and Episcopalians have done with gay marriage, etc.

That's what he meant by mainline Protestants, not to be confused with Evangelical Protestants. It was also given while he wasn't in office, nor campaigning for office.

55 posted on 03/09/2012 1:36:12 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Time for brokered convention)
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To: SoConPubbie

The mainline churches are the “Seven Sisters” of the traditional Protestant establishment:

American Baptist Churches USA,

Christian Church-Disciples of Christ,

The Episcopal Church,

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,

The Presbyterian Church USA,

United Church of Christ

The United Methodist Church

Those churches were the pillars of establishment Protestantism. However, in the past 50 years they have rejected orthodox Christianity and replaced it with relativistic neo-pagan philosophy with a thin veneer of “Christianity” that questions the divinity of Christ.


56 posted on 03/09/2012 1:36:58 PM PST by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: unspun

Mainline Protestantism — United Methodist, Episcopal, United Church of Christ, Presbyterian Church in the US, the Evangelical Lutherans, etc. — has by and large departed from anything recognizable as Christian orthodoxy. Conservative, traditional Christians still in those denominations would understand quite well what Santorum is referring to, and I don’t know that his comment would necessarily hurt him in the south. I have been to churches of many denominations in the south and I, as a former evangelical Christian, and now an Orthodox Christian, have always felt at home.

Having said that, whenever I hear Santorum talking like this, I wonder if he is running for President or is on an evangelistic tour.


57 posted on 03/09/2012 1:38:43 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican
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To: cripplecreek
My grandmother walked away from her lifelong Methodist church when the pastor tossed the bible on the floor during a sermon while declaring it irrelevant in today’s world.

yikes... Did that really happen? I knew the UMC folks were way out there, but usually I would not have expected them to be so blatant.

If Santorum wanted to make a point, he probably should have said that what claims to be Christianity in America today is not Christian. People might like to claim the Name, but they reject that He IS Saviour (the only Saviour) AND Lord.
This disease afflicts many so-called Churches -- not just those that are grouped under the Protestant banner.

58 posted on 03/09/2012 1:39:21 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Linda Frances

—This is old stuff pushed by romney supporters on the web.—

I’m thinking Newt supporters. If this killed Santorum, the “not-romney” vote would no longer be split.


59 posted on 03/09/2012 1:40:56 PM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: unspun

This is weeks old, btw...


60 posted on 03/09/2012 1:41:29 PM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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