God bless you; if indeed I could see that 99.94% agreement I would not be running the series. What I see, however, are, to pick a few examples, accusations of the Catholics being deceived into a cult by power-hungry priests, of ignorance and rejection of the Holy Scripture, and of idolatry. That is 0.06%?
This thread is not so typical, because the author is not arguing with anyone, he is simply telling his own story. For that, he is immediately dismissed as an airheaded student, hardly a charitable attitude either. If you peruse the links at my first post, you will see little evidence of “99.94% agreement”, which is a pity and a scandal.
“If you peruse the links at my first post, you will see little evidence of “99.94% agreement”, which is a pity and a scandal.”
I would respectfully agree with the earlier poster that the major denominations all in agreement on the core of the gospel. (Don’t know about 99.44%, though.) Certainly crucifiction, death, resurrection of Jesust the Christ for our sins. Even sola scriptura folks hit 90+%.
Could some denominations have it more right that others?
Sure.
If you haven’t noticed, there are actual mohammedians and pagans and satanist and materialists/secularist who want to thwart (and/or kill) Christians of every type.
THIS is a very real war against the body of Christ, waged by Satan.
Given the seriousness of said war, it seems best to put aside denominational differences (for now — I am not saying they are not legitimate) and concentrate on real enemies.
In this regard, someone switching from Roman Catholic to Methodist or whatever this story was about seems, well, very Northern Ireland.
I mean seriously -— a believing Baptized Christian is a Baptised Christian and, full communion or no full communion, will end up in heaven.
Stories of mohammedians (who would go to Hell) switching to Roman Catholic? Now THAT’s a legitimate event.
“What I see, however, are, to pick a few examples, accusations of the Catholics being deceived into a cult by power-hungry priests, of ignorance and rejection of the Holy Scripture, and of idolatry.”
Sure, that kind of garbage is exactly the kind of thing that is not constructive -— and takes up 99% of inter-denominational dialog.
There is ample shared theology, and seldom discussed.