>> I was commenting on the same brand of Protestantism which Gamecock spoke of when he said:
>> The cause of this universalist view is the decline of doctrinal teaching in churches today, the very thing many of us on the GRPL have been railing against for years. Doctrine doesn’t matter we have been told. Do what it takes to get people in the door. Dumb down the service. Talk to people where they are. Smile a lot. Don’t talk about sin. Just tell them God loves them, period.
Clearly neither you, nor Gamecock, has been to a Protestant church in my neck of the woods. Sure, there are those Protestant churches that deemphasize sin in favor of comfort — there are also Catholic churches that ordain Preists with certain sexual proclivities that would preclude a true understanding of sin.
I don’t paint with a broad brush by presuming that Catholic theology condones homosexuality (or worse) simply because of the behavior of a few Priests, and neither should you presume that the existence of a few more lighthearted Protestant churchgoing experiences dictates the theology of the Protestant Church at large.
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I don’t paint with a broad brush by presuming that Catholic theology condones homosexuality (or worse) simply because of the behavior of a few Priests, and neither should you presume that the existence of a few more lighthearted Protestant churchgoing experiences dictates the theology of the Protestant Church at large.
Teaching and actions are two different things. Yes, there were homosexuals ordained. That was wrong. The Church has never taught it was correct. You just admitted that some Protestants TEACH what I called "me-and-Jesus" theology (you claim it is deemphasising sin and emphasising comfort). And what the heck is the "Protestant Church at large"? Is that Anglicans, Lutherans, Calvinists, Methodists, Shakers, Baptists, etc. all coming together?