Well, you are a heretic... there is no hope for you ;)
The trouble is with the Conservative Christians is the horrible fact they are encouraged to be ignorant of the Bible and Biblical scholorly commentary.
Yes. Yes. YES. And yes again, I say.
Last year it fell to me to teach a few days of Uncle Tom's Cabin to a collection of sophomores, and I had a very hard time containing my overwhelming antipathy for the sort of ignorance that Stowe and mid-century evangelicals promoted. I had to tell them I didn't like the book much (which understated my position considerably), and then try to explain the theology without going off into virulent tangents.
It's just... Yeah, it may be holy, but it's socially irresponsible. That's why, in the middle ages when people felt they really needed to adhere closely to the tenets of their faith, they joined monasteries.
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The trouble is with the Conservative Christians is the horrible fact they are encouraged to be ignorant of the Bible and Biblical scholorly commentary.
Yes. Yes. YES. And yes again, I say.
Last year it fell to me to teach a few days of Uncle Tom's Cabin to a collection of sophomores, and I had a very hard time containing my overwhelming antipathy for the sort of ignorance that Stowe and mid-century evangelicals promoted. I had to tell them I didn't like the book much (which understated my position considerably), and then try to explain the theology without going off into virulent tangents.
It's just... Yeah, it may be holy, but it's socially irresponsible. That's why, in the middle ages when people felt they really needed to adhere closely to the tenets of their faith, they joined monasteries.