Outrage?

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Unfortunately, many of you're points there are too true. There are few enough Christians in the world today, and those who claim to be, many are not true Christians. Many have chosen to see it as a sign of the times... Sometimes I agree.

Looking at Church history it’s easy to see where you are coming from. I do not mean to insult any Catholics that are here, but point (4) is very true. My father was brought up a Catholic before he got saved, and he tells me that the reading of the Bible is not banned, but neither is it encouraged. Its only in relatively recent history that the Bible has been allowed to be read in secular Catholicism, so there are bound to be many people who do not know a lot about what the Bible actually says. This is what My Father tells me from his experience; please correct me if I am wrong...

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Hookbill, I am not Catholic and no longer Christian but I have to say that what you are implying is rather arrogant and insulting. It is arrogant for a start to assume you are saved - and that members of a different Christian denomination with a different tradition and perspective are ignorant of their religion. The bible and Christianity are not the same thing all though clearly you belong to a "bible based" denomination. The traditional teachings of the church have a greater role in the longer established denominations such as Catholicism - particularly Catholicism which feels a great sense of continuity with Saint Peter. You may not agree with it but you are clearly not in a position to say they are ignorant.

As for bible reading - I very much doubt that it was banned as such although it certainly had limited access before printing and when all books were writtten in Latin. The development of the printing press certainly coincided with the rise of protestantism. Access to the bible in English meant that people could read and make up their own minds and reduced the power of the priests as instructors and sole interpreters of Holy Writ....... how ironic that fundamentalist protestants now seek to limit access to books. La plus ca change .............