Evangelicism is not all Christianity
May. 4th, 2023 08:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragoness_e2019-12-17:
I've noticed that. And the atheists who came out of Evangelicalism tend to assume that the Evangelical level of theology is all Christianity has, and argue their "gotcha" points against Evangelical theology, while those of us who are familiar with older theologies are like, "You know the Catholic Church and the Jewish Rabbis both came up with comprehensive answers to that over a millenia ago, right?"
Problem with Evangelicalism is it's Every-Man-For-Himself with NO institutional memory or experience, just Spontaneous Individualism. A Gospel of Personal Salvation and ONLY Personal Salvation, everything else Is All Gonna Burn. And since they have no institutional experience, they keep reinventing the wheel over and over. I remember Evangelicals arguing theological points that the historic churches made a decision on CENTURIES ago, repeating the Same Old Mistakes that the RCC settled when years AD had three digits. If you're always Reinventing the Wheel (or returning to the Altar Call), how can you ever grow beyond that?
I've noticed that. And the atheists who came out of Evangelicalism tend to assume that the Evangelical level of theology is all Christianity has, and argue their "gotcha" points against Evangelical theology, while those of us who are familiar with older theologies are like, "You know the Catholic Church and the Jewish Rabbis both came up with comprehensive answers to that over a millenia ago, right?"
