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Post by M. Hawbaker on Oct 1, 2019 16:00:20 GMT
During your daily poring over of The Babylon Bee‘s award-winning coverage of all theological camps, you may have found yourself wondering about the worldview known variably as “theological liberalism,” “liberal theology,” “liberal Christianity,” or “butter in sunshine.” Well, wonder no more! We have put together this short, accurate, plain-English crash course on the essentials of theological liberalism, just for you.
What is theological liberalism? Theological liberalism is a movement that seeks to incorporate various aspects of modern thinking and trends into the Christian faith, while still staying true to the historical Doctrine of Things That Make Me Feel Good Are True And Things That Make Me Feel Bad Are False.
What are its main teachings?
The pillars of Liberal Christianity are best summed up in the famous acronym MUSHY: Make sure not to believe anything that might be embarrassing Under no circumstance should you defy the culture Stay soft and pliable in all things at all times Herald your moral superiority for everyone to see Y believe the Bible tho lol
How did it come about?Theological liberalism stretches back a full 200 years—nearly to the time of the early church. Rooted in early 19th Century enlightenment, the belief system is heavily influenced by the philosophies of Immanuel Kant and Bowtothe Zeitgeist.
Who are some notable adherents?
We couldn’t remember any—check Twitter for users with lots of followers and dramatically staged profile pics flaming this article as “problematic.”
Who are some notable opponents? J. Gresham Machen, John MacArthur, Al Mohler, Vernon McGee, like every Puritan and reformer, Paul, Jesus, the Bible, the very essence of the purpose of biblical doctrine, absolute truth.
Is it biblical? What a horrifically dogmatic question. As always, just the facts. Now you know!
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Post by barb43 on Oct 1, 2019 21:23:03 GMT
Babylon Bee may be a satire sight, but they're pretty doggone accurate quite often. That acronym is a hoot! "MUSHY" ... yeh, that's description is pretty mushy all right.  |
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Post by scott on Oct 16, 2019 14:20:06 GMT
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Post by metroames on Oct 17, 2019 23:28:13 GMT
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Oct 18, 2019 0:53:51 GMT
Mainline Protestantism Declared A Safe Space For Those Offended By The Gospel
LOUISVILLE, KY—While some college campuses have established safe spaces where the disenfranchised can avoid the pressures, biases, and judgement of the world, mainline Protestant denominations are taking it one step further. The entire umbrella group has now been designated a safe space for those who would otherwise be offended by the gospel, sources confirmed Wednesday.
Speaking on behalf of a plethora of denominations including the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the United Methodist Church, a spokesperson issued the following statement: “We are in agreement that there is a great need for churches to rise up and create spaces that are safe for questioning and accepting our identities, doubts, fears, failures, and blatant sins. Effective immediately, we are declaring all mainline Protestant churches safe spaces, where there are no judgments, conviction, repentance, or gospel presentations whatsoever.”
The statement listed elements that safe space churches should remove from their premises, including “crosses, Bibles, pulpits, organs, hymnals, systematic theologies, and sermons exhibiting any form of triggering micro-aggression. Be considerate.” Words like “sin,” “hell,” “death,” “wrath,” “propitiation,” and “substitutionary atonement” are also on the ban list.
On behalf of all of mainline Protestantism, the spokesperson expressed heartfelt joy that they were able to make such a major step toward accepting—and not judging—anyone who may be on a path toward God’s judgment. “Our congregations are now spaces that are safe from the power of God in the gospel, where each person is free to construct their own narrative. That’s worthy of celebration.”
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Post by barb43 on Oct 18, 2019 2:32:53 GMT
Wow! Okay, it's Babylon Bee, but again ... soooo close to true.  |
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Oct 18, 2019 10:43:40 GMT
A good one from "Eye of Tiber" (the Catholic equivalent of Babylon Bee) that shows that concerns over this sort religious wishy-washyness is not just a Protestant problem: Pope Francis Signals Possible Openness To Just About Anything At This PointPope Francis has said that he is open to the possibility of permitting basically anything to address the serious issues facing the Church, unless that thing is not in line with what he thinks. During an interview with the German newspaper Die Zeit, Pope Francis said that traditions and things that date back to times before his election to the papacy would not stand in his way. “We need to think about whether it could be a possibility to begin allowing things that we’re not used to allowing,” he said. “If so, we would need to determine what those things are.” This is not the first time Francis raised eyebrows with comments regarding allowing something that had not been allowed before, or that gave hope to a group of people that thought he would allow something even though he would not. Francis recently discussed the possibility of allowing female deacons, saying theologians should study the example of Scripture. “What did this mean at that time of the Bible? What does it mean today? Seriously, though, I don’t know. Someone please study things and tell me the answer to the things that you studied. In the meantime, I will keep saying things might be permitted until I am told that they are or are not possible of being permitted by me. I beg that you don’t take long because I’m not going to wait for an answer. If confronted with a question, I will say that it should be investigated. After that, I will leave it to you priests, bishops, and laymen to explain to everyone how I was misunderstood and how my words are always taken out of context.” www.eyeofthetiber.com/2017/03/10/pope-signals-possible-openness-to-just-about-anything-at-this-point/ |
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