/christian/ - Christian Discussion and Fellowship

The Problem of Pain will discuss Genesis in allegorical terms, which is something that some posters on this board take an issue with. Also it will briefly touch on topics such as the relationship of possible space aliens with God, and it'll spend a chapter discussing the possibility of the salvation of animals. I don't know of these are big problems to you, but I've seen posters object to them before.

And Mere Christianity has been criticized as a sneaky promotion of Ulster-style Protestantism, which is, again, something certain posters on board may have a problem with.

>>802496

He takes a non sectarian approach albeit within the bounds of mainstream Christian orthodoxy with a few theologoumenon here and there although I've only read his 'Mere Christianity'. Quite a safe read imo.

Dr. Jones likes him apparently.

>>802510

Glad to hear that; I like his talks, even if I don’t least agree with him: smart and great person, and a true defender of the true Christian counterrevolutionary spirit.

Christians today are so limited it's ridiculous. they are limited by degenerate Canadian, UK, USA, and Australian degeneracy.

the Narnia series is my favorite children's literature tbh

>>802496

The greatest theologian of the 20th century.

Loved by most streams of Christianity it seems. Funnily, his own denomination fell into literal faggotry. They may be the only ones who dislike him now.

>>802542

And which denomination was that? I always thought he was nondenominational

>>802547

I heard that he was Anglican

>>802547

He was an Anglican. Episcopal in America. Who now have openly gay and lesbian bishops, and a tranny priest in Vermont (who is currently applying to be a bishop).

Actually, just to add, to Anglican's credit, they've "censured" the Episcopal church at the moment and placed some kind of 3 year ban on them, advising them to repent of some of these things. Especially Episcopal priests officiating over gay marriages.

So the Anglican Communion itself might be a little better off.

>>802557

Its growing very quickly in the global south at the moment. This influx of more conservative Africans now make up the majority of bishops in the communion and are reversing some of the heretical decisions made in Canterbury since the 1970s.

Its really quite a bizarre spectacle, you have the old seats of power in England and America with all their magisterial glory being forced to recant on their liberalism by provinces that are incredibly young, and one would think, more likely to be progressive. Have a look at GAFCON, its rapidly catching up to the Lambeth conference in terms of importance and really shows the global trend to orthodox reaction.

>>802504

Could Genesis be both literal and allegorical? As in all the people actually lived, but the timeless and mysterious Holy Spirit influenced the scripture in a way that it becomes not only a historical writing, but also a moral lesson for Christians? Anything is possible with God, etc.

Sorry if I sound retarded

>>802683

>As in all the people actually lived, but the timeless and mysterious Holy Spirit influenced the scripture in a way that it becomes not only a historical writing, but also a moral lesson for Christians?

That's an accurate description of about 99% of the historical events described in the Bible, so yes. Though if it literally happened it technically can't be an allegory; the accepted term for this phenomenon is called "typology". For example, Isaac allowing himself to be almost killed is a metaphor for how Christ would later allow Himself to be killed, except that this literally happened so Isaac isn't a metaphor for Jesus but is a type for Jesus.

>>802567

Moving away from England will be good for Anglicanism. Traditional Anglicanism holds some genuine merit, but its major failing is that it's a state church. The problem with state churches is that they tend to fail when the state decides it doesn't like churches anymore, for example all of the state Lutheran churches in Scandinavia. There's a rumor saying that Prince Charles isn't going to accept the position as head of the Anglican Church when he's king, and if this is true that would actually be for the best for Anglicanism, as this will un-bind it from the wishes of the radically anti-Christian UK government.

>>802567

That's good to know. I sometimes refer to Anglicanism with harsh criticism, but I actually wish the best for it's members. They gave us the KJV, after all (among many other useful materials), and strived for an ideal middle ground between Protestantism and Catholicism (a place that rightfully belongs to Orthodoxy imo, but in the past, the only option for that was Anglicanism). CS Lewis himself may have been the ideal Anglican who embodied some of that. As I said earlier, he seems to be loved by just about everyone.

>>802688

Strangely, his dad was baptized Orthodox. And Phillip's mother practically became an Orthodox nun as a widow (and founded an order of nuns). Not to mention all of the "Windsor" ties to the Russian Tsar's family. It's too bad that they probably won't push more in that direction..