Ouch. Young Earth and all that, I suppose. Speaking of which...
> By and large, Christians are extremely anti-intellectual and hostile to research into the origins of the Bible as they believe the Bible is divinely inspired. Some even go so far as to talk about literal possession of the Bible authors by the Holy Spirit.
At least in the catholic world, the history of biblical studies is very much tied to philology and philosophy. For example, pretty much no one in the catholic clergy will look at creation as a description of real facts, because the genre is not that of a historically accurate description. The idea is that any tool is good if it helps taking more out of what was purportedly inspired by the divine.
Right, which is probably part of why most Evangelicals think Catholics aren't Christian.
After I finished my BA in English, I considered going for a MA in Catholic Studies because it offered an opportunity to study Philosophy, Theology, and Literature in a way that was fascinating to me, but by that time my faith had withered and died.
This is why I became catholic as an adult. I was raised baptist, and became agnostic. Then started attending mass with my now wife. Imo Protestants border on bible (the physical book) worship over all else, and ignore the reality of Jesus sacrifice. Plus the Catholic Church doesn’t require that I lobotomize myself to be a believer.
bonzini|1 year ago
> By and large, Christians are extremely anti-intellectual and hostile to research into the origins of the Bible as they believe the Bible is divinely inspired. Some even go so far as to talk about literal possession of the Bible authors by the Holy Spirit.
At least in the catholic world, the history of biblical studies is very much tied to philology and philosophy. For example, pretty much no one in the catholic clergy will look at creation as a description of real facts, because the genre is not that of a historically accurate description. The idea is that any tool is good if it helps taking more out of what was purportedly inspired by the divine.
redwoolf|1 year ago
After I finished my BA in English, I considered going for a MA in Catholic Studies because it offered an opportunity to study Philosophy, Theology, and Literature in a way that was fascinating to me, but by that time my faith had withered and died.
throwaway1492|1 year ago