Would Chrisitans of yesteryear accept todays Christians?

Question

Seriously?
The Christian Church of today is completely unrecognizable from the Early Christian Church -- indeed, if the two could ever meet, they would denounce each other as heretics. No Christian today could even begin to defend the Absolute Truth that the Church proclaimed a short time ago. This included the following beliefs:

* The earth was flat, in accordance with its many descriptions in the Bible. Catholic bishops warned Columbus that he would fall off the edge of the earth for his lack of faith.
* Comets were not celestial bodies obeying the laws of physics; they were fireballs thrown in anger from the right hand of God, and they were messengers of doom and despair.

# The ordinary events of nature were not caused by routine laws of nature, like physics or chemistry. Instead, they were the result of magic, miracles, and angels or demons who actively caused and intervened in ordinary events.

# Living in abject filth, debasing the body, and refusing any sanitation or hygiene was viewed as a glory to God, and a means to salvation. Many saints were praised for refusing to wash for most of their lives! (It showed that they were not "vain" or "proud.") John Wesley's famous remark that "Cleanliness is next to godliness" was a decidely modern viewpoint, one that greatly reduced the plagues and diseases that ravaged Europe.

# Both disease and insanity were either a punishment of God or a possession by devils, and using modern medicine to thwart the will of God was a sin. When Dr. Zabdiel Boylston first inoculated his own son against smallpox in 1721, the Church immediately attacked him; they claimed that injecting someone with a weakened strain of smallpox was "poisoning," and that it was blasphemy "to infect a family in the morning with smallpox and to pray to God in the evening against the disease."

# Lightning was also considered a punishment of sinners by God; when Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod, Christians everywhere bitterly assailed him for robbing God of his judgment.

What sayeth todays Christians...would olde time Christians burn you at the stake?

Answer 1

No. Most Christians today are from the devil. Fooling them selves.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

That flat world crap is medieval nonsense. Bible doesn't say its flat.

Pretty much all your points are medieval ideas from catholics who didn't read their bible and added lots what they felt were imrovements.

First century church followed the jewish laws of cleanliness.


Medieval church would be disgusted with how people dress (from people being half naked to women in pants and having head uncovered), that women are in positions of power.

First century christian with more of a understanding in Greek philosphy and reasoning would likely have had more in common with modern chrisitians than would unreasononing supersititious medieval catholic europe.

Answer 4

Modern Christians are not as good of people as they used to be. Technology hasn't really helped us, either. God's will is not being put to the test. Still, part of me is glad that I'm a Christian in this day and age because I love my church so much.

-Lella^_^

Answer 5

Man you are one confused puppy. Especially trying to entwine Christianity and Catholics. I don't know what you are possibly thinking of what you are trying to describe as a Christian church, because you certainly have you facts mixed up with what is what church.

These people are certainly not Christian.

Answer 6

You're speaking of Christians who chose to live under the law, not according to salvation of Jesus Christ. Paul was certainly not like those you mention.

Answer 7

no, because the church today has learned to conform to the world's standards. they have learned to compromise and be tolerate to the point that no one would recognize them as being Christians. sad..huh?

Answer 8

hmm i could see why the romans killed so many christians well i am in no place to say i am not a christian anyway

Answer 9

no, they're always changing the interpretation of the bible to suit their needs for that time and that makes the intolerance evolve....

Answer 10

Yes they would.