Is it possible to dismiss the role of secularisation/growth of secular values in dialogue with Christianity?

Question

There are substantial differences between the ethic of Jesus, an itinerant charismatic who attracted a group of followers who went with him around rural Galilee , and the ethic of Paul of Tarsus, who founded communities in urban settings and had to lay down regulations for their behaviour. Christianity changed when it came into contact with the Greek world and changed again when it became the religion of the Roman empire . That explains why by the beginning of the second millennium, the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church seem in many respects to be so different from the ideals of their founder. The Catholic Church split, and we now have in the West the Roman Catholic Church, stamped, for example, by Roman law.

The Catholic Church split, and we now have in the West the Roman Catholic Church, stamped, for example, by Roman law. Then later, with the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the rise of modern science, many assumptions which Christianity had from the start or picked up along the way came to be challenged, and often rightly so, from outside Christianity, latterly in fact from the ‘secular world’.

Thus for example for a long time Christians had no objection to slavery and Christians owned slaves: slavery had been taken for granted in the world in which it came into being and Paul expresses no objection to it.

Answer 1

Very Good Malcolm! Now tell us all about the different splits within our Islamic faith.

Answer 2

No. Cultural influences as well as secular influence changed the attitudes through contact with different aspect of the religion. In other words, it the story was created by humanity in its search for a divine being and to stamp meaning onto our existence. But what people forget to see, is that these stories were written by people with faults of their own. Yet, the descendants take these as the gospel truth. Hence the reason why some cultures look for justifications for slavery.

Answer 3

Jesus isn't the problem. Nor was Jesus ever the problem. People for an example like Constantine, took Christianity to entirely perverted level to justify their agendas.

Answer 4

Secular thought and secular human desires have always effected religious doctrine of all kinds to meet human needs.
Let us hope that secular values are more widely adopted and that we are saved from religious nuts of all kinds. It may be the only way for our species to survive.

Answer 5

You are here with an agenda. Click on your icon and follow your agenda. I won't give you the time of day. Your obsessed with your agenda and it's easy to figure you out.

Answer 6

Paul sucks

Answer 7

religous institutions tend to serve itself mostly.
people need to pray themselves.

Answer 8

u must give me money to see!
JC!

Answer 9

Look I'm sure you are a really nice guy. But please....