Bill Leonard says the Fundamentalists have Won

[Stephen Fox]

See his piece at Baptist global news.

Almost everything he says is a watershed moment. But this may be the biggest yet.

I have taken it up with the Cherokee Chronicle in Gaffney SC where my friend Tommy Martin--his sister finished Furman three years ahead of me and was in the Beta Club at Gaffney High when I was a freshman; as Tommy says Christianity as we know it is being eradicated by leftist zealots. I responded with an emphasis on the evils of fundamentalism.

Will let you know if my letter is published and how it plays in the stompin grounds

[KeithE]

Here is the article. I have not read it yet.

[Haruo]

Stephen missed the word "almost" in the title of the thread.

[KeithE]

[Haruo]

I'm for it, but don't see a way for US to "return ALL Christianity" to any prior or ideal future state. The Trinitarian doctrinaire stuff, I am convinced, was the outgrowth of various bishops fighting for the right to steer the Roman Empire their way.

[KeithE]

[Sandy]

[Jim]

[Haruo]

Keith, I wasn't talking about the doctrine of the Trinity, but rather about being doctrinaire about it. The sort of thing (standard in many orthodox circles) that leads to "we are Christians, you are not. Why not? Because you deny the doctrine of the Trinity" sort of thing. I think Trinitarianism is clearly post-Biblical, and in its current official form(s) isn't a whole lot older than Nicaea. Let alone filioque!

[KeithE]

[Haruo]

I just ran across this blog post (from a link in the FB group Liturgical Theology) and it made me think of this thread.