"This humanistic, secular mess that we call relativism, and that we call secularism, this problem where there is no idea of absolute truth, and one person says, 'Well, I wanna live the homosexual lifestyle.' And you say, 'Well, I think that's wrong.' And they say, 'Well, that's fine for you, then you go have a traditional marriage, but we're each free to do whatever we want.' This relativism we see in the schools, this did not start with some pagan, or secular, or atheist, this comes right out of the heart of sectarian Protestantism. Why? Well, obviously, no one forsaw this. But when you say that Christianity is no more than your conscience and The Bible, what you're really saying is Christianity is no more than the individual conscience, why? Because The Refomers may have said, Sola Scriptura, The Bible only, but in the end, who's interpreting That Scripture? The individual. And so, really, what you're talking about is not Sola Scriptura, The Bible Alone, Sola means alone, but simply, sola...because in the end, the fact of the matter is according to the 1989, UN statistics, there are now 23,000 Protestant Denominations that have come out of the sectarian, American Protestant experience lately, with an average of five new ones forming a week...your liturgy is this kind of instant liturgy of personal conscience. It's the Monday morning, women's Bible Study, version of Christianity. 'Whatever Jesus layed on my heart, I'll just spout out.' As thus saith The Lord. It's the Friday night, pastor preparing his sermon, because, unlike an Orthodox Church Where he's Facing The Alter, And he's not putting on a show for the people, but Rather Leading The Priesthood Of All Believers In Worship, the sermon becomes a show. Spirituality is the feeling you have after a good sermon. The music is supposed to fill you somehow emotionally and give you that lift. And I kept wondering, well why so trivialized? Why so hollow? Where's The Dignity? Where's The Glory? Where's The Honor? Where's The Worship? Where Is The Still, Small Voice in all these entertainments we call Worship today?" -Frank Shaeffer, Author And Convert From Protestantism To Eastern Orthodox Christianity
"This humanistic, secular mess that we call relativism, and that we call secularism, this problem where there is no idea of absolute truth, and one person says, 'Well, I wanna live the homosexual lifestyle.' And you say, 'Well, I think that's wrong.' And they say, 'Well, that's fine for you, then you go have a traditional marriage, but we're each free to do whatever we want.' This relativism we see in the schools, this did not start with some pagan, or secular, or atheist, this comes right out of the heart of sectarian Protestantism. Why? Well, obviously, no one forsaw this. But when you say that Christianity is no more than your conscience and The Bible, what you're really saying is Christianity is no more than the individual conscience, why? Because The Refomers may have said, Sola Scriptura, The Bible only, but in the end, who's interpreting That Scripture? The individual. And so, really, what you're talking about is not Sola Scriptura, The Bible Alone, Sola means alone, but simply, sola...because in the end, the fact of the matter is according to the 1989, UN statistics, there are now 23,000 Protestant Denominations that have come out of the sectarian, American Protestant experience lately, with an average of five new ones forming a week...your liturgy is this kind of instant liturgy of personal conscience. It's the Monday morning, women's Bible Study, version of Christianity. 'Whatever Jesus layed on my heart, I'll just spout out.' As thus saith The Lord. It's the Friday night, pastor preparing his sermon, because, unlike an Orthodox Church Where he's Facing The Alter, And he's not putting on a show for the people, but Rather Leading The Priesthood Of All Believers In Worship, the sermon becomes a show. Spirituality is the feeling you have after a good sermon. The music is supposed to fill you somehow emotionally and give you that lift. And I kept wondering, well why so trivialized? Why so hollow? Where's The Dignity? Where's The Glory? Where's The Honor? Where's The Worship? Where Is The Still, Small Voice in all these entertainments we call Worship today?" -Frank Shaeffer, Author And Convert From Protestantism To Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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