Christianity hasn’t changed — the culture has
Oct 10th, 2007 by Jordan
Over the course of the last 1500 years, Christianity has been nothing been nothing but one scandal after another. The principle of papal succession, for example, is an absolute joke — there have been a great number of popes who bought the seat, for example.
What’s so astonishing to me, though, is the fact that after everything Catholicism and the Protestant branch have been through, they remain completely oblivious to the absolute paradox that is organized religion. A pope who pretends to represent a peasant from the 2000 years ago, but wears Prada? Please.
The greatest joke, though, is that for the last 1000 years, Christianity has been the a required part of daily life. You didn’t have the option of saying “No thanks!” without finding yourself on the business end of a pitchfork. But today, as the church’s influence wanes, they remain steadfast in the most foolish of their beliefs and activities. The wonderful thing is that it’s no longer the choice of the church to squelch criticism and demand steadfast belief. There is no more expectation of religiosity, but instead it is simply a choice. Which apparently, many aren’t making any more.