/lit/ - Literature

>>17119652
"In this world you will have trouble. But take heart; I have overcome the world!"

>>17047769
>there's nothing based about Christianity

Filtered.

Doesn't Aquinas himself mention that Plato and Aristotle are the limits of what normal human reason can achieve? Aquinas, and most theologians, have never disputed that the Greeks and the Romans are formidable.

What the Christians assert is that they LACK something. They lack the divine revelation of Jesus Christ, who came into history and communicated about God directly with mankind. The pagans do not have this; they can't have this, because Christ came after most of them were dead. Yet we cannot make sense of the world without Christ, because He has changed everything.

I mean what are you even doing if you're critiquing the Christians and not taking account of Christ Himself? I feel like this is a big problem with /lit/. /lit/ doesn't fucking get this really fundamental, essential element of the Christian project. The big thing that makes Christianity different from the pagans is that it has the person of Jesus Christ, with the Incarnation, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection. If you don't get that you're never going to understand Christianity and Christian thought. Everything powerful and meaningful about Christianity flows from the person of Christ, the Man-God, who lived and died and then lived again. Why does /lit/ have such a hard time wrapping their heads around how important this is?

Genesis was real
Moses wrote the Pentateuch
David wrote the Psalms
Jesus rose from the dead

These are the only proper opinions to have.

I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I believe He was crucified, and after three days He literally rose from the dead and later ascended into Heaven, and that He is God Almighty, ruler of the universe. I believe the Catholic Church is the One True Church of Jesus Christ, founded by Christ Himself on the head of Simon Peter and sent out into the world at Pentecost. I believe that the Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, God's instrument on Earth, left behind to do His will until He comes again at the end of time.

These beliefs are utterly unshakable in me. I would die for them, and I'd kill others for them, also.

THAT is why I'm Catholic.

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>>14582259
Imagine having your authority end when you die.

How embarrassing would that be?