Liberal Christianity vs Christian Fundamentalism
There has always been a tension between those who have a liberal perspective and those who have a fundamentalist perspective on anything in life. This is for good reason, those with liberal views believe change is necessary and those with fundamentalist views believe that change is not. When you apply these two ways of thinking to a religious text such as the Christian Bible you get a separation within a religion. Between the two ways of thinking the Bible is one of the few things that does not change which is why it is the root of their separation. Although many forms of Christianity may seem to blend together, different Interpretations of religious text can greatly impact the beliefs and …show more content…
They understand that when the events in the Bible took place the world was very different from the world we live in today. This causes them to have a loose interpretation of the Bible. The first thing that changes when they have such interpretation of the Bible is the respect they have for science. They understand that for the time, the story of creation was one of the first conclusions humans came to when trying to answer the question of how our universe came into existence. Then they look at what science has since discovered such as evolution and see it as a more reasonable explanation. The first thing people think when someone supports science is that they are denying God as creator. Liberal Christians do not deny the fact that god is responsible for our world they just believe that he did not create it how the Bible says he did. The next difference in beliefs is in regards to non-heterosexual relationships. This is a good example of how Liberal Christians notice our changing society and adapts the Bibles core values to it. They believe that genuine love should not be a sin whether it is between two men or two women. There is no reason to unacknowledged any form of marriage and love is love no matter the …show more content…
There is a basic set of ideas that all Christians agree on but one of the main reasons for the many different branches of Christianity is the Bible. The Bible and how it was formed has led to many different ways of interpreting it that naturally not everyone is going to agree on. This disagreement is the reason we have an extreme division like the views of liberals and views of
There has always been a tension between those who have a liberal perspective and those who have a fundamentalist perspective on anything in life. This is for good reason, those with liberal views believe change is necessary and those with fundamentalist views believe that change is not. When you apply these two ways of thinking to a religious text such as the Christian Bible you get a separation within a religion. Between the two ways of thinking the Bible is one of the few things that does not change which is why it is the root of their separation. Although many forms of Christianity may seem to blend together, different Interpretations of religious text can greatly impact the beliefs and …show more content…
They understand that when the events in the Bible took place the world was very different from the world we live in today. This causes them to have a loose interpretation of the Bible. The first thing that changes when they have such interpretation of the Bible is the respect they have for science. They understand that for the time, the story of creation was one of the first conclusions humans came to when trying to answer the question of how our universe came into existence. Then they look at what science has since discovered such as evolution and see it as a more reasonable explanation. The first thing people think when someone supports science is that they are denying God as creator. Liberal Christians do not deny the fact that god is responsible for our world they just believe that he did not create it how the Bible says he did. The next difference in beliefs is in regards to non-heterosexual relationships. This is a good example of how Liberal Christians notice our changing society and adapts the Bibles core values to it. They believe that genuine love should not be a sin whether it is between two men or two women. There is no reason to unacknowledged any form of marriage and love is love no matter the …show more content…
There is a basic set of ideas that all Christians agree on but one of the main reasons for the many different branches of Christianity is the Bible. The Bible and how it was formed has led to many different ways of interpreting it that naturally not everyone is going to agree on. This disagreement is the reason we have an extreme division like the views of liberals and views of