sandandfoam
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I've never been to the USA but I do watch telly and mess about on the net, and I'm curious whether people think that European and American Christianity are the same or different?
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I've never been to the USA but I do watch telly and mess about on the net, and I'm curious whether people think that European and American Christianity are the same or different?
I am American but I was mostly educated in the UK (Scotland). I have been back to Northern Scotland where I have extended family.
Christianity in the UK is quite different from the largest group of Christians in America. I found most Scots and English that I knew over 10 years of residence there, to be very flexible about Christian belief. Many who called themselves Christian in the UK, I found to be moderate to very liberal. Many admitted to Genesis and the resurrection of Jesus to be metaphorical stories and not facts.
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Actually alot of the emotions and perceptions comes from our fight and flight response instincts and is more connected to intuition and awareness. This is why medical science fails so miserably with those who have mental illnesses and such. They treat the chemical balance in the brain as the cause and don't realize that it's the effect. Instead of trying to let go of suppressed emotions, the brain gets out of balance trying to rationalise reality into lining up with or figuring out why one feels a certain way. Suppressed emotions are actually the cause but pharmaceutical companies can't make billions of dollars off of drugs when you deal with such truth.Parents object if their child is taught that consciousness, thinking, memory, emotion, speech, perception, and attention are brain circuit functions. They insist on all cognition being taught as a function of the immaterial soul. (Your brain just fills that big space inside your skull.)
Take out the first one, consciousness, and I believe, from my experience when I was a S. Baptist, most would have little problem if explained to them...Parents object if their child is taught that consciousness, thinking, memory, emotion, speech, perception, and attention are brain circuit functions. They insist on all cognition being taught as a function of the immaterial soul.
People used Christianity to both support and denounce slavery in America...Christianity has done the opposite, and supported slavery way further
Christianity in the UK is quite different from the largest group of Christians in America. I found most Scots and English that I knew over 10 years of residence there, to be very flexible about Christian belief. Many who called themselves Christian in the UK, I found to be moderate to very liberal. Many admitted to Genesis and the resurrection of Jesus to be metaphorical stories and not facts.
Parents object if their child is taught that consciousness, thinking, memory, emotion, speech, perception, and attention are brain circuit functions. They insist on all cognition being taught as a function of the immaterial soul. (Your brain just fills that big space inside your skull.)
These confused and ignorant people do not realize that they are cutting their own throats as well as making their children grow up ignorant compared to nations who teach science and math. They will be unable to compete in this century.
Europe, Russia, China, India, Japan, and Korea will produce future workers in a very high tech and scientific research. Most young Americans will mostly qualify for menial jobs. The US economy already is dependent on foreign graduates and the rate is growing.
In 1990, 25% of Doctoral level science/medicine teachers were foreigners. In 2000, 40% of Doctoral science/medicine teachers were foreigners. I talked to the Dean of a local medical school. He said that in addition to teaching staff, the number of qualified (science prerequisites in college) applicants for medical school has dropped. It is dropping so far, US medical schools travel abroad to recruit college seniors and juniors to apply for admission to US medical schools.
And in Europe as well. For instance, British Quakers formally forbade members of their congregations from owning slaves in 1760 and were a major voice for the abolitionist movement, but the Church of England's Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts owned slaves outright in the Carribean right up until slavery was abolished there in 1833.People used Christianity to both support and denounce slavery in America...
I've never been to the USA but I do watch telly and mess about on the net, and I'm curious whether people think that European and American Christianity are the same or different?
I think that it is definitely approached differently and the people themselves behave differently.
I like this example:
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YouTube - Little Britain - St Jesus's Church
I think that it is definitely approached differently and the people themselves behave differently.
I like this example:
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YouTube - Little Britain - St Jesus's Church
My brother-in-law recently stayed at my house becasue power was out in his house. I invited him to attend church with me. He asked what church, ( I tend to change churches as the Lord moves me around). I told him Presbyterian which was what he ws raised. His response was that it would be too boring. He now attends a Four Square (Charismatic) church but he agrred it wsn't as lively (he thought zany better described it) as the Assembly of God church he once attended. I told him that he hadn't really seen zany yet. BTW the church he attends is the fastest growing church in town and the charismatics are the fastest growing group in America. It appears that whatever chaff was left in the mainline denominations is going apostate. I wouldn't be surprised if many old line protestant churches in Europe are fast becoming apostate aslo. I distinctly remember telling someone from the official Danish church that his church was becoming apostate.
Personally, I think being regarded as apostate by charismatics is probably a good sign.It appears that whatever chaff was left in the mainline denominations is going apostate. I wouldn't be surprised if many old line protestant churches in Europe are fast becoming apostate aslo. I distinctly remember telling someone from the official Danish church that his church was becoming apostate.
a good example is a RC nurse who was recently sacked from the NHS is the UK for revealing to a friend that said friends daughter had recently had an abortion. the woman was denounced by several leaders in the UK RC church for this behaviour.
wheras what ive seen of US anti abortion groups this woman would probably be seen as a folk hero and her actions celebrated.
I've never been to the USA but I do watch telly and mess about on the net, and I'm curious whether people think that European and American Christianity are the same or different?
So what you are saying is that Europeans believe in murdering children? This isn't so different from the US. Are you going to tell me there aren't any anti-abotion groups in Europe?
There is most definitely a difference. I think American Christianity was influenced by the Puritans (who we call the pilgrims) who were very, very strict Christians and were Calvinists. Puritans were incredibly strict, they even killed Quakers (Friend's Church). They used to punish sinners by public whippings and stocks. They only wore black and white.