Did you know that Christianity in India isn't exactly a new thing that began with 19th-century European missionaries? Indeed, according to Christian traditions, Timothy, one of Jesus's own disciples, converted Indians to the faith over nineteen centuries ago. Even to this day, most residents of far-eastern India (the area between Bangladesh. Myanmar, and China) are Christians rather than Hindus, Muslims, or Buddhists.
While you are correct about ancient Christianity in India, it was actually in south India. There are higher than average Christian populations at the southern tip of India, the Christians in the eastern region you mentioned are mainly Protestants who were converted from animism or Buddhism by European and American missionaries.
Typically, "LGBTQ+ Affirming" Christians will be either one of two people. The more conservative ones often follow more along the "hate the sin, not the sinner" group of thought and so have compassion and acceptance for LGBT people, seeing it as just another type of sin that a person struggles with, like jealousy or addiction. The other group will typically take a much more liberal interpretation of the scripture, often arguing that the original scriptures were written to guide people in ancient times and that, in the modern day, some of its prescriptions are outdated. This is a similar argument to how the topic of slavery is covered in the bible. At several points, the bible makes prescriptions on how one ought to treat their slaves, and the typical reasoning in the modern day is that the bible was written under the guidance of God by ordinary people, and so, not all of the prescriptions that were made in ancient times hold true today. For the therapy thing, many people have a very liberal interpretation of Christianity, believing in God and the existence of Jesus and his impact, but not in many of the core tenets of the religion. For thought groups like this, it's important to recognize that, for a lot of people, being Christian is more of a cultural thing, where the practice of Christian traditions and philosophy is oriented more so around community than it is the bible or church. This type of thought is also becoming more common as secularism rises in many Christian countries, and many people take the bible to be mostly metaphorical rather than literal. I'm not saying any one of these groups of thought is correct or saying that anyone who follows them is or isn't a true Christian, this is just what I've observed in my life.
Then there’s the people who try to make scholarly assertions by saying the certain translation and context doesn’t actually condemn homosexuality. (that’s just what i’ve seen)
The orthodox church used to be a "Byzantine thing", but since the disappearance of it it's become a "Russian thing" despite it being spread throughout much of Eastern and Central Europe As someone from a traditionally majority orthodox country (Serbia) if spread out the orthodox ch a bit more towards low-church and liberal, simply to actually encompass all the different traditions Redeemed zoomer is from the USA and almost all of the orthodox churches there follow the Russian tradition, and I presume he views orthodoxy as a Russian thing as I mentioned before, I'd say the Russian tradition is more high-church and conservative than others The believers don't necessarily always reflect the church beliefs but despite slightly less than 90% of the Serbian population identifying as orthodox, only about 30% of the pop believes in an afterlife, less than 8% of people go to church on any regular basis, and about 70% of people believe in any sort of God (I can't find these studies/polls right now but I may be able to find them later if you're interested
I would suggest checking out The Aesthetic City "What Makes Buildings Beautiful" to see why a lot of modern architecture seems ugly and dull. He does a very good job diving into the core causes.
There are two types of Christians that allow for lgbt stuff, first are those who dont care and dont think about it, and those who do and realise it is not for one man to judge another, if God truly hates them, they will find out. Many Christians, even those active in churches, dont really hate lgbt. However those that do are very loud about it. Either way "Jesus said love your neighbor as yourself"
It is however for God to judge and he gave us the command to judge righteously, God himself in the Old Testament Law and then again through the Holy Spirit to Paul in the New Testament firmly denounces homosexuality and other LGBT stuff as sin. I'm not going to claim the Church has always handled it perfectly but to call out the sin that is at the root of LGBT movements etc is fulfilling the command of God and the command of Jesus to love our neighbours as ourselves. The command is that we rebuke with gentleness to lead others to God.
@@Jack29245well odin says to sack your abby and take your gold, should i? Cause i have been operating on us all getting along but if you want this smoke we can get the long boats out again.
@@doktordanomite9105 1. You're making an assumption that I'm American and voting a particular way, there is more of the world than just America you know right? (Assuming you're even talking to me I'm not actually sure with this one but the point stands anyway) So, I'm not American, I'm British, and I'm 21 so I haven't even had the opportunity to vote in a British election since I've been old enough. 2. No, because Odin is a pagan god and doesn't exist, the Christian God does, if you would like proof go look at all the fulfilled prophecies Christianity has, our God has successfully proved his existence countless times and recorded it in a book for us in such a great way: by telling us the future centuries before events take place.
I am a Seventh day Adventist and i adhere to all principles of historic Christianity, we didn't start from scratch most of us came from traditions such as the Methodist, Baptist, or some other denominations of the 19th century. I believe Jehovah's witnessess and mormons shouldn't be included as Christians, but Adventists and Chruch of Christ yes.
You know I have a lot of respect for other denominations, before not so much but over the years as my relationship with God has developed I’ve learned to view other denominations as different ways to achieve the same goal, and while I may not agree with all of them we all have the same goal and believe (at the core mostly) in the same things. Plus you guys got Desmond Doss, that’s enough to endear me to you guys 😊
3:22 Pope is the "king" of the Catholic Church. Orthodox has there own religious ruler. As well as im sure some of the other denominations do. There is a even more Christian groups then the ones he lists these are usually considered the "major" ones though
to specific Orthodox doesn't have one, but many "popes" that are called patriarchs. They are a bit like archbishops (Primate; weird name in polish we call it Prymas) in catholic church - head bishops for given country/region
@@knightspearhead5718 he's powers in the church are nothing close compared to catholic pope tho. Putting it onto country politics analogy - pope in catholic church is like president in presidential system (guy who runs the show) and ecumenical patriarch in orthodox church is like president in parliamentary systems (more of a ceremonial position)
About the icons in Orthodox Churches, the Catholic Church has rites and churches that have a lot more icons. The theology of the icons is that we are praying with the saints in heaven. Bible Illustrated has a good video about icons.
Why would supporting LGBT be not compatible with Christianity. Like sure, it's against Bible in some cases, but so is gender equality. And let's not forget that bible supports slavery. Not all Christians follow Bible literally, for some it's just a book of parables and learning.
You said it yourself why it's not compatible, it's against the clear teaching of the bible in both the Old and New Testaments. Anyone who believes the bible is JUST a book of parables and learning is not a Christian either.
@@Jack29245 Like the user said: gender equality is against the bible, and slavery is supported by it. You can't just ostracize people based on the traits they were born with, on the basis of a book that you already don't TRULY follow, because if you were following it to the letter, you'd be a horrible human being, since you'd support owning people and be against women's rights.
As a pagan this is also how we view mythology and lore, not as the words of the gods, but the words of men about gods. I really respect this form of Christendom. So long as you are pluralistic with others we are good.
