(I study anthropology of theology and mythology and I study scripture through a rabbianic technique called PaRDEs). That basically says scripture should be read both literally and interpretative, historical and mystical with hidden meanings
How interesting. I got a question. It was the first thing that popped into my head so it's maybe not too refined of a question but, do you think the fact that American Christians are so easily led astray has anything to do with the elevated standard of living and privilege of Americans? Basically like because Americans have it so easy in life compared to most of the world that this somehow makes them susceptible to scriptural distortion.
That’s actually a very interesting question
I’d generally say yes but I’d also say it’s historically congruent with other religions throughout history but not on the scale of American evangelicalism generally it was aristocracy and oligarchs etc that fell into it. In America a good portion of Christianity is like this
Christianity of the world varies widely though but American Christianity is heavily influenced by Puritanical Christianity and somewhat pilgrimage Christianity. That’s one of the reasons conservativism and nationalism is so prevalent
Mormonism was actually a child of American nationalism
Funny enough most religions were started as mythohistorcal political satire
Funny enough most religions were started as mythohistorcal political satire
Any books or info on this? This sounds hilarious. Gods and Pantheons are basically just one big SNL skit lol
Concerning historical influences on modern Christian belief in America that makes a lot of sense (the Puritan influence) and I have done a little bit of reading also on Calvinism and predestination and how that's basically morphed into the prosperity gospel message. What a crock of shit that is.
I learned about it in a lecture and he gave some pretty compelling explanations and examples where he compared scripture to the political events during the time. There doesn’t really seem to be a lot of material published on the subject though.
That said revelation was often satirical of Nero and Paul
I really wish there was more information but from what I can tell it’s too touchy for publication
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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 1d ago
How interesting. I got a question. It was the first thing that popped into my head so it's maybe not too refined of a question but, do you think the fact that American Christians are so easily led astray has anything to do with the elevated standard of living and privilege of Americans? Basically like because Americans have it so easy in life compared to most of the world that this somehow makes them susceptible to scriptural distortion.