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[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

This is a widely acknowledged idea that a large part of the the reformation was a return to bare bones, back to basics sola scriptura Christianity. In fact it's a common charge from the time that still lingers today within protestantism that Catholicism is mere pagan idolatry. As a catholic I know first hand that if a prot isn't complaining about the Marian aspect of Catholicism or making terrible interpretations of the book of john they're banging on about how we're just pagans pretending to be Christians.

I've never heard the charge reversed though.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Exactly, it's also one of the reasons why I prefer Catholicism over Protestantism.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Same. When people say that my first response is always guilty as charged. Imagine disregarding the genius of Greek philosophy because they weren't Christian and it's not in the Bible.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It goes deeper than that. Those are our roots as a race. Disregarding the ancients is deracinating ourselves.