/lit/ - Literature

>>20163843
"Seek what is good, and you shall live"
Amos 5:14

>>15350478
Nigger, do you not read things you quote? For example:
>This will mean an intense and patient reflection on his part and a readiness, if need be, to revise his own opinions
>if need be, to revise his own opinions
>if need be
Clearly implying that sometimes there is no need to revise your own opinion because while opposition cannot be justified by lack of understanding or the opposite case being more likely, it can be justified by the opposite case being certain, for example, by previous doctrines, or scripture.

Furthermore, if you read a bit further from what you quote we get this:
>His objections could then contribute to real progress and provide a stimulus to the Magisterium to propose the teaching of the Church in greater depth and with a clearer presentation of the arguments.
Which clearly suggests alterations.

In addition, this all refers to theologians, not laymen. It's about preventing damage to the Church done by, not skeptical, but outright combatative theologians, and nowhere in the text does it mention sin.

If you have any intellectual honesty you should now admit your mistake and move on.

>>14392995
>The Bible has significant literary merit though
Understatement of the year. It's such a fundamental part of the very essence of Western society it's ridiculous. It doesn't matter whether you're a Christian or not, it's absolutely amazing, and the best book I've ever read.

It's a crime that it's being forgotten about in modern western society. The common cultural history is going away, and a new rapid internet culture has taken its place, with references going back only a few months, or rarely, a few years.

As for Reddit, they're intellectually poisoned, and weak. It's society at its worst, no individual user is to blame. People act "reddit" on reddit. That's why it's almost always discussed in the abstract, or used as an adjective "that's so reddit", etc.

>>11582864