1) Catholicism is connected directly to Jesus through Peter. It also boasts the most impressive intellectual apparatus as a religion (the Jews have probably produced more great thinkers), and has maintained its massive following in the world by the grace of God, manifested in felicitous and various leadership throughout history, despite some famous and catastrophic errors. It is unique in that it was instituted on a mass scale by an institution (the Roman Empire) attempting to reform itself, rather than through a schismatic break.<\/p>\n
Tehzcl aba-gurvfg. Nzrevpna fgenvtug juvgr pvfznyr. 24, whfg cnffrq zrqvna naahny vapbzr sbe gur pbhagel. Jbb!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
2) My tradition has neither added to the deposit of faith handed down to the Apostles, as the Roman Catholics have, nor subtracted from it like the Protestants. Also, beauty is more central to our epistemology than to that of other traditions, and we\u2019ve survived centuries of minority status, first under Islam and then under Communist atheism, in relatively good shape.<\/p>\n
Envfrq va gur Puevfgvna genqvgvba \u2014 Rnfgrea Begubqbk \u2014 gung V fgvyy orybat gb. Znyr, 23, envfrq fcrnxvat n aba-Ratyvfu ynathntr ng ubzr.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
3) I think that\u2019s a very misleading question \u2013 at the end of the day my tradition agrees with the essentials of the Nicene Creed, as do Roman Catholics, as do all the other protestants. We differ on nonessentials sure but we all have the essentials the same.<\/p>\n
Rinatryvpny cerfolgrevna, cuvybfbcul CuQ fghqrag.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
4) Liberal, mainline Protestant traditions don\u2019t exactly proselytize with vigor, but I think it should be trusted precisely because it doesn\u2019t ask to be trusted. As with the question on sin, judging how close one is, or a religious tradition is, to God is fraught with deception. Many religions claim a mantle of Truth, but ultimately, one has to rely on one\u2019s own moral, ethical, spiritual, and logical reasoning abilities.<\/p>\n
Yrsgvfg, Ngurvfg, Fpvragvfg, Wrjvfu<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
5) Widespread primary source support with solid historiographical backing (Gospels + Paul\u2019s letters). Many other factions\/traditions appeal to \u2018once upon a time,\u2019 or fail to provide significant eyewitness details plus an unbroken line of succession\/transmission of ideas. Historically speaking, 2000 years isn\u2019t that long. We have other ancient documents from that time period that are reliable, and the Gospels + Paul\u2019s letters pass historiographic tests swimmingly.<\/p>\n
Znyr, 27, Cu.Q., Puevfgvna, pbyyrtr cebsrffbe.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
6) The Catholic tradition can trace its roots back to the very founding of the Christian faith- there is an unbroken line who have been burdened with keeping the original traditions alive which have remained intact for thousands of years. Plus, the pope is the direct intermediary between God and humanity, and this position has been occupied since the first bishop of Rome, Peter, who was the first leader of the Christian faith after Jesus.<\/p>\n
V\u2019z n tenqhngr fghqrag va ratvarrevat jub pbzrf sebz n Puevfgvna onpxtebhaq. Nobhg 5 lrnef ntb V unq n \u2018qrpbairefvba\u2019, naq zl pheerag cuvybfbcul vf orggre qrfpevorq nf n uhznavfg.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
7) I\u2019ve grown up in my sect (Episcopalian!) my whole life, and accept I\u2019d probably be something else if I\u2019d been born somewhere else. The point isn\u2019t the specific theological claims that any sect makes. I think we are doing our best to create a loving community that encourages people to develop their relationship with God in a positive way. That\u2019s all I can really ask for.<\/p>\n
Zvq 20\u2019f, fgenvtug juvgr urgrebfrkhny znyr ngurvfg, zbgure\u2019f na Rcvfpbcnyvna, sngure\u2019f na ngurvfg, yvir va Jnfuvatgba QP, cbyvgvpny betnavmre, ovt byr areq<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Go on and make your guesses!<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0Which of these were written in earnest, and which were someone\u2019s best approximation of how someone across the religious divide would answer?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is part of the 2015 Ideological Turing Test series, where Christians and non-Christians test how well they understand one another. \u00a0In this first round, Christians answer the prompts honestly, and atheists try to answer them as they expect the Christians to. \u00a0Your job is to see if you can spot the difference. \u00a0You can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":11348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[241],"class_list":["post-11355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ideologicalturingtest","tag-christian-turing-answers-2015"],"yoast_head":"\n
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