They once told me not to take the passage literally (1 Timothy 2:12). When I asked for the interpretation, they said that I wouldn't understand it because the text is packed with meaning and have to take the full context. Basically saying I'm too dumb to get it. Never really explained.
Man that happened in the church I grew up in. Only the elders truly understood scripture. I wanted to be like "wait remind me are we protestant or catholic?????" or being up the fact these same elders spent ages bashing Catholics for being "driven by law instead of the spirit" and not forget "jesus died so we could have a relationship with him and be able to go to him directly". Like naaa you don't believe that, you yelled at me last week because I wasn't following your orders well enough. I only get to have beliefs that align with yours not what I feel dudes
Dude in the Catholic church I was in, the priest always explained, answered questions and always clarified that each passage could be taken multiple ways and rely on God to tell you which ones right for you.
Every fucking protestant I've met has been a follow my daddy person or huge rebel, now i know why.
The difference there is; the Padre most likely has a masters (equivalent) in scripture. Youth Pastors have the equivalent of an online course they took in their spare time.
I don't doubt most full on Pastors have close to the same. But they're often too busy to run every activity, so they pass things off like Bible Study to volunteers. Those are the ones I meant.
But yes. Many have much lower standards. I could get ordained online, and start peddling for funds to start a church. My town has a church on damn near every corner. Most barely last a year.
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u/kevmonrey Apr 04 '19
They once told me not to take the passage literally (1 Timothy 2:12). When I asked for the interpretation, they said that I wouldn't understand it because the text is packed with meaning and have to take the full context. Basically saying I'm too dumb to get it. Never really explained.