[The milder and innocent form of adaptation or inculturation of local customs to convey and enhance the belief is not only acceptable but indeed desirable.]
Desirable? Desirable to the Indulgence/tax collecting Roman Whore of Babylon perhaps.
There are plenty of Christian sects that get along just fine without poluting the waters of baptism with the local pagan sewage.
[What you implied by syncretism was a combination of beliefs.]
The Bity Bunny failed....
Maybe you should try a large wooden badger next time?
What we have here is a stunning display of ignorance which one must expect from those attempting to secure an education from disparate and isolated threads in scanning a random sample of internet sources. Take some serious courses in religious and American history and perhaps a more enlightened contribution to discussions and debates on matters that are currently above one’s pay grade may be entertained.
Having been confronted with irrefutable historical and scholarly data including US Supreme Court pronouncements that America is a Christian nation, one shifts to remarks of Jefferson. When rebutted by the actual conduct of Jefferson one slithers to lack of Washington monuments recognizing our nation’s Christian heritage. When then reminded of the National Cathedral paid for partly by funds from the US Congress and used for commemorating major national events, one scampers to syncretism implying a “fusion” of beliefs. When advised of the chasm of differences between beliefs and inculturation of local practices to enhance faith, the respondent replies with pictorial caricature. Such is the stuff of those used to swimming in shallow waters try to entering the deep end of the pool of knowledge.
Now you see, those of us here on Free Republic who believe in free markets and have endeavored to obtain for ourselves a platinum-plated education at considerable cost and sacrifice cannot continue to educate ignoramuses for free. This is a principle, I’m sure all FReepers will accept.
