"Our Message is Not That Simple"

Posted on the 20 June 2013 by Brutallyhonest @Ricksteroni

Nicole Demille is waxing eloquent on a message much hated:

The biggest misunderstanding I encounter about the very broad topic of Christianity is that it's a relativistic, open ended, and fuzzy sort of business.  That it is NOT an exact science, with tomes written about it, with a formula, with defined Truth and a history of defending it against heresies and lies.  I know a handful of people who "get it" and the rest, quite candidly, still have a very blurred-edge idea of who Jesus is, why He came, what His divinity entails, and, on a whole other level, what Catholicism teaches about these things.  And for how LONG we've been teaching it!  (Hint: the beginning of Christianity).
I almost wish we had Catholic Chickesque tracts.  But our message is not that simple.  If you have the faith of a child, if you have been GRACED with that, then you may not ever encounter complicated theology. But if you have an educated mind and you let many forces influence you and fall in love with many things created, then you have to counter balance those things with not equal but GREATER parts theological.  The risk of NOT doing this is, that when you reach a crisis point, a death in your family, an illness, a loss of a job, a betrayal by a friend, or a critique of your Church by a friend of relative, you're going to crumble like a gluten-free saltine.  Because you have heard the words that you should build your house on rock and not on sand, but the truth of the matter is that you have used very very firm sand and called it rock. There is only one rock, only one Petra, only one Bride of Christ, only one Christ Himself. 

She's only getting started.

If you're interested in going beyond the simple, then reading her piece would prove fruitful.

If not, then hey, have a nice day simpleton.