sebastiansdreams said:
To the contrary, the composition of the New Testament and many other such components of "dogma" were all voted by a show of hands
You have evidently missed some of my earlier posts on the subject and I won't repeat the length of them here.
However, those whose religious principles follow Christ directly from the Last Supper to today understand two things.
First, the writers of the New Testament were working under Divine guidance.
Second, the popes, as successors to Peter, the Vicar of Christ on Earth, are infallible when they teach a matter of faith or morals. Nothing democratic; solely autocratic.
Over the years, a number of dissidents have decided to go their own way and found their own religions. Henry VIII, who raised the level of a marital dispute to a whole new religion is, perhaps, the best known of these. Numerous other defections, splits, branches and divisions have produced a profusionre of religions which have the word "Christian" in their names.
The dogma of many of these sway to and fro as the winds of fashion, popularity, indignation, and political correctness effect their congregations.
It's interesting to watch principles which have been considered sacrosanct for several millenea suddenly swept away by a show of hands because somebody came up with the idea that they were no longer relevant.
The same folks who enjoy watching activist judges rewrite law from the bench are right in there rewriting the Ten Commandments.
If you have a little free time this weekend, would you like to get together and found a new religion? Bring a list of your likes and dislikes and we'll work them in with mine.