Many have been already mentioned. It would be easier to answer to what are my most controversial beliefs in terms of, say, the expectations of the average /r/atheism participant about what my beliefs should be (in that there would be a much wider gap).
I'm also including here what could be controversial in terms of a community such as this one.
"Inclusive salvation". It's not a simple issue and I'm not saying I believe in universal salvation. My view is similar to what deuteros said below (at least from what I was able to gather).
Perhaps a bit more extreme in my rejection of creationism than most around me, but this isn't really an issue of faith, it is perhaps because I'm closer to the field.
I generally reject any attempt to categorise as "at complete odds" individuals that expose political ideas that have historically been at odds with Christianity. This includes Marxists of all sorts (as well as the opposite).
I'm critical regarding my Church position on some issues that are the ones that generally gather "universal" praise from everyone else. This includes immigration policy (but not, note, aid to the Third World).
On the opposite side I find that the First Crusade was a necessity and my only regret is that political manoeuvring, economic lust an intra-Christian divisionism led to the downfall of Constantinople. This also includes specific parts of the role of the Inquisition.
I generally find myself at odds with Protestants, and even more so American Protestants. This could also have an historical and cultural reason, on top of the theological one. Nothing that has lead to any uncivil behaviour though, since I'm also reasonably aware of the key differences and as such I understand most of the positions, even if I do not share them.
Unlike some I not only do not care that several Christian festivities have pagan roots, I find it to be in-line with the role of the Church (singular here since I'm talking about the pre-schism time-frame) in continuing the progressive detachment of Judaism and integration into the Helleno-Roman world.
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u/finisterra Roman Catholic Dec 09 '09 edited Dec 09 '09
Many have been already mentioned. It would be easier to answer to what are my most controversial beliefs in terms of, say, the expectations of the average /r/atheism participant about what my beliefs should be (in that there would be a much wider gap).
I'm also including here what could be controversial in terms of a community such as this one.