Before everyone piles on the jokes, this could be the Next Gen version of “Erasmus and the Binding of the Will.”
I have been looking for that extremely erudite thread but seemed to have lost it. I provided a few modest posts to that thread but would love to reclaim it.
Let me stake out my territory here: I may not be a Catholic anymore but Catholicism has and should never be “cafeteria style.” If you want to broadly interpret the Bible to meet your individual circumstance — have at it. You just aren’t a Catholic: you are a Protestant.
Admit it, leave the Church and move along. Take Birth Control? You’re a Protestant. Lust in your heart? Lutheran (OK, that’s a joke).
You get the point.
I have always believed that Catholics BELIEVE in an IMMUTABLE set of standards. It doesn’t mean you are a bad person for not hewing (I left).
But if you believe that Catholicism is the Church upon which Peter founded Jesus’ church, you don’t get to pick and choose. And that includes Papal Infallibly.
The Bible will never be embarrassing — it is uplifting. The choices we make may very well decide the choices God makes when we pass on.
Salvation: I lost track of the other RCC folk but I am sure you have some great input on this important topic.
Good post, I agree.