Why Sola Scriptura Honestly Scares Me

http://www.patheos.com ^ | July 22, 2013 | Ryan Adams

[NKP_Vet]

"So let us cast aside the false promise of “Just-me-and-my-Bible” Christianity, let us remove the crushing burden of telling every individual Christian, no matter how poor, uneducated, or illiterate, that he must be his own theologian and that his soul hangs in the balance, let us remove the hypocrisy Protestant pastors are forced into by the doctrine as they permit for themselves a right they prohibit for the members of their congregations, and let us be honest, with the Catholic Church, about the matter: Sola scriptura, and the absolute right of private judgment which it entails, is simply not God’s plan" ~ Jimmy Aiken, Catholic Convert from Protestantism

[vladimir998]

Anyone have some popcorn?

[Fungi]

Nonsense. Don’t have time to address this in full, but your premise will not stand the test of scripture.

[Hoodat]

Why Sola Scriptura Honestly Scares Me

Fear is a sin. Honestly. Better repent before it's too late.

[Star Traveler]

... LOL ... “I’m scared to death of what God says! ... :-) ...

[MeshugeMikey]

the author was all over a poorly drawn map....

[logitech]

Things that make you go Huh? ping

[Lurker]

Only feeble minded children need someone “learned” to explain the plain language of the Bible to them. Only sheep blindly accept the “authority” of those who claim themselves to be the only way to enter Gods kingdom.

[BipolarBob]

I find the whole idea of “Scripture Alone” horrifying.

What a sad sight that would be. A soldier sent into battle without a sword is a useless soldier. Eph 6:17 "And take the helmet of Salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God." Jesus met the temptations with OT texts. I don't really care what Jimmy Aiken or Clay Aiken says, God says "Come let us reason together". So I take Him at His word. You follow the Aikens.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Great Straw Man Attack Article of the Day!

[hinckley buzzard]

This writer has a derivative view of sola, which is not very close to the original meaning and intent when Luther voiced the principle. It was declared because in Luther's day, the church taught that Christianity was whatever the pope, or even the bishop, said it was; and scripture was not accessible to the masses to verify what the pope said.

As we know, the popes in those days were often highly corrupt and venal and twisted the scripture to say whatever they wanted. "Sola scriptura" was an attempt to protect the faith from corruption, not to make everyone his own theologist. That is just silly.

Luther said, "a simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it".(Note: scripture vs A pope without it) The intention of the Reformation was to correct the perceived errors of the Catholic Church by appeal to the uniqueness of the Bible's authority and to reject what Catholics considered to be Apostolic Tradition as a source of original authority alongside the Bible, wherever Tradition did not have Biblical support or where it supposedly contradicted Scripture.

Sola Scriptura, however, does not ignore Christian history and tradition when seeking to understand the Bible. Rather, it sees the Bible as the only final authority in matters of faith and practice. As Martin Luther said, "The true rule is this: God's Word shall establish articles of faith, and no one else, not even an angel can do so."[6].

(from wikipedia)

[boatbums]

Sola Scriptura is the idea that Christianity ought to be based off of “Scripture Alone” (which is the English translation of “Sola Scriptura”), that is to say, it should be without ritual, or the teaching authority of anyone. And that each of us is obligated to read the Scriptures and form ourselves through them, on our own.

Well, no wonder the guy is scared...he doesn't even know what sola Scriptura even means! Is this how Catholicism is tricking people into joining them by scaring people with lies???!

[LearsFool]

The author’s arguments have holes big enough to drive a pope-mobile through.

If he’ll stop blindly following men and start thinking this subject through more carefully, I bet before long he’ll look back on this essay with embarrassment.

[MamaB]

The Bible is written in a way that children can understand the plan of salvation.

[Hootowl]

I was going to say that this fellow doesn’t not understand sola scriptura, but it looks like you guys have it covered.

[WXRGina]

Things that make you go Huh? ping

Yeah, most anti-Biblical, "God's-Word-is-not-sufficient" catholic stuff makes me go "huh?"

[DannyTN]

"Given the necessity of context, I find the whole idea of “Scripture Alone” horrifying."..."And that each of us is obligated to read the Scriptures and form ourselves through them, on our own."

Agree with the Straw Man article of the day comment.

Protestants don't teach scripture alone. But scripture is authoritative, because it was written by prophets and apostles. Scripture itself tells you that the Holy Spirit was sent to convict us and to remind of scriptures. Scripture itself also commands believers not to forsake fellowshiping together. And tells us no scripture is of private interpretation. Thus church helps us with interpretation, and helps us with understanding the right context.

[Fester Chugabrew]

ditto

[M-cubed]

yup!...Aids is a hard thing to face...