[Diamond]

They haven’t been “arguing,” in the correct sense of the word. The only argument they have is “it ain’t in da Biibull,” which is also true of things like the weather on the day of Jesus’ baptism. Since it’s not in the Bible, I assume there was no weather on that day. It was neither hot nor cold nor medium, it was neither sunny nor cloudy, windy nor not windy...there just wasn’t any weather that day, because it isn’t mentioned in the Bible.

Sola Scriptura simply means that all truth necessary for our salvation and spiritual life is taught either explicitly or implicitly in Scripture; that Scripture is the supreme authority in matters of faith and practice. It is NOT a claim that all truth of every kind is found in Scripture, nor is it a claim that all traditions are necessarily invalid per se. It IS a claim that traditions are valid only when they are based on Scripture and are in full agreement with it. Traditions that contradict the Bible are not of God and are not binding on the Christian conscience.

No proponent of the Biblical doctrine of Sola Scriptura here has stated anything otherwise, and your use of the absence of a meteorological report on the day of Jesus' baptism to insinuate that the arguments here for Sola Scriptura amount to and entail the notion that all truth of every kind is found only in the Bible is a gross misrepresentation of that doctrine and the comments on this thread.

Cordially,

[dsc]

“...is a gross misrepresentation of that doctrine and the comments on this thread.”

Not in the slightest. Fang and claw protestants argue that if it isn’t in the Bible it didn’t happen. Narrow-minded, simple-minded claptrap that insults God for endowing us with reason.

Catholics demonstrate again and again that Catholic beliefs are “based on Scripture and are in full agreement with it.”

Catholics show again and again that Traditions do not contradict the Bible, are of God, and are binding on the Christian conscience, and when there’s no place else to hide, fang and claw protestants just declare that it’s not in the Bible, declare victory, and keep up the insults.

Not theological differences; childish, playground-bully insults. When someone tires of that bad behavior and says so, they start in with the archetypal bully-chant, “Don’t be such a sissy.”

I wish I were more optimistic about any of the fang and claw protestants understanding this, but it is not thin-skinned to react with disgust to such bad behavior, and it is in no way wrong to say so.

I guess the reason I come back here periodically is that the FR Religion Forum should be better than this, and I just can’t seem to resist trying to roll that boulder up the hill from time to time.