[Conservative til I die]

All Scripture is given by God, that's the point, whether you like it or not.

Evading the point...as always. No one said Scripture was not given by God, nor did anyone say that it was not useful for teaching and correction. The point made was that Protestants mis-use this verse to prove "Sola Scriptura" when the verse clearly says that Scripture is *useful*, not that it is *sufficient*.

[Full Court]

not that it is *sufficient*.

You are free to reject the Word of God as not being sufficient.

God however says it is to make the man of God perfect and "throughly furnished."

2 Timothy 3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Your ideas and rejection of the sufficiency of God's word are at odds with God Himself.

John 12:48  He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

[wmfights]

"No one said Scripture was not given by God, nor did anyone say that it was not useful for teaching and correction."

From a Christian's perspective using the word "useful" is a big red flag saying telling us stay away from this group.

You have created institutions (Magisterium) whom you claim have the final word on how to understand SCRIPTURE. You place oral tradition as equal to SCRIPTURE, even though oral tradition is suspect at best for its veracity. You claim "ownership" of the SCRIPTURES, as though they did not become INSPIRED until you said so.

As a Christian the only sure source of TRUTH is the SCRIPTURES. The Apostles who walked the earth with the LORD and were taught at his feet are gone. However, their WRITTEN teachings are left for us so we can have a right relationship with the LORD.

The SCRIPTURES are more than "useful".