Gnostics and +Paul use the same argument as well. Why would a loving, merciful God make it difficult for poor illiterate peasants to understand? Would you teach your 5-year old quantum mechanics and derogate him for not being able to understand, and tell him his limited understanding is to his destruction? How loving is that, Blogger?
The truth, Blogger, is that the all Scriputre has been tampered with, none of it original. Thus we work on presumption, not fact, that what we read is what was written at that time by whosoever we believe wrote it.
I pay more attention to the broader message than to particulars, added, subtracted or invented.
The only thing about Sola Scriptura followers is that they read the Bible as if it were written in stone tablets by God himself.
That's the closest thing to Islam among various Christian groups, imo, of course.
Kosta. Scripture ISN'T difficult to understand when you have the Spirit of God.
As to the Scriptures being tampered with, you reveal even more of yourself in that statement than in your anti-Paul ranting. Sorry, the words of Jon Dominic Crossan and the like are not a substitute for the words of historians and the evidence through the ages. God HAS preserved his message to mankind. Only religious liberals think he hasn't.
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Again, if you have the Spirit of God indwelling you, it is not hard to understand Scripture.
I still do not why you identify yourself with Christianity. It seems that Unitarian Universalism would be more fitting.
I do appreciate your candor. It explains a lot.
If you believe God is so weak that he can not preserve his teachings for his children, why not place your faith in an institution, created by man, that will tell you what to believe and can make it up as you go (tradition).