Wha'?
Your yelling at me and telling me I "dare" imply stuff and that I'm criticizing you surely is not going to make me think you're any less angry, okay?
If you were to read what I wrote you'd see I was talking about my impression. I have an impression that there are a lot of angry Protestants, who come out of the gate disagreeing before they trouble to find out wht they are disagreeing with. I could be wrong, but I have the impression. I not only didn't say you, I wasn't even thinking of you when I formed that impression.
You say you're not a Christian, so I think I can conclude you're not a Protestant. But you're saying that I am criticizing you. Life is full of sorrows.
Also it doesn't sound to me like you submitted. You can say you did but I hear you saying that you held onto some belief about how to approach Scripture which is not a Catholic belief. That's not submission, as far as I can tell. You're saying something like,"I'll agree with you about YOUR stuff, if' you'll agree with me about mine," and the Church said, "No, we don't agree with your approach to Scripture," so you said, "Oh, no deal, I'm outta here." -- or something like that. If that's anywhere near the truth, it's sure not submission, it's bargaining, or what am I missing?
I don't think I have an argument with you. I'm not sure what the big deal is here. I certainly was not thinking about you when I made my comment about "blessed assurance". I didn't know where yhou stood or didn't stand on that.
So you're admitting that the Catholic Church officially teaches evolution and the Documentary Hypothesis, right? Thank you for your honesty.
I gave up sola scriptura and have never gone back. But according to you that isn't enough. I had to admit that the Bible doesn't always tell the truth. I had to believe that the creation account of Genesis is mythology and is an amalgam of pagan creation myths from the ancient middle east. So much for your "unchanging" church.
Listen to me, Sunshine: No one, and I mean NO ONE has the right to say G-d says things that aren't so. And if you really believed in Him at all you wouldn't dare say imply such a thing.
You know bo-diddley-squat about my six years in the Catholic Church or what I went through trying to be loyal. I didn't even leave the Church when I was first told to go because it was the "one true church." And I had to go directly to mass after being told that because it was a holyday of obligation. And after that I attended an eastern rite Catholic Church until I did leave, and that was almost five months later, during which time I submitted as much as my conscience allowed me to.
Meanwhile your church welcomes abortionist politicians, Marxists, and homosexuals, but you tell me that I was in rebellion. I accept that. Too bad I was a literalist instead of a homosexual. In that case they'd have fought tooth and nail to keep me.
Go back to your Darwin and your Wellhausen, blasphemer!