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To: papertyger
I do not understand how a total pagan who converts to Christianity, and concludes the doctrine of Sola Scriptura is untenable, constitutes a "cheap shot."

Atheists aren't pagans & visa versa. We should all rejoice about an atheist converting to Christianity, not using her conversion as an opportunity to take a shot at some of the beliefs of other Christians, a common result in most threads of the conversion articles posted.

Sola Scriptura didn't lead the woman anywhere. "Putting words" into the mouth of the convert (the addition to the title) is an ugly passive aggressive tactic.

If Sola Scriptura is untenable for her, you or anyone else & the discipline of hierarchal authority is what y'all need, it works for you, that's fine. Trying to make it into a requirement for all is crossing a line that shouldn't be crossed.

43 posted on 10/26/2007 6:23:42 AM PDT by GoLightly
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To: GoLightly
Atheists aren't pagans ...

If atheists aren't pagans, then the word has no meaning.

Sola Scriptura didn't lead the woman anywhere. "Putting words" into the mouth of the convert (the addition to the title) is an ugly passive aggressive tactic.

No one claimed it did. That is an ugly "straw man."

There is nothing wrong with addind the colloquial term to the conclusions of a new believer when those conclusions are identical. Would you get upset if "communion" was added to her tale of receiving the body and blood?

Trying to make it into a requirement for all is crossing a line that shouldn't be crossed.

According to whom, and why not?

45 posted on 10/26/2007 6:38:42 AM PDT by papertyger
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