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It is truly sad that you cannot see that ALLreligion enslaves mankind by putting the responsibility on him to earn salvation rather than God reaching down to us and binding us back to him through unmerited, unearned, undeserved GRACE.

I'm not a Catholic, but I don't see 'all religion enslaves'. Your exhortation is a good example of 'sola fide'. The Catholic problems arises from this error pointed out in the article:

sola scriptura ("by Scripture alone"—the idea that we must use only the Bible when forming our theology)

Scripture is the only true source of doctrine as it is the only 'certified' Word of God extant. Certified by God Himself.

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I'm not a Catholic, but I don't see 'all religion enslaves'.

Thanks for the reply. What I meant by that statement is that the very word "religion" means "to bind back". This idea is what ties all religions, in that, it is always man's attempts to bind himself back to God. True, biblical Christianity is the opposite. It is God binding man back to himself through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for us. Our Heavenly Father offers us eternal life in heaven with him as a gift that we accept by faith. His grace is what binds us to him and not our good deeds that bind him to us.

I don't see real Christianity as a "religion". Does that explain it ok?

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Certified by God Himself.

How did God certify the Bible?