“Interpreting is much different than reading it yourself and understanding it. And to think for yourself.”
LOL!
Being BIBLE based, anyone can read and comprehend what it written. Once you KNOW what is written, it is easy to discern that this woman didn't bother to read what He taught directly or through His Prophets and twelve disciples.
She wants her own “religion”.
Being BIBLE based, anyone can read and comprehend what it written.
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I suppose that anyone could LEARN to comprehend what is written. The Bible was written for a people in a time and place much different from the USA today. There is much good to be learned from Seminary. That being said there is much that can be gleaned from the scripture with a simple cursory look at them.
I begrudge no man the effort he has put into being a priest and the extra insight it gives him into the scriptures. What is more important than the scriptures is having the communion with the Holy Ghost that will let you apply the Holy Word in your own life. The same scriptural reference may have different meanings for different people and all of them be correct.
The advantage the Catholic church has is that they have a person on earth where the buck stops. The bible (at least to my knowledge) does not have a well spoken reference to abortion yet the Pope says it is wrong. Many Protestant churches do not agree. If Christ is the head of their churches how can there be more than one answer to such an important question.
When I look for churches I will not consider a church which does not have the moral strength to say no to a horrendous practice like abortion. When you look for churches with the “right” answer you must also ask how they got that answer. There are but a few churches that can answer that in a good way. Not that there are few churches against abortion but that there are few churches that make the decision based on communion with God through The Holy Ghost.