[SnakeDoctor]

Not at all. I submit to God, His Son and the Holy Spirit. I submit to that which I can verify is information from the Holy Spirit, or opinions which are justifiable given verifiable information from the Holy Spirit — i.e. Scripture and justifiable inferences/interpretations therefrom.

I do not believe that Luther, Calvin or the Catholic heirarchy have any special interprative powers beyond that of any educated Christian theologian. I will take, on faith, that the Bible is correct and is the work of the Holy Spirit ... but if you want me to accept that the extra-Biblical elaboration of any particular man is correct, you’re going to have to justify it logically given the information we can verify comes from the Holy Spirit.

I find no scriptural justification for believing in Mary’s perpetual virginity, or that she was any less in need of Salvation than the rest of us. I have no reason to believe these are not simply inferences, interpretations, or elaborations drawn from the mind of the interpreters rather than the will of the Holy Spirit.

SnakeDoc

[Quix]

ABSOLUTELY INDEED.

[Jim Noble]

I submit to that which I can verify is information from the Holy Spirit, or opinions which are justifiable given verifiable information from the Holy Spirit

As I said, you submit to yourself.

I've been working on this problem for 20 years, so a quick reply is not necessary. Just think about what you are really saying here.