I Corinthians 4:6, Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us you might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.
Then there is Luke writing in Acts that even the Bereans after listening to Paul and Silas were commended for even checking them out.
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Right after you said right? As far as tradition is concerned? I’ll let the words of Jesus about tradition speak for themselves as to what I think of tradition which is not supported by scripture.
The self serving nature promulgated by those of the evangelical type rivals the absurdity of the LDS or New Agers.
Speaking of New Age do you ascribe to the "Ring of Fire" that is currently the rage after the dismal failure of fellow evangelical Harold Camping? I am not referring to Johnny Cash and his Ring of Fire but the rapture/dispensational types who are awaiting the rapture on 9/15.
The magic number is 188 days and so on (9/15 or 9/16) some earthly catastrophe perhaps even the rapture will occur
If the rapture happens, which one of your buddies is most likely to go and who will be left to mourn with the rest of the unwashed or will all your buddies on the board remain and just the Catholics be admitted or just a few of your type and Catholics and a few of the others or some other esoteric combo that only one like you with interpretative skill could fashion and conjure up for the uneducated.?
How do we address you if it is you who are left behind ? Does individual interpretation still reign supreme after the rapture or do we have new rules? Care to share any doubts with us before 9/15