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Nothing in Acts praised sola scriptura. Checking scriptures is not the same thing as scripture alone. See how quickly Protestants resort to intellectual dishonesty?

Well, they didn't check their tradition to find out if those things were so...They checked in the one place that they knew held the Truth, the scriptures of God...

They didn't check the pagan religion down in Egypt or over in Rome...They didn't check with the Buddhists...They didn't check with the people who worshiped the Queen of Heaven...They checked the scriptures...The same scriptures I have setting on my computer desk...

But your religion says there is revelation outside of scripture, that is equal in value and truth to scripture...And of course it's your religion that has access to this revelation...

Problem is, that gives legitimacy to the Mormon religion as well as Izlam...They both claim to have revelation from God...And you can't prove they don't/didn't...

I and the Bereans can prove it to our satisfaction because we know the scriptures are the standard by which all other religions can be judged...

HaHa...You guys are praying for the dead but the Mormons take it a step further...They are baptizing your dead folks for you...

In Thessalonica Paul had reasoned with them out of the Scriptures for three Sabbath days with men who were unwilling to listen, until they stirred up persecution against him and he was driven away. He REASONED WITH THEM OUT OF THE SCRIPTURES. And instead of desiring to know the truth from the written word of God, they would rather reject Paul's reasoning and compare it to Scripture, than possibly LEARN something that would have put them at odds with the popular leaders. And possibly effect their standing in the community. They would rather be Orthodox than Scriptural.

Sound familiar? We deal with this DAILY here.

Compare the Bereans. They were not willing to accept what Paul said just because he said it. They would listen and consider, but would NOT concede, without real evidence from the Scriptures, that the TRUTH had been preached. Paul's Word MUST be subjected to God's WORD. True spiritual greatness.

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“Well, they didn’t check their tradition to find out if those things were so...”

Sure they did. No interpretation of scripture is possible without some sort of tradition. The understanding of books - even the Bible - cannot exist in a vacuum.