Wrote any better scripture yourself lately?
“Wrote any better scripture yourself lately?”
Let me correct that statement then. The sacraments, as they exist in Catholicism, do not exist in the scripture. But if they did exist in the scripture as agents of grace dispensing, they should have the power of Grace that is in the scripture. The lack of outward evidence for any spiritual change in the individual is damning, therefore, to Catholic pretensions about their church practices. The end result of salvation is always a change in the individual. If these carnal practices are not capable of producing fruit, it stands to reason then that they should be hewn down and a better way searched for.