Ah, I love the way things get twisted, points get ignored and Scripture is used to suit one’s purpose rather than seen in the light the Lord meant, as one continuous tale, taken together to form a correct picture.
That the non Catholic does this is why I call them piecemeal Christians, each taking snippets of Scripture and trying to force them together while leaving out or ignoring others. The result is a myriad of incomplete understandings of the whole of God’s word. Jumbled up puzzles that only resemble each other rather than fit together into a cohesive picture that reveals the Truth.
In truth, many, too many, Catholics think like these non Catholics, but they do not direct the placing of the puzzle pieces. What they do is like those pictures that you can’t see the hidden image until you look at it a certain way.
Despite these Catholics, and I would have them not be such, the Catholic Church itself remains true to what has been revealed to her, weaving the written word, with the Sacred Tradition and the teachings of the Magisterium into a rich and vibrant tapestry of God’s revelation.
“Ah, I love the way things get twisted,”
I’ve twisted nothing. Just keeping you honest with what the scripture says.
“The result is a myriad of incomplete understandings of the whole of God’s word. “
Until you acknowledge and understand the actual doctrine of grace in the scripture, none of your theological ideas will ever fit with the scripture.
“with the Sacred Tradition and the teachings of the Magisterium into a rich and vibrant tapestry of God’s revelation.”
Previously being a Roman Catholic myself, once you are born again, all the teachings of Rome seem quite moldy and dead. I call it Playing at Religion, but not actual religion.