“If you had spent that time studying the bible instead of theology, you likely would have stayed Protestant...”
Oh, you mean sorta like John Henry Cardinal Newman? Ever heard of him, he was one of the greatest theologian of the 19th Century, born and raised a Protestant, who converted to Catholism at the age of 44. Here’s a famous quote from Cardinal Newman.
“To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant.”
But hey, I know that won't stop people from trotting out Newman's own self-justifying, self serving statements as salve for their own decision to, in the final end, simply accept what they are told, regardless of how much counterfactual conditional reasoning and cognitive dissonance must be engaged in to "argue away" any information that logically refutes various Romish, "papist" conceptual statements and positions, if only to the extent those may be more properly applied...
If any here does not understand what I'm talking about, then I must say to them "to be deep into the religion forum on FreeRepublic, is to see Romish, off-hand apologetic claims go down in flames repeatedly" with many of them only left "standing" without serious doubt and troubles through full embrasure of the physiological procedures mentioned in the previous, above paragraph.
Oh, you mean sorta like John Henry Cardinal Newman? Ever heard of him, he was one of the greatest theologian of the 19th Century, born and raised a Protestant, who converted to Catholism at the age of 44. Here’s a famous quote from Cardinal Newman.
“To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant.”
That in no way means he was a Christian...Have you got a testimony from him where he trusted in Jesus Christ for his salvation??? Just because someone studies about religion doesn't mean he believes the bible, or understands it...
I like this quote much better...
The Protestant goes directly to the Word of God for instruction, and to the throne of grace in his devotions; whilst the pious Roman Catholic consults the teaching of his church...From this general principle of Evangelical freedom, and direct individual relationship of the believer to Christ, proceed the three fundamental doctrines of Protestantism - the absolute supremacy of (1) the Word, and of (2) the grace of Christ, and (3) the general priesthood of believers...
Philip Schaff
To be deep in Scripture is to cease to be Catholic.