Why do Protestant lay people hate clergy?

[michaelwlf3]

I am coming up on my first year as an ordained minister in a continuing Anglican church, and I have noticed that participating on political forums (even when the topic is religious) I find that my opinions and postings more often than not generate more hatred than anything else. Among the things I often hear are that the laity are the real priests and that I am a Pharisee, that my vocation disqualifies me from offering an opinion on anything Christian because I am too narrow minded, and (my personal favorite) because I look too Catholic I must be a child molester.

Are these people really Christians?

[Elsie]

“Because the entire concept of “Protestant” invites each individual to be their own “Pope”.

I think this is an incorrect assumption.

Our 'pope' is Jesus and the Holy Spirit - - -

John 14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

[Elsie]

... the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things ...

Now someone will claim that the HS can ONLY work through Magisterium approved methods and structures.

[verga]

ZEVERYONE's interpretation of Scripture is their own personal interpretation. Whether it agrees with someone else's is irrelevant.

By adopting someone else's as yours, you are deciding by yourself, that theirs is correct, thus you are merely throwing in your lot with a whole bunch of other people.

One Doctors diagnosis is just as good a another ones, or even some one that has no medical training at all. If they disagree it is irrelevant.

If they adopt each others diagnosis they are merely throwing their lot with a whole bunch of other people.

After all you treat a hernia the exact same way you would coronary blockage, they are both surgery. Or treat Polio the same way you would diabetes. They are both diseases.

Please keep talking.

[Elsie]

I am talking about the people who have run thousands or millions of sinners away from Christ because of their judgmental, hateful attitudes.

What's the problem then?

Logic would tell ANYONE that they then ran to YOUR loving, non-judgemental church; right??

[Elsie]

...and took a few years to get 45,000 congregations to build a consensus on how to respond.

WHAT???

I'm sure the KJV has --- Exodus 21:22-25
“If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband may demand of him, and he shall pay as the judges decide.
“But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. --- in it.

SURELY abortion is a greater evil than this!

[editor-surveyor]

>> Those who point to the “someone” or “some entity” which they blame for erroneous beliefs will be told “I never knew you”. <<

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Yeshua made it clear in the beginning of Matthew 7 that it would be those that kept an image of spirituality, without keeping his commandments, would be told “I never knew you.”
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[Elsie]

Why is that so hard to understand?

CONTROL...

[Elsie]

Once again...

What's been LOOSED lately????

[metmom]

One Doctors diagnosis is just as good a another ones, or even some one that has no medical training at all. If they disagree it is irrelevant.

There's only one Holy Spirit which leads and guides believers, so your analogy doesn't work, except for those who listen to men.

[Graewoulf]

The GITMO FIVE?

[Elsie]

Nothing you said was worth the electricity generated in the neural impulses required to type it.

And nothing YOU typed managed to prove that what HE typed was WRONG.

Just a general whine we've learned to expect.

[Elsie]

The Johnny come lately types with no training.

What is so essential that ONLY the Catholics have it?

[Elsie]

What was your degree in again?

What do the prots NEED to do, to be considered good little mackeral snappers?

[Elsie]

One is a correct translation, the other isn't.

Oh?

Based upon WHAT evidence?

[CynicalBear]

Interesting how someone who denies the infallibility of the New Testament in the Greek as we have it still uses it to try to impugn others. What hypocrisy.

[Elsie]

feel free to have the last word

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[Elsie]

Why do Protestant lei people hate clergy?

[Elsie]

How sweet!

[Elsie]

Too bad. May both of you escape the fires of Hell.

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