I admit my ignorance. And I suggest that you admit your ignorance too. For, you claim to know not only the Scripture, but that your interpretation of the Scripture is complete and perfect!
I trust that the 2,000 year old collective wisdom of the Church knows how to read Scripture and how to interpret it. You actually claim that you know better.
This is the kind of arrogance and pride that I am talking about when I say that I just don't see Protestants emulating Christ. Instead, I see individuals deifying themselves as the final interpreters of the Scripture, perfectly and completely.
The problem is that your interpretation of the faith is different, radically different from the truth known to the Christian world from the beginning. You want me to "deal with it" as you see it.
It is not the Church that bows to the traditions of men, but rather the Protestants who place individul interpretation as nothing short of absolute truth.
Don't flatter yourself.
900+ posts and this thread is still going stong.
Now I have a lot to review...
It is what Paul taught. It is what Jesus taught. It is revealed throughout all of scripture.
It is not the Church that bows to the traditions of men, but rather the Protestants who place individul interpretation as nothing short of absolute truth.
No the Protestants simply believe that the scriptures are inerrant and perspicuous and that traditions which render the word of God of no effect are to be rejected.
You have us confused with the pope