I'm not a Protestant. It's not my belief that the church that Christ built is synonomous with the Catholic church and therefore I don't consider myself as belonging to any group that split off in protest against Rome.
Get ten Protestants in a room, give them one verse and you'll get eleven interpretations!
Can infants be baptized?
Bible only Presbyterians say yes. Bible only Lutherans say yes. Bible only baptists say no.
Make up your mind! How you Protestants can say that the creed can be interpretated every which way and ignore the fact that you Protestants do that with inspired scripture every day is beyond me. Hypocrisy.
I would actually agree with your assesment of protestantism for the most part. Protestantism is often built upon tradition and the opinions of men. Just look at the example of the Episcopal Church.
Correct interpretion only comes through prayer, listening, and obeying the holy spirit. Sometimes this goes against what is popular and sometimes it means going against tradition and culture.
2Pe 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.
2Pe 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
You wrote:
"I'm not a Protestant. It's not my belief that the church that Christ built is synonomous with the Catholic church and therefore I don't consider myself as belonging to any group that split off in protest against Rome."
You're a Protestant if you believe in sola scriptura or sola fide. You definitely believe in sola scriptura. You are, therefore, a Protestant. You don't have to like it. You don't have to agree with this reality. It is a reality nonetheless. It doesn't surprise me that a Protestant would try to play the nominalism game. Sorry, it won't work.
"I would actually agree with your assesment of protestantism for the most part. Protestantism is often built upon tradition and the opinions of men. Just look at the example of the Episcopal Church."
Yes, THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The word PROTESTANT was actually part of its name when it was founded in the USA after the American Revolution.
"Correct interpretion only comes through prayer, listening, and obeying the holy spirit. Sometimes this goes against what is popular and sometimes it means going against tradition and culture."
There are literally millions of Protestants who do what you mentioned to the best of their ability with God's grace and they still contradict one another. The Church was founded as an authoritative teacher.