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To: Blogger; bornacatholic
You wrote in 2847:

"Your lack of knowledge about Scripture and its contents would astound me if you weren't a Catholic. This is not necessarily a slam against Catholics by the way, for my own denomination suffers the same issue amongst the laity. But, it has been my experience with the Catholics I know that they can quote the Catechism or some Marian doctrine but not Scripture. To familiarize yourself with it, first, the church is not called the "pillar and ground of the truth" in Scripture. Scripture gives itself you the answer - but you are too bound by tradition and the shackles of your mind to search it out for yourself. I have posted numerous verses on this thread detailing the role of Scripture in the life of the believer. You can not post a single verse showing that the Church is the ultimate authority in all things."

When bornacatholic pointed out that the Scripture does in fact teach that the Church is the "pillar and ground of the truth", you replied,

I missed one verse, so sue me.

Wow. Be careful not to let winning a debate become more important than acquiring truth. You insult Catholics for their ignorance of Scripture, and then when bornacatholic points out a serious deficiency in your own knowledge of Scripture, you just dismiss it without any humility or gratitude or acknowledgment of the log in your own eye. We will all be better off if we are willing to learn from each other, and laugh at our own mistakes.

-A8

2,866 posted on 12/23/2006 10:52:55 AM PST by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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To: adiaireton8

I didn't insult Catholics. I stated a fact. My own cousins having grown up in Catholic school can't quote the first Scripture. I am surrounded by Catholics at work who are the exact same way. Not a verse. But they can tell you what the Catechism says.

Oh, and since you evidently only read what you want to read, I also said that my own faith is guilty of the same. By and large, most people are ignorant of Scripture.


2,875 posted on 12/23/2006 2:14:52 PM PST by Blogger
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