"If common sense is of no use at all in Biblical interpretation, then the whole work is truly fully in code. I don't think you believe that."
No, I don't believe that about the whole work; Revelations, well that's another matter! :) BAC and I were just having some fun with sola scriptura, FK. But common sense will only take you so far when dealing with matters which are outside our understanding let alone even beyond our existence.
Well, brother, we have a huge advantage over our opponents. We belong to a Church. They don't. And apart from the vine, what hope is there?