Uh, well for one thing, I am not a Catholic, and I don’t believe that anywhere I have said, that I believe in Papal Infallibility, or the Bodily Assumption of Mary...if I have actually said such, perhaps you could point it out to me...If I did ever say such a thing, and truly dont remember it, that indeed, I must have Alzheimers, and need to see the doctor...in fact both of those ideas you mentioned, give me a great deal of trouble...thus I am seeking to understand those ideas, and am always willing to accept arguments from others, both for and against those ideas....I have a lot of problems, with a lot of what people ‘claim’ is true, gained from their Biblical perspective, whether it be from Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans, Calvinists, whatever....so I read these threads, and see what others have to say, based on their Biblical perspective....then I pray, read my Bible, and hope to come to a perspective that I feel is true...I dont know that there is anything wrong with that...
Let us say I hope to be here, for acquiring a little knowledge, on all sides of these matters....
And as for accepting at absolute face value, what another Freeper may say, well, I have been burned more than once, doing just that, and since this is all anonymous, and we do not really know each other, people can really say anything they want...that does not make it so....so no, I do not accept something at face value, simply because someone anonymously tells me something...I try to be like that in real life as well, and truly I dont know that there is anything wrong with that either...
How much thought and Biblical study does it take to understand that Mary is not a "co-redemptrix" or a "dispensatrix of all graces" or a "mediator between God and men" when Scripture tells us those titles are reserved for Christ alone?
Or that no man is infallible and the head of Christ's church on earth other than Jesus Christ?