[count-your-change]

Whatever anyone elses view I've never thought anyone could understand the Scriptures without God's spirit.
Anyone can pick up a Bible and pronounce on it (plenty of that on these religion threads) and like the Pharisees search it daily without understanding.

But rejecting the traditions that violate both the word and spirit of the Scriptures doesn't throw me into a “sola Scripture” camp either.

[Titanites]

Whatever anyone elses view I've never thought anyone could understand the Scriptures without God's spirit.

Just to make sure I'm understanding what you're saying here, do you then reject the doctrine of sola scriptura?

[rbmillerjr]

“But rejecting the traditions that violate both the word and spirit of the Scriptures doesn’t throw me into a “sola Scripture” camp either.”

Your honesty and open-mindedness is appreciated.
As a former Protestant I can tell you that I hate a lot of fear regarding Catholic beliefs. Once I did my own research and verified audacious claims with the Catholic Catechism, I saw my fears were unfounded.

Many so called “Catholic beliefs” were lies and myths born out of ignorance.