[Rashputin]

I'm chewing on that at the moment but the part about sin being passed down through the male side means there will be sinless folks aplenty as women create children from two female embryos. It also means that combining two female embryos within the mother of Mary to create Mary is now a clear cut task we ourselves are capable of today. Which means, to me, that the sin is not passed along that way but rather by virtue of the fact that we are human. I was surprised to see that argument in that context. If that is the dominate doctrine then how far away is, "have your own sinless children for an amazingly low price!!"?. Besides he contradicts himself later, so ... Munch, munch, ... chewing right along.

At the very least that link (and I thank Mr Rogers very much for it) pretty well proves that unless you're Greek you're not going to be doing much interpretation on your own or without the help of something beside the Scripture (and a lot of that something if you're serious about studying the Word). The meaning of "alone" is supposed to be clear but it obviously just is too much to ask to agree on the meaning of that word first and then discuss "XXXX Scriptura" which is what people are really saying.

[Mr Rogers]

Sola Scriptura doesn’t mean you don’t study scripture. It means you do, and you take the results of your study seriously, rather than relying on a priest to tell you what to believe.

You will be judged for YOUR behavior and belief, not the priest’s, or the Pope’s.

There are many good study aids out there. I recommend:

http://deeperstudy.com/link/commentaries.html