>> Aren’t you relying on traditions of men in the way you interpret scripture?<<
Scripture interprets scripture.
>> The only difference is you refuse to see that you are relying on Baptist tradition when you interpret the scriptures.<<
I’m not a Baptist nor do I rely on their interpretations.
OK, that of whatever Protestant sect you belong to.
>> The written record needs an interpreter.<<
So says? Is God not the God of unity not of division? 1 Corinthians 14:33 Yet you get a Lutheran, a Methodist, a Baptist, a Calvinist, an Arminian, etc. in the same room, I think you will find they can’t even agree among themselves what the Bible actually means.
Do the Baptists have a monopoly on the Holy Spirit or the Calvinists, etc.?
>> How do you objectively know that the liberal Protestants aren’t right?<<
Because they go against scripture as does the CC.
Aren’t you relying on your subjective personal interpretation? What apart from yourself leaves you to believe you have the correct understanding of what the Bible actually means?
Do you know better say than St. Augustine or St. Ignatius of Antioch for example?
>> After all, it’s just your word against theirs.<<
Nope. It’s scripture against the interpretations of man.
Aren’t you interpreting scripture and aren’t you a man?
Nope, scripture interprets scripture. I don’t.
You keep talking about differences in belief among the Protestants. I would simply ask you this about differences. Do you believe like the Catholic Church that you serve the same God as the Muslims?
St. Augustine or St. Ignatius of Antioch were just men as well.
Any believer has the same Holy Spirit guiding him into truth that inspired the Scripture that He guided men as they wrote.
The easiest way to know what God's thinking about an issue is to read and memorize Scripture. When someone fills his mind with that much Scripture, then he does see how Scripture interprets Scripture.