[MarkBsnr]

Or, to avoid obeying Scripture, do some folks just throw Scripture they don't like rather than twisting and distorting the clear meaning of The Word the way they twist direct quotes of what Christ Himself said? Claiming to believe in Scripture only after throwing out portions of the Bible that were accepted as Scripture by Christ, the Apostles, and the Berans so many claim to admire isn't even a clever ploy, it's another example of how those who pursue heresy always trip themselves up with their own doctrine. It's always clear that the doctrine they claim to uphold is something to disguise the heresy they're indulging in. Mo did it when he started Iz Lame by admitting that Satan guided him, the Mormons do it by claiming to believe the Bible but accept a prophet after John the Baptist, and the "Sola Yourselfa" crowd give themselves away by first throwing out portions of the Bible and only then claim to believe in Scripture alone.

Excellent summary. I must thank you for the information on Core, by the way. I had forgotten all that.

[Rashputin]

Thank you.

I once went through each book that any of the "reformers" wanted to throw out back during their break with the Catholic Church and it's amazing how each one has something in it that clearly contradicts the claims of those in revolt against the Church. They claimed to have various reasons for wanting to shed some books, but it's pretty clear that they knew their own new doctrines were clearly refuted in Scripture somewhere in those books. It's interesting to hunt down where that is because it's often in what are now lesser known and referred to places.

And thank you for a great number of good posts in a great many threads. Being an infant Catholic, I learn a from you and several others and look forward to seeing what you have to say about things.

Regards