Surpassing Sola Scriptura

Answering Protestants ^ | 31 March 2014 | Matthew Olson

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“Please keep in mind that when asked: “What would Jesus do?”
“Knocking over tables and using a bullwhip are listed among the possibilities. “

1. You are not HIM, God in human flesh, or you chose the wrong screen name.
2. HE did this before HE commanded believers to love each other.
3. Why rationalize disobedience?

I will assume from here out that you are not a Christian. Based on that, carry on and we will know what to expect in your posts.

I still wish you the best.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“Perhaps you ain’t considered to be a CHRISTIAN.

“That COULD be the explanation.

And yet that poster claims to at least be a follower of Rome. They recognize me as a Christian. Perhaps obedience to Rome and obedience to Christ are quite different.

[verga]

I will assume from here out that you are not a Christian. Based on that, carry on and we will know what to expect in your posts.

With the exception of one prot, that is the way I feel about the rest of you.

[verga]

Well you folks seem to ignore the fact that He is God. You may have heard of Him, He created the entire universe ex nihlo. You need to get a more powerful god, because yours is not GOD.

[LurkingSince'98]

Trying	something	simple

Who knew?!

Now if I can only remember next time.

You know I have found that there are three things that go when you get older..

but I forgot what they were.

Thanks Elsie

AMDG

[Iscool]

Me; “You claimed a few verses didn’t mean what they say”...

Can’t you read? That’s not what I claimed at all.
Okay, I’m sick enough of dealing with this for now.

Alamo-Girl
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men - Mark 7:7 #268

CynicalBear
That should frighten even the most ardent Catholic into understanding that the Catholic Church teaches doctrines not taught in scripture. It’s possible to worship God in vain. What a sobering thought. #274

dsc
Only if it meant what you think it does, which it doesn’t. #304

There is much that was passed down sola word-of-mouth, and more that we received through personal revelations. #270

Just hunting for a little honesty...Guess I'll have to keep looking...

[LurkingSince'98]

“I will assume from here out that you are not a Christian.”

bad, bad, bad...

bad assumption, based on bad information and bad conclusions...

and definitely NOT a Christian thing to say to anyone.

wow..

AMDG

[LurkingSince'98]

actually Is....

there is only 10% separating me as a Catholic and you as a protestant.

lets say that you and I agree that there is only ONE TRUTH,

and that you and a disparate group of your fellow protestants in a bible study group decide one particular Scriptural text, that may be open to discussion,

throughout the evening everyone in turn gets to standup and give their opinion on exactly what that passage means, but...

you end up with 10 quite different interpretations of that passage....

now since you know you bible text and since that passage happens to be one you have studied long and hard, you could probably assume that, since there is only one truth, you are the only ONE in TEN with the correct interpretation, so you could say only 10% of the room had the truth.

Now if I looked in and heard your interpretation, of course as a Catholic, I would consider your interpretation to be wrong, 0 in 10 and mine to be right.

Therefore, voila, we are only 10% apart!

Here is where I would stick in a smiley face but Elsie didn’t show me how to do that, yet!

Lurking’

AMDG

[aMorePerfectUnion]

LS98,

When someone doesn’t obey the commands of Christ, but claims she is a Christian, she is either living a carnal life of disobedience or isn’t really a Christian.

I expect a Christian would follow Christ’s commands. I expect a non-Christian to act like a non-Christian. I was one.

In this instance, I cannot know this poster is a believer by their choices. It seems a kinder assumption all round to assume they are a non-believer and expect a lower standard. If they need to know the Savior, I can only pray they come to know His grace. If it turns out they know the Savior, their lives will reflect this.

[Elsie]

With the exception of one prot, that is the way I feel about the rest of you.

Once again; the anonymous broad brush comes out.

[trisham]

Easy, friend.

[Elsie]

Now if I can only remember next time.

E-mail yourself a How-To letter.

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no thanks needed.

There's an HTML workshop or something on FR that's a BIG help for some of this stuff.

[Elsie]

 

 

Then you COULD get fancy...

LurkingSince'98 wrote:

Trying	something	simple

Who knew?!

 

 

 

 
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[Elsie]

Here is where I would stick in a smiley face but Elsie didn’t show me how to do that, yet!

Yet?

You KNOW that I am perfectly able to resist the Teaching Gene; don't you?

[Elsie]

I expect a Christian would follow Christ’s commands.

I would hope that a person, who is trying to follow Christ's commands, would do some research to see if those 'commands' REALLY come from Christ!

[Elsie]

Showoff Alert!!

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[Elsie]

 

 

Hasn't Jim TOLD you to quit tooting your own horn??

 

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[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping, dear Iscool!

[LurkingSince'98]

dear verga,

it’s Lent - you need to look at it like it’s penance.

and remember after all they are protestant and when all is said and done we are Catholic and never the twain shall meet.

Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam

[LurkingSince'98]

spectacular!!!