Which again shows how little you know of Catholicism. We don't learn verse-by-verse: we learn in context. And we take the Bible as a whole, not simply what fits into discussion. It's amazing how many non-members have all the answers for us. We have the Scriptures translated by St. Jerome into Latin. We have the Magisterium, the Teaching Authority of the Church. We have our Sacred Tradition. And we're taught how to live it. (See below for an example.) Read up at the Vatican Website and the EWTN Document Library site, as well as the Apocrypha, then perhaps the answers we have will at last be evident.
Trust me....I've done a lot of reading on roman catholicism and I find it lacking.
What I find interesting is that when roman catholic beliefs are shown to be false, the catholic defaults back to "we have been around xxxx number of years, or we have the magisterium, or sacred tradition, etc.
They cannot and will not support their positions with the Word. It is telling they don't.
Been good chatting with you but gotta run.
Reading ON Catholicism, and ACTUALLY READING our Scripture, commentary, documents, lives of the Saints, Sacred Tradition, etc. are two different things.
>>What I find interesting is that when roman catholic beliefs are shown to be false, the catholic defaults back to "we have been around xxxx number of years,<<
If you check back on the post, it was you who put the numbers in, not I.
>>or we have the magisterium, or sacred tradition, etc. They cannot and will not support their positions with the Word. It is telling they don't.<<
For a Catholic, the three go together. That's simply how it is. There is no obligation on our part to explain to anyone. It is what we believe, and can seem very complex to those ignorant of our teachings, or misinformed.
As for what it tells, it tells that generations of Spirit have guided us through tribulations, scandals, rebellion, and yet the Word remains. It is when people presume they know more and can formulate ideas based on error and semantics that confusion begins. A true Catholic understands the humility and obedience required to accept the Church's authority, together with the hand-in hand relationship between faith and our obligation of love to God and to one another to do good works. It isn't an easy road to follow. It's much easier to interpret as one feels and independently follow one's own rules on how to live their life. That is not the "Catholic arrogance" spoken of earlier in our discussion.