@Chad32
The Bible claims to contain all the revelation we need for Christian Life and carries with it the weight needed to be the primary source of our information about God, how we should live, and where we are going. Even if God spoke to someone at a later date (to clear up a few things), it would not carry the same weight--in fact, there are prohibitions to adding and subtracting from the Bible.
Again, I don't think that the denominational-ism of protestant Christianity is a good argument--you would have to be a theologian to really care about most of the differences. If you are talking about Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, then they have diverged from using the Bible as a foundation for their theology and built their own system of beliefs that have some similarities yet major differences to protestant Christianity. You correctly characterized Jews and Muslims.
So, do I think that protestant Christianity has got it right? Yes, I believe they are the closest to believing in the full revelation of God (the Bible, Christ's birth, teachings, death, and resurrection, and the continuing presence of the Holy Spirit). You can attack that premise all you want, but you can't use the facts that there are other positions out there as a defeater for that premise.
The Bible claims to contain all the revelation we need for Christian Life and carries with it the weight needed to be the primary source of our information about God, how we should live, and where we are going. Even if God spoke to someone at a later date (to clear up a few things), it would not carry the same weight--in fact, there are prohibitions to adding and subtracting from the Bible.
Again, I don't think that the denominational-ism of protestant Christianity is a good argument--you would have to be a theologian to really care about most of the differences. If you are talking about Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, then they have diverged from using the Bible as a foundation for their theology and built their own system of beliefs that have some similarities yet major differences to protestant Christianity. You correctly characterized Jews and Muslims.
So, do I think that protestant Christianity has got it right? Yes, I believe they are the closest to believing in the full revelation of God (the Bible, Christ's birth, teachings, death, and resurrection, and the continuing presence of the Holy Spirit). You can attack that premise all you want, but you can't use the facts that there are other positions out there as a defeater for that premise.
