RE: Are all atheists this ill-informed about religion?
October 26, 2015 at 1:46 am
(This post was last modified: October 26, 2015 at 2:01 am by The Grand Nudger.)
There are, and if they so chose, they could come along and tell you that they are not beholden to scripture alone. When they're done doing so.....I can grab another poster who defines his entire faith, and describes the one true christian faith, as dogged adherence solely to scripture. To his mind, the words on the page trump everything. If the latter is right, if one must rely solely on scripture, then the catholic church (for example) has no authority. That's important, or at least it seems that it might be important to catholics...and it seems as though it must have been important to protestants as well......
But don't take my word for it, ask a catholic...
http://www.catholic.com/magazine/article...-scripture
...aaaand now lets ask a protestant
http://www.equip.org/article/a-defense-o...scriptura/
If you need a dictionary to tease out the meaning of two words in tandem, google has you covered.
But don't take my word for it, ask a catholic...
http://www.catholic.com/magazine/article...-scripture
Quote:According to Scripture, the Church is the final court of appeal for the people of God in matters of faith, morals, and discipline. It is telling that since the Reformation of almost 500 years ago—a Reformation claiming sola scriptura as its formal principle—there are now over 33,000 Protestant denominations. In John 10:16, Jesus prophesied there would be "one flock, one shepherd." Reliance on sola scripturahas not been effective in establishing doctrine or authority.
...aaaand now lets ask a protestant
http://www.equip.org/article/a-defense-o...scriptura/
Quote:The only infallible authority that succeeded the apostles was their infallible apostolic writings, that is, the New Testament.
If you need a dictionary to tease out the meaning of two words in tandem, google has you covered.
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