RE: Help Me Understand
November 9, 2015 at 6:05 pm
(This post was last modified: November 9, 2015 at 6:21 pm by jenny1972.)
(September 16, 2015 at 1:39 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:(September 16, 2015 at 12:50 pm)Alex25 Wrote: Okay, so in that case- how can you be sure that other parts of the bible are to be taken literally? What are the rules to determine what is literal and what is metaphorical?
Before the NT scriptures were written and the canon of the Bible finalized, God established an infallible Church which He continues to guide by His Holy Spirit.
That Church studies these things very, very carefully.
(September 17, 2015 at 12:52 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(September 17, 2015 at 12:49 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: It was an official Church position.
And even if infallibility refers to faith and morals rather than facts, you'd still have to explain the moral lapses that caused even the highest members of the Church hierarchy to shelter criminals. You'd have to explain the popes who in the past maintained mistresses, or came into the position by foul play. I know what you're going to say, "The Church is infallible, but the people are human", but the Church is the people.
The idea that your church is infallible is laughable. You should know better.
I agree, PT. The only positions that we claim are infallible are Church doctrine. The people within the Church can and do still make mistakes or do things that are very wrong. No Catholic should claim otherwise.
yes but the PEOPLE within the church , you know the ones who do things that are very wrong , are the ones who determine church doctrine . Church Doctrine was created by humans not God .
Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today 
Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John Lennon
The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain
Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John LennonThe easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain
