(February 29, 2016 at 11:31 am)abaris Wrote:(February 29, 2016 at 11:19 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Please point to what Church teaching I have denied or "cherry picked."
No, the church is already doing the cherry picking for you. As I pointed out earlier, I didn't have the liberty to discount the OT as being alllegorical, as far as the priests were concerned. I'm speaking of the early 70ies. A time that's not so long ago.
Ok that's fair, and I agree.
Catholicism DOES cherry pick from the bible. I'm glad it does. The reason we do so is because we think the Church is above the bible. Church first, bible second. Poca did a good job of explaining for me that Catholicism isn't about following the bible as closely as possible. We believe the Church was founded by Jesus Himself and has ties to the divine. We believe that takes precedence.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
