Well, I don't think he's that much of a hardcore catholic, since I've seen catholics that could come up with much better answers.
The only "inspirational" part of the new testament are through Paul's deeds, letters and of course, the Revelations, and since Jesus is, in one way, God, according to the catholic doctrine of the holy trinity, the four Gospels are literally, the word of God.
And these did not come from inspiration, these were written by people who witnessed these events, or at least wrote it down from those who did. The Nicean council saw it fit to include only the bibles that were consistent with eachother, however, and these are now canon.
If a man does not know his doctrine well, he can't really defend his beliefs.
Quote:He them goes on to tell me "No it was written by man over the course of years through inspiration by God."When I see this answer, I can't help myself but to think that this person was probably sleeping during the sermons.
The only "inspirational" part of the new testament are through Paul's deeds, letters and of course, the Revelations, and since Jesus is, in one way, God, according to the catholic doctrine of the holy trinity, the four Gospels are literally, the word of God.
And these did not come from inspiration, these were written by people who witnessed these events, or at least wrote it down from those who did. The Nicean council saw it fit to include only the bibles that were consistent with eachother, however, and these are now canon.
Quote:"So, man wrote the bible? How could the bible be perfect? It can't be the 'Word of God' if man wrote the bible. If man was flawed, then the bible is flawed too. It's the Word of Man; created by man."If they were written down by Jesus himself, at the very moment a revelation had come over him, would you accept it as the word of God?
Quote:He tells me you just gotta have faithThat's the point of christianity, and many other religions.
Quote:"So who goes to hell? Do the Muslims go to hell? Do the non believers go to hell?"You probably know the answer to that.
Quote:"It is not my place to tell you who goes to heaven or hell, that's God's decision."Indeed. But he forgot to add that sins can only be forgiven by Jesus's blood. He's kind of the humanist type of catholic, I think.
Quote:So later he talks about his grandparents are Baptists, and that just because they aren't Catholic like him, they are going to heaven because they believe in the Christian God.I think that he should know something about this aswell. It is necessary to be in God's church, the one church to be saved. Yet if they were ignorant of this necessity, and still believed in Jesus, they would probably go to heaven.
If a man does not know his doctrine well, he can't really defend his beliefs.
