RE: 3 ways Jesus read the bible.
October 1, 2014 at 3:18 pm
(This post was last modified: October 1, 2014 at 3:23 pm by Mudhammam.)
(October 1, 2014 at 2:42 pm)Drich Wrote: The cannon of Scripture is ultimatly God's responsiablity. Because it is the Only thing that has been endorsed for teaching, direction and reproofing the word and works of, and for God. No other avenue/person has been authorized by God for determining the known will or works of God. Therefore it is on God to establish, and maintain the pureity of His works and words, through the bible. otherwise He must forgive us for following the only thing He has left us.Okay, let's try again. Who endorsed/authorized the Canon (what you call the New Testament)? Church councils. You admit, therefore, that even though many texts (including whole books) considered by popular Christians to be "God's word" are universally recognized by both Christian and secular scholars to be later forgeries and interpolations, while earlier authentic works were left out of the Canon, your faith ultimately lies, like the Catholics whom you hypocritically criticize, in the authority of the Church.
Quote:You have failed to establish hyprocrisy here. The doctrines of men apart from scripture orginate with man and have not been given the authority to determine or repersent the will of God. While the scriptures have.Thus sayeth the High Drich... whose words, no one, Christian or non, is obliged to give two squirts of piss about.
Quote: and Bible based Christians like me accept the whole of scripture. We work and strive to reconsile all of it to build our pictures of God.Right, granting the ultimate authority of the Church which has chosen for you the reading materials you are allowed to use for such purposes... of which your anti-Sola Ecclesia personality, the majority of biblical scholars, and many Christians, respectfully (I almost said reasonably but that's questionable here) disagree.
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