(July 16, 2015 at 11:49 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(July 16, 2015 at 9:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Well first of all I never said the bible was just "a bunch of fairy tales."So any passage in the Bible that doesn't conform with your view that God extends certain rights to all people is "not literal?" That's pretty convenient and probably heretical.
Second, it's not strange at all. It's a very common amongst Catholics to believe that parts of the bible were not written literally. And I'd say most protestants believe that at least Genesis is not literal.
Heretical to who? Surely not to you, since you don't believe it in the first place.
With that being said, there are a lot of protestants who think the Catholic Church is heretical for not being 100% bible. (sola scriptura)
But I'm not being a heretic against my Catholic faith. As I have explained to you already, as a Catholic, I believe the Church is the pillar of truth, not the bible. Not all Truth can be found in the bible. A lot of it, yes, but not all of it alone. Let me know if there is anything about this that you still don't understand and I'll try to clear it up.
"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
