re: Evangelicals turning on Catholics all of a sudden.

Catholics promised safe conduct to Jan Hus then had him burned at the stake as part of an ecumenical council without letting him even speak in his own defense.

Great.

Now you just need to get Catholics to follow Catholicism.

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What value is the authoritative teaching if the students aren’t listening?

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Why are we conflating Christianity and government policy, exactly?

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In my experience, most clearly incorrect beliefs stem from not having read the. Ultimately, it comes down to whether someone is willing to test their beliefs against Scripture, many simply aren’t.

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Feel free to educate those of your fellow Protestants who insist that they are Bible Alone/Faith Alone and yet believe that Scripture clearly teaches that Homosexual sexual activity is Godly and Good.

Feel free to educate those Presbyterians who say that the Bible clearly teaches that Abortion is Godly, Good and endorsed by Blessed Virgin Mary herself.

Feel free to educate those Pentecostalists who say that the Bible clearly teaches that the Holy Trinity does not exist. They insist that it is those who believe in the Trinity who read Scripture out of context with itself, or, who fail to properly interpret Scripture with the process of using Scripture to interpret itself.

Feel free to educate those Protestants who insist that Scripture clearly teaches that Jesus Christ Himself is an Archangel. They will tell you who believe differently that you have failed to interpret Scripture correctly.

Feel free to educate those Mormon Protestants who tell you that there's a whole other set of Scripture that you, in great error, ignore, which is the Book of Mormon. They will tell you that it is you who need to more clearly understand the clear meaning of Scripture.

Need I go on? All of these folks holding opposite Doctrines will tell that they themselves have tested "Scriptures in their proper context for themselves" and have thus have "tested their beliefs against Scripture", and that, if you would do that, too, you would agree with them.

I'm not trying to bash anybody around here. I'm just saying that many of us are using the same "tests" and still come up with opposite doctrinal beliefs.

And it is not intellectually honest to glibly contend that these opposite theological beliefs are minor or not important, when one sect says that a gay married couple having sex and adopting children is Predestined to go to Heaven no matter what past present or future Sins they commit, and another sect says these unrepentant, aggressive, active and very proud Sinners already have one foot in Hell.

This all goes back to my theme that, when everybody is their own teaching authority, we have no teaching authority at all. When everybody who has a Bible to read can be a teaching authority by proclaiming that the Bible inteprets itself - so let me tell you what it says - then we have no teaching authority at all.

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Seems like you should be plucking logs more than you’re casting stones.

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I don't know what you mean by that since I emphasize that I'm not bashing anybody. I'm simply conducting some rational and logical analysis on Theology here on the Religion Board.

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I have no problem with Catholics or their beliefs, but this Pope needs to snap out of it.

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What has he been doing?

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75% of Catholics believe homosexuality should be accepted.

You’re telling Protestants to get in line and you don’t have your own house in order.

Start those logs, Ignatius.

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PROVE IT. You can't. It's a lie.

And in any case you keep distorting the integrity of the conversation on purpose in order to sow confusion. Satan uses these tactics.

I'm talking about Official Protestant Church Doctrine in some churches that proclaims that the Holy Bible itself teaches that Gay Male Sexual activity is NOT a sin. You keep trying to strike down my argument by contending that some Catholics support Gay Male Sex as Godly, and you ignore the fact that the Catholic Catechism clearly states that it's a Mortal Sin that will send them to Hell.

Please stop using Satan's Tactics. I do concede that some Catholics enjoy and approve of Gay Male Sex. But the point is that the Catholic church's official doctrine is that they are going to Hell today if they die today in that state of sin.

You should try reading the thread.

Evangelicals/Catholics. Arent we all God's children?