tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post3247890510706117102..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Tell me what's trueRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-41839690561959802442016-07-31T02:52:08.555-04:002016-07-31T02:52:08.555-04:00John,
I would suggest that while Rome has...John,<br /> I would suggest that while Rome has added to the faith Protestantism has done a pretty good job at subtracting from the faith. <br /><br />Ultimately, both are the result of the same thinking - a search for one authority to decide the truth for them. Roman Catholics eventually developed the Papacy as their authority and Protestants invented sola scriptura as their authoritative tool. <br /><br />Most of the time ( even if most Protestants deny it) a Baptist ends up a Baptist because that is how they were raised and that is how the Bible was packaged and presented to them. A Reformed Christian is a Reformed Christian because they were told which verses to underline while they were growing up. An Evangelical is presented the Bible a certain way so that is the lens through which they read the Bible. Of course, they ALL decide for themselves, not like those Catholics who are told what to believe.Byzashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386398139477635913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-31574630835390797902016-07-29T06:23:48.279-04:002016-07-29T06:23:48.279-04:00SP, I would say that the Roman Catholic religion (...SP, I would say that the Roman Catholic religion (not the institution) contains with itself the essentials of Christianity. They are just so far buried under specifically Roman accretions and practices, they are hard to find. But I would suggest that Roman Catholics have the name of Jesus and they have the ability to "turn and be healed" (Acts 28:27). But Rome officially obscures the true Gospel and superimposes itself in between Christ and mankind. That is why it is so hateful. John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-62004706113240843022016-07-28T12:12:19.564-04:002016-07-28T12:12:19.564-04:00Is Roman Catholicism a Christian denomination or n...Is Roman Catholicism a Christian denomination or non-Christian cult?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920607348433718771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-74306921899744755092016-07-28T10:51:21.871-04:002016-07-28T10:51:21.871-04:00Certainly, to have a divinely appointed arbitrator...Certainly, to have a divinely appointed arbitrator of theological claims would be a good thing. But if that arbitrator is a human then by what principled means does he/she know its opinions are true? How do they decide which of the theological claims it has is the truth?<br /><br />As I see it the RC person or prospective convert to RCism, effectively sub-contracts their doubt out to someone else... BUT the person they do that with is in the same position as they are! The 'epistemological hole' that RCism claims to fill is actually only transferred to someone else, who, like all of us, can't fill that hole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-82396273861282559242016-07-28T01:23:11.810-04:002016-07-28T01:23:11.810-04:00It sounds plausible, but I'm not so sure. Afte...It sounds plausible, but I'm not so sure. After all, the same thing could've been said after Vatican II.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-25899668354001031162016-07-27T20:19:07.040-04:002016-07-27T20:19:07.040-04:00Now with Pope Frankie on the throne causing confus...Now with Pope Frankie on the throne causing confusion everywhere I am sure converting to Rome is at the very bottom of anyone's agenda. Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17686738325565738419noreply@blogger.com