tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post6926825694829431121..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: How to make a case for the Protestant faithRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-62798442860991200162016-12-09T18:49:37.516-05:002016-12-09T18:49:37.516-05:00Catholicism is a package deal. It isn't necess...<i>Catholicism is a package deal. It isn't necessary to systematically disprove every Catholic essential or distinctive. If you disprove even one sine qua non of Catholicism, even one dogma, then that's sufficient to discredit Catholicism in toto. It has no give in that respect. ... Now, if Christianity is true, but one (or more) of these tenets is false, then that falsifies Catholicism. </i><br /><br />This is how I approached it. I started with the "Assumption of Mary", and once it became evident that that "dogma" was historically bankrupt, I was ready to chuck the rest of it. Rome has had centuries to make certain that all of the elements of its dogma are internally consistent with each other. But as it turned out, virtually every one of the other items you listed doesn't bear up to scrutiny. They didn't bother to check it vs. the outside world. John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.com