XPost: alt.atheism, alt.religion.christian   
   From: ingilt@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   On 30/12/2015 01:04, Ted&Alice wrote:   
   > Alex W. wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 29/12/2015 21:52, Ted&Alice wrote:   
   >>> Alex W. wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 28/12/2015 22:35, Ted&Alice wrote:   
   >>>>> talishi wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 12/27/2015 10:09 PM, Ted&Alice wrote:   
   >>>>>>> As you know, there are thousands of Protestant sects. They   
   >>>>>>> all have varying levels of acceptance and rejection of the   
   >>>>>>> OT scriptures.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> But the important thing to take away is that God is not the   
   >>>>>> author of confusion!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> That might be one argument in favor of the Roman Catholic faith.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> If it had to be a Christian denomination, try the Church of   
   >>>> England (Episcopalians in Leftpondia).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> They take the injunction very seriously that "in my father's house   
   >>>> are many mansions".  The CofE will bend over backwards and then   
   >>>> some to accommodate any sort of variant belief or religious   
   >>>> practice.   
   >>>   
   >>> I agree that the CofE is preferrable in that sense to the RCC, but I   
   >>> meant from a logical point of view, since they claim to be directly   
   >>> derived from Jesus's rock(hard?) assignment to Peter.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Don't they all?   
   >>   
   >> Rome does make great play of their descent from Peter and Paul, but   
   >> in the end they all claim authority from the bible which supersedes   
   >> any mere apostle....   
   >   
   > Yes, but that's another consistency in Catholic doctrine. They believe   
   > that their administration has the authority to interpret the Bible as   
   > they wish, even rejecting parts of it.   
   >   
      
   Again, all churches do this -- even if they do not realise what they are   
   doing.  Different denominations do have different bibles, and   
   translations also differ.  For instance, Armenians include a third   
   letter to the Corinthians; the Ethiopian church has a rather larger NT   
   canon than anyone else; Copts are taught two letters of Clement;   
   Catholics and Protestants have a different numbering system for the ten   
   commandments; and so on.   
      
   This provides me with a source of never-ending amusement, of course.  A   
   great many believers simply do not realise that their bible is not the   
   only version, have never conceived of the notion that there are   
   different versions out there.  And it absolutely flummoxes the sola   
   scriptura loonies...   
      
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