XPost: alt.atheism, alt.religion.christian   
   From: ted@nd.alice   
      
   Gordon wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:18:49 +0000 (UTC), "Ted&Alice"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > > Alex W. wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> 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...   
   > >   
   > > There are even some of them who think the KJV is the original.   
   > >   
   > There is a lot of truth in what you've said but there is one point   
   > that we should emphasize.   
   >   
   > Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV) Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean   
   > not unto thine own understanding.   
   > 6  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.   
      
   And yet you seem to try to understand more than any of the other   
   theists here.   
      
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