Wisdom of Holy Scripture in turmoil or truth?

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Walk-worthy said:
Wow! Wouldn’t Sola Scriptura bring closure to a lot of the ambiguity/confusion that you’re talking about? It would in my estimation!
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I assure you that it does not! I participate in a non-Catholic Christian forum and it’s amazing how many different opinions among Protestants there are on various important truths of the Christians faith. The “discussions” can become quite intense. You have to understand that even the JWs are offsprings of the doctrine of Sola Scritpura, viewing Scripture as the ultimate authority as the norm or rule of faith, and their Scripture-based Arian arguments fore the non-deity of Jesus are quite plausible, just to name an extreme instance.
 
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Sorry, po18, but I’m having a hard time agreeing with anything you wrote.
In fact, I think this is a classic example of reiterating what you “think” Catholicism is all about and not what it actually is.
In my opinion, true believers everywhere, no matter where they attend church, share a common denominator, and that common denominator is Christ Jesus.
 
I see what you’re saying. Yes of course I agree with that! There are loads of churches that are all over the charts and they are cults, not churches! You’re absolutely correct!
 
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po18guy said:
Simply put: No Mary, no Jesus.
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I see your point that Mary brought Jesus into the world. But because Jesus always existed long before Mary’s existence, it’s not correct to say that without Mary there would be no Jesus. Jesus said “before Abraham (and everyone else) was, I AM.” (John 8:58)

You said yourself
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She was chosen and created by Christ to be His mother.
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I know you know this obviously, you said it yourself above; just nit picking on the wording used originally :crazy_face: I am Catholic and love our Blessed Mother but I think statements like these may be things that Protestants would misinterpret and point out to justify rejecting the Catholic faith. God bless!
 
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Delve into the theology. It may take some time. Perhaps 30 years in my case.

Do you believe in free will? You are demonstrating it.
 
Po18guy, GOT IT! Thanks for your reply! I do value your (name removed by moderator)ut!
 
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Thank you, CIML. You said it much better to po18guy than I could! I really think this is the area Catholics get themselves into a lot of mischief and are misinterpreted! Then again, how can you misinterpret something that is just flat out not logical. It’s like “how many angels can dance on a pinhead”? or “camel going through an eye of a needle”. Metaphors for a greater meaning! Yet, I personally believe in the literal flood, and I reject Evolution, yet so many Catholics believe wholeheartedly that we evolved from apes and the flood was a fairy tale! Will we ever get everyone on the same plain? Probably not!
 
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Sadly, despite their faith, the forté of Protestantism is to misinterpret. Interpreting God’s word is not a DIY project.
 
Walk-worthy said:
Yet, I personally believe in the literal flood, and I reject Evolution, yet so many Catholics believe wholeheartedly that we evolved from apes and the flood was a fairy tale! Will we ever get everyone on the same plain? Probably not!
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The Catholic Church does not have a particular position on either of the matters, so you are well within the parameters of what the Church has to say. But as to both issues, Paragraph 283 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church has something interesting to say: "The question about the origin of the world and of man has been the object of many scientific studies which have splendidly enriched our knowledge of the age and dimensions of the cosmos, the development of life-forms and the appearance of man. These discoveries invite us to even greater admiration for the greatness of the Creator, prompting us to give him thanks for all his works and for the understanding and wisdom he gives to scholars and researchers. With Solomon they can say: "It is he who gave me unerring knowledge of what exists, to know the structure of the world and the activity of the elements…for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me.’ "
 
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