--- UseNet To RIME Gateway @ 8/11/07 11:21:00 PM --- Matthew Johnson wrote: > In article <671BB5BF-B678-ECDD-F9A2-9565AD03DAF4@art.srcbs.org>, peebee says... >> On Jul 13, 9:28 pm, 7fromHeavenwrote: >>> Hi! My name is Robert, I'm 38 & I'm a father of 6 & 1 in heaven. If >>> anyone wants to talk about the Lord, I'm open for discussion. >>> >>> ((( s.r.c.b-s is a moderated group. All posts are approved by a moderator. ))) >>> ((( Readhttp://srcbs.orgfor details about this group BEFORE you post. ))) >> I'll be glad to talk about the Lord with you, but (and I mean no >> offense) since you're a Roman Catholic, would you agree we confine our >> references to what Scripture says and not bring in tradition ? > > Protestants often make this demand, but then they always resort to bringing in > their _own_ 'tradition', unless the discussions gets caught on some other snag > before it can even get that serious. > > The reason for this is simple: anyone who claims to give a plausible > interpretation of Scripture _without_ reference to some tradition is simply > wrong. > > Classic protestantism never threw out tradition. This is a modern idea which sprung up in the last 100 years. The protestant cry of "sola scriptura" means that the bible is the final, not the only, authority. We all use some form of tradition when we read the bible, there really isn't anyway to get around it. Chris W. ((( s.r.c.b-s is a moderated group. All posts are approved by a moderator. ))) ((( Read http://srcbs.org for details about this group BEFORE you post. ))) --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 100 * Origin: RelayNet þ MoonDog BBS Brooklyn, NY (900:100/50)
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