Quote: (03-20-2019 01:36 PM)debeguiled Wrote:
Quote: (03-19-2019 10:30 PM)Kid Twist Wrote:
Why you are mad at me that you go off on tangents clarifying such a thing, is beyond me.
Me mad bruh?
I'm just giving you a heads up.
Believing you have a superior connection to Jesus because you are in the "original church" is spiritually akin to believing you are God's chosen because you are a descendant of Abraham.
I never said that, nor believe that. You haven't stayed on the topic at hand in any of your responses to my points. Again, I am merely stating what the CHURCH is, and why it matters (it is the most reliable guide). Others that aren't the church aren't as reliable. I don't know why that's controversial --- it's a statement of fact and perfectly logical.
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There is room for many denominations.
One thing all humans have in common is the ability to get things wrong while thinking they are the only ones who have it right.
This seems to be a fundamental principle of human cognition.
Even in the Orthodox church.
There's room for paganism, witchcraft, and child sacrifice, too. You would call those wrong, so you make no point here.
There are plenty of "eastern orthodox" people (they claim, they were baptized at xyz, they say xyz) who get many things wrong. The Church points people to the Word, though. And unlike western christianity, it only makes very few, yet critical dogmatic claims, so built into the original church is the flexibility of spiritual fathers, guidance, discernment understanding, etc.
As opposed to sola scriptura, mental assent, inerrant "bible" and all other manner of bad thinking and teaching that leads to your actual complaint.