tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post6278737491506147002..comments2024-01-24T10:39:27.668-05:00Comments on Coming Untrue: Too Hot to Handle: Nominally Protestant, Leaning CatholicDr. S. L. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303707167715370504noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-74103076704582671532017-10-30T18:29:07.928-04:002017-10-30T18:29:07.928-04:00Indeed.
I would have hoped that my chosen pseud...Indeed. <br /><br />I would have hoped that my chosen pseudonym made my position on that sort of issue absolutely clear. If it didn't, let me put it concisely....in any matter you can find wherein the explicit word of God and I happen to differ, I guarantee you that I am the one in the wrong.<br /><br />End of story.Immanuel Canhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11580529966007662214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-74411216631567391452017-10-29T22:26:28.533-04:002017-10-29T22:26:28.533-04:00E.g., over here you yourselves are definitely clai...<b>E.g., over here you yourselves are definitely claiming the mantle of (self-appointed) expert or Pope, no difference, except perhaps for the trimmings.</b><br /><br />I like to think we're suggesting what we believe the scripture teaches, in the hope that our readers will look to the Bible itself for confirmation.<br /><br />I certainly hope nobody reading here confuses us with the "last word" on anything.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346761712248157930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-87191226861368099762017-10-29T21:52:53.558-04:002017-10-29T21:52:53.558-04:00You are missing a very obvious point here, namely ...You are missing a very obvious point here, namely that basically every reader of scripture does their own interpretation. The Pope does nothing else and so do many scholars. With Protestantism you simply have several million Popes interpreting scripture and who can tell who has the best one? Of course people have recognized this as a problem, not only for scripture but for any type of significant text in any type of field and the correct interpretation is therefore traditionally assumed to be provided by the "experts." Therefore to blame the Pope for his office and responsibilities is somewhat disingenuous, since this type of thing goes on everywhere in every field including in Protestantism. E.g., over here you yourselves are definitely claiming the mantle of (self-appointed) expert or Pope, no difference, except perhaps for the trimmings. Personally, I see this to be almost necessary that the experts guide us and are advantageously listened to. I certainly could guide you in my field of expertise if that was needed and advantageous. Now, it is also clear that there are many experts where some are good ones and many are self-appointed poor ones, so that one must choose wisely. I have no problem placing my trust and confidence in the person of the Pope in religious matters but would have a problem doing this with engineering. Similarly I do have a problem placing my confidence regarding biblical interpretation in Protestant doctrines promulgated by self-appointed experts like Martin Luther, e.g.. Note that the delegating of interpretation of information to the experts will always be a flawed process, probably sometimes to the point of outright fraud, in order to gain and maintain advantages for the group or societal segment claiming to be the resource and reservoir for a particular field of knowledge. Obviously there is a whole spectrum of how people deal with this problem that is based on their personal ability, outlook, knowledge, inclination, gullibility, etc. and therefore results in some pretty bad aberrations especially concerning difficult or non-verifiable fields and topics like religion.<br />Qmannoreply@blogger.com