Yeah, I know. Messy little details like Scripture coming to us through the Apostles and the Church (since Jesus didn’t write anything down, our only way of knowing about Him and His Resurrection and His Incarnation is through the Apostles and the Church. Just a minor thing, really.
Glad you have your personal experience to rely on. Is it possible that your personal experience had just a tad bit to do with Scripture?? Or did Jesus directly give you your personal experience, bypassing the Church and her Scriptures?
And if we don’t need to worry about little details like 2000 years of Church teaching, what’s to prevent Joseph Smith II from coming along with a new set of golden tablets to correct you with his personal experience about the New Jesus that we missed all these centuries?
Or do we all just huddle in different corners and caves, each with our own personal experiences of the Lord? Some of us believing that he was married, some believing he was not, some believing he rose from the dead, some believing he faked it?
Or did Jesus directly give you your personal experience, bypassing the Church and her Scriptures?
My first thought is to answer "a very personal experience". But, you have shown me the err of my ways. So, I guess I was really saved by the Church and her Scriptures, like Paul was on the road to Damascus, right? Or was he just more special than I?
You are preaching to and belittling me, but seem to not be able to distinguish faith from learning.
The Church is important. There we learn, have fellowship, support each other and combine our efforts in the ministry of the Gospel. The Church did not save me, Jesus did. And in the Church He provided us a place to be fed, nurtured and allowed to mature in His teachings while we await His return.
And I don't care if the Church did get some of man's influence into it's traditions or not. God has always protected the message of the Gospel, and will continue to do so.