Why should Post 136 be a knock on you? It was directed at him and HIS POST.
Here it is again for your edification:
You gotta understand, for people like murron, scripture has to be interpreted ACCORDING TO HOW THE VATICAN TELLS THEM TO.
Now, where in the above post am I being inaccurate? If I am wrong, maybe you can correct me. Are you qualified according to the Vatican to interpret scripture for yourself?
If the answer is ‘Yes’, then I apologize for any inaccuracy.
As for respecting your freedom to worship as you please — GO AHEAD. I am not stopping you. if you feel that you need to subordinate your faith to the authority of the Vatican, you have the FREEDOM to do so.
Heck, I will even defend your freedom to do so when someone tries to take it away from you.
That’s not what you meant and you know it. But I will say this. Who told you how to interpret Scripture? Why should I follow someone who is not of my religion? You can argue Scripture all day long, but I have heard three people take the same passage from the Bible and interpret it in three different ways. I used to listen to Pat Robertson and Jim Bakker, and they would take passages out of the Bible and interpret them to tell their listeners and viewers to send them money. This is why I take Scriptural interpretations by others with a grain of salt.