“FWIW, evangelicals believe in Sola Scriptura. / Yeah right..... try believing John 6:47-59 LITERALLY:”
I said we believe in Sola Scriptura, not that we were too stupid to read a text like an adult. Scripture talks of God gathering us under His wing, but it doesn’t mean God is a Celestial Chicken!
I’ll also point out that passage takes place immediately after the feeding of the 5000, and that Jesus said:
“26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” 28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
Notice the CONTEXT. Those following for bread, remembering the feeding, were told to seek a different bread. And when Jesus told them to believe, they asked him about manna.
CONTEXT. Sola Scriptura allows for it, as do most adults reading a text.
“Sola Scriptura allows for it, as do most adults reading a text”
Your Own Personal Interpretation of Scripture - so anything goes.
Evangelicals with their YOPIOS have no one to blame but themselves - lament away and blame everyone but yourselves.
Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam