Originally posted by: DAGTA
You're still not 'getting' what I'm saying. Going to a website is still going to a human for answers. If you want the source, go to the source, the Bible.Originally posted by: Fritzo
OK, here's a copy and past from the Vatican's website (can't link for some reason):
I can make a website that says anything I want it to say. That doesn't mean it's correct, especially if I make a site that supports my own views. Quite the bias, no?
Please tell me, where do you get the idea that the Bible is the ultimate theological authority? Because, you know, the Bible is just a massive compilation of books, and there were many, many more of them out there around Christ's time.
In 382, the Catholic Church put together a list of all the divinely inspired books and set it as the official canon. This is your closest source? A book compiled by the Cathoic Church itself?
To make matters more complicated, during the Reformation, Protestants simply threw out various books of the Bible. Luther even tried to get rid of James, but didn't succeed.
So I'll ask again: why do you claim a book compiled by Catholics and later modified by Protestants to be the ultimate authority?