"You proved my point right here. If your religion’s practices are not based on scripture then it’s a tradition"
Picking and choosing what scripture to follow. Paul literally says that we should follow tradition in 2 Thessalonians 2:15. Sola Scriptura is not Biblical at all.
"what kind of gobblygook is this?"
Thanks for admitting you have zero idea what you are talking about. One of the Biblical arguments for the concept of ex cathedra infallibility is John 16:13. All papal infallibility means is that when the bishop of Rome is making statements that apply to all Catholic churches he can not be in err (see Matthew 16:18).
"Maybe you should research your own religion."
LOL you are the one who needs to research it, not me.
"It is the harlot mentioned in Revelation"
Who told you that? Jack Chick? Trust me pal, this isn't the first time I've heard the "whore of Babylon is the Catholic church" argument. There are problems with that, for one it's an interpretation that even all protestants don't subscribe to. Furthermore, the Vatican is not one of the seven hills of Babylon as described in Revelation 17:10. The seven hills of Rome are Palatine, Capitoline, Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Viminal, and Quirinal. That alone shoots that idea that the Vatican is the Babylon of Revelation (not the Roman empire which was clearly the implication in the text as it was written during the persecution of Domitian) in the foot. Furthermore, Revelation 18:3 clearly states that "the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries". This implies that it is a global commerce hub (again PAGAN Rome sure as hell not the Vatican which has zero export afaik)
"It claims the power to change the Sabbath"
Are you a Seventh Day Adventist by chance? The Catholics did not "change" the Sabbath. The Sabbath was not changed, it was replaced by the Lord's Day (Revelation 1:10) in Christian worship.
"change the 10 Commandments which were written by the hand of God Himself"
The commandments aren't bulleted in the text. You can count as many as 13 or even 14 commandments and as a result, Jews, Catholics AND protestants all number them differently. The Catholic numbering was based on Augustine's writings after he studied Deuteronomy closely. Protestants were the ones who altered the ten commandments to split the first commandment into two and then combined the last two into one so they could "own" the Catholics over "muh statues" (forgetting that God Himself commanded statues of living things to be made namely the snake in Numbers 21:8). Even the fucking LUTHERANS use the Catholic ten commandments. It was protestant reformer John Calvin who altered the commandments in 1545 because he was an iconoclast. The Catholics did not change the commandments, if anything, protestants did.
AGAIN, please do some actual historical research outside of a Chick Tract.
"You proved my point right here. If your religion’s practices are not based on scripture then it’s a tradition"
Picking and choosing what scripture to follow. Paul literally says that we should follow tradition in 2 Thessalonians 2:15. Sola Scriptura is not Biblical at all.
"what kind of gobblygook is this?"
Thanks for admitting you have zero idea what you are talking about. One of the Biblical arguments for the concept of ex cathedra infallibility is John 16:13. All papal infallibility means is that when the bishop of Rome is making statements that apply to all Catholic churches he can not be in err (see Matthew 16:18).
"Maybe you should research your own religion."
LOL you are the one who needs to research it, not me.
"It is the harlot mentioned in Revelation"
Who told you that? Jack Chick? Trust me pal, this isn't the first time I've heard the "whore of Babylon is the Catholic church" argument. There are problems with that, for one it's an interpretation that even all protestants don't subscribe to. Furthermore, the Vatican is not one of the seven hills of Babylon as described in Revelation 17:10. The seven hills of Rome are Palatine, Capitoline, Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Viminal, and Quirinal. That alone shoots that idea that the Vatican is the Babylon of Revelation (not the Roman empire which was clearly the implication in the text as it was written during the persecution of Domitian) in the foot. Furthermore, Revelation 18:3 clearly states that "the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries". This implies that it is a global commerce hub (again PAGAN Rome sure as hell not the Vatican which has zero export afaik)
"It claims the power to change the Sabbath"
Are you a Seventh Day Adventist by chance? The Catholics did not "change" the Sabbath. The Sabbath was not changed, it was replaced by the Lord's Day (Revelation 1:10) in Christian worship.
"change the 10 Commandments which were written by the hand of God Himself"
The commandments aren't bulleted in the text. You can count as many as 13 or even 14 commandments and as a result, Jews, Catholics AND protestants all number them differently. The Catholic numbering was based on Augustine's writings after he studied Deuteronomy closely. Protestants were the ones who altered the ten commandments to split the first commandment into two and then combined the last two into one so they could "own" the Catholics over "muh statues" (forgetting that God Himself commanded statues of living things to be made namely the snake in Numbers 21:8). Even the fucking LUTHERANS use the Catholic ten commandments. It was protestant reformer John Calvin who altered the commandments in 1545 because he was an iconoclast. The Catholics did not change the commandments, if anything, protestants did.
AGAIN, please do some actual historical research outside of a Chick Tract.