All the people who rubbed those brain cells together were Catholics. As I said, every foundational belief of Christianity comes from Catholics.

No, not really. The Bible does not tell us the correct way to view the Bible, so Sola Scriptura is false, is what I'm saying. My comment here was meant as a semi-comprehensive defense of the Church. My ultimate point is that the authority of the Church is what validates the Bible. The Church must have authority for the Bible to have authority.

Further, to just assume the Bible is all we should look to for authority, is unproven. It requires deeper examination than just assuming it is the default position unless proven otherwise.

I mean, who are we to decide how things should be and which things require evidence versus which things are assumed to be the case in lieu of evidence? That's for God to decide. And the fact the Bible doesn't say anything on itself is to me simply more evidence that the verification of the Bible is not solely contained in the Bible. If Sola Scriptura is correct, it would make an awful lot of sense to put everything solely in the Bible.

Edit to add: also, if it were the case that every individual could read scripture on their own and come to understand the authoritative truth, everyone would agree on doctrine. But instead, Protestants are all over the place and believe all manner of different things. This is because we are not the authority on God's Word, nor are we capable of fully understanding It on our own.

All the people who rubbed those brain cells together were Catholics. As I said, every foundational belief of Christianity comes from Catholics.

No, not really. The Bible does not tell us the correct way to view the Bible, so Sola Scriptura is false, is what I'm saying. My comment here was meant as a semi-comprehensive defense of the Church. My ultimate point is that the authority of the Church is what validates the Bible. The Church must have authority for the Bible to have authority.

Further, to just assume the Bible is all we should look to for authority, is unproven. It requires deeper examination than just assuming it is the default position unless proven otherwise.

I mean, who are we to decide how things should be and which things require evidence versus which things are assumed to be the case in lieu of evidence? That's for God to decide. And the fact the Bible doesn't say anything on itself is to me simply more evidence that the verification of the Bible is not solely contained in the Bible. If Sola Scriptura is correct, it would make an awful lot of sense to put everything solely in the Bible.

Edit to add: also, if it were the case that every individual could read scripture on their own and come to understand the authoritative truth, everyone would agree on doctrine. But instead, Protestants are all over the place and believe all manner of different things. This is because we are not the authority on God's Word.

All the people who rubbed those brain cells together were Catholics. As I said, every foundational belief of Christianity comes from Catholics.

No, not really. The Bible does not tell us the correct way to view the Bible, so Sola Scriptura is false, is what I'm saying. My comment here was meant as a semi-comprehensive defense of the Church. My ultimate point is that the authority of the Church is what validates the Bible. The Church must have authority for the Bible to have authority.

Further, to just assume the Bible is all we should look to for authority, is unproven. It requires deeper examination than just assuming it is the default position unless proven otherwise.

I mean, who are we to decide how things should be and which things require evidence versus which things are assumed to be the case in lieu of evidence? That's for God to decide. And the fact the Bible doesn't say anything on itself is to me simply more evidence that the verification of the Bible is not solely contained in the Bible. If Sola Scriptura is correct, it would make an awful lot of sense to put everything solely in the Bible.