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Did you read what I was replying to? You shouldn't respond if you don't know what brought on that response. That is not my normal response but in this case it was called for. But you know Gerhard, I have known you via this forum for some time and you are really not the one to rebuke others for educational ego. I think when you look at the context of my statement you will understand why I responded that way. However, whether you agree or not makes little difference to me.

 

We are all underdogs, there is none righteous no not one. If everyone would show equal respect we would not be even talking about this. BTW neither you or Gerhard know a thing about me or my history and therefore, need to be concerned more about yourself than talking down to others. That is what started this diversion.

 

I am not a great fan of Gerhard or his doctrinal views but if there is one institution on earth that is in league with the Devil it is the Roman Catholic Church. All one has to do is check the newspaper for the last ten years and see that sodomy is characteristic of its priesthood as its ministry preys on innocent children. Gerhard may have is faults, like all of us, but at least his ministry is not characterize by sodomy and drunkeness. Have you looked at the latest statistics of the percentage of these problems among within the "Holy" Catholic church's ministry? No denomination on earth has such a high rate of moral problems as yours.

 

You are not being real honest here. 3400 cases have been reported to the Vatican since 2004. The percentage that go unreported is thought to many more times the number reported. No denomination on earth is more characterized by this than Rome's ministry - none. Sure you can find a few here and there within Baptists but it is not a characteristic of our ministry but it is lingering characteristic within the Roman Priesthood and continues to be. The Roman heirarchy has sheilded and hidden sodomy within its priesthood for years until within this past decade when they were forced to stop hiding their "holiness" behind walls. The precentage that is estimated to be sodomites among your ministry is staggering. In Rome alone there is a staggering number of open gay priests. Just in the past few years a complete documentary has been released on this very problem in the Vatican itself.

See - http://www.cbsnews.com/news/vatican-reveals-how-many-priests-defrocked-for-sex-abuse-since-2004/

 

A recent video documentary reveals it is rampant in Vatican Rome and a major force within the vatican. This documentary is open to the public and can be found on Netflick now.

 

What you really mean to say is that the Vatican was FORCED by public outcry to confess it. has been INTENTIONALLY covering it for years, denying it, until public outcry forced it to be honest. You are still not being honest. The numbers among the Roman Priesthood are staggering and there is NO COMPARISON between it and any other denomination. The Vatican itself is still plagued by it. There are open Gay Preist bars in Rome. There is no denomination you can point to that is so characterized as Rome by this issue. - NONE!

 

I have presented my case on the final authority of Scripture according to the scripture itself. None have yet been able to overthrow the evidence and that evidence can be summarized by four points.

1. Isaiah 8:16-20 is clear Messianic prophecy that the Old Testament and New Testament or the testimony of Jesus would be bound up and sealed among the disciples of Christ in the first century and when bound and sealed "this word" is final authority over the oral testimony of anyone ("speak") - Isa. 8:20

2. Jesus subjected oral tradition to the scriptures as final authority and for correcting it but NEVER subjected scriptures to oral traditions for proper interpretation or correction, and Christ NEVER referred to oral tradition as authority for his own teaching but repeatedly and consistently appeal to Scripture "It is written" to validate his own teaching.

3. Paul praised the Bereans for submitting his own oral apostolic teaching to the scriptures as final authority to test his speech.

4. Paul clearly and explicitly states that "scripture" is all that the Christian ministry needs for doctrine, teaching, correction, reproof as it completely furnishes the man of God with everything needed for faith and practice.

 

Not being honest again. It is not which sin is worse, and it is not about "members" in denominations including the Catholic Denomination that we are speaking about. It is the ORDAINED LEADERSHIP of Rome that is completely characterized by such immorality far more so than almost all other denominations combined on earth.

3400 since 2004 is estimated to be just the tip of the iceberg for the real numbers which go unreported by contining cover ups. Rome was FORCED to admit it as it INTENTIONALLY hid the problem for years until it had no option to save face. Now the pretending apology, and it is pretended, as it had been HIDING the truth until being FORCED by public outcry. You are simply providing the Vatican talking points to literally cover their behinds.