I'll pass. No need for intermediaries.
I'm on the only team that matters
If you're asking whether I prescribe to the same beliefs espoused by Martin Luther, yes. My team is that of the Triune God.
I don't pray to angels or saints.
I don't believe in purgatory.
I don't believe in the treasury of merit.
I don't follow some neo-deity in Rome who claims to be infallible.
Nuff said.
You wanna label me a Lutheran? I'm cool with that, but I just go with Christian, personally. Nothing against Roman catholics, per se, until they start espousing their "muh only way" thing.
Not a newfag, it's something weird my browser does sometimes (this is the 3rd time it's happened in the last 6 months.)
Thanks for letting me know. I usually don't notice. Gotta switch browsers and re-load the current one - again.
Apologies for the inadvertent namefaggery.
Hi anon, not a newfag (a85d4a that you replied to is me), and the namefaggery was inadvertent. It's something wierd that my browser has done on a couple of occasions in the past. I'm not filling in anything in the lines, just posting as I have always done. But something is causing it to think I'm putting something in the name box (which I didn't do) and it posts a blank instead of "Anonymous".
Can't figure out what's causing it. I've even tried putting the cursor in the name box and backspacing to make sure it's empty, and it still does it.
Switched browsers so hopefully that will correct this fuggery.
>I don't pray to angels or saints.
<Breaking with 1500 years of Tradition because you know better.
Revelations 22:8-9. Read it and explain how doing what God commands is somehow less important than your "Tradition" (which is no less bogus whether you capitalize the "T", or not).
>I don't believe in purgatory.
<Reasons please.
Show me where it exists in the Bible.
>I don't believe in the treasury of merit.
<Breaking with 1500 years of Tradition because you know better.
Again, show me where it exists in the Bible.
>I don't follow some neo-deity in Rome who claims to be infallible.
<This is either ignorance or lies about the claims of the Pope.
Doesn't claim the Pope can't sin, but when he interprets the Bible he cannot err because God told him what to say.
https://www.catholic.com/tract/papal-infallibility
Take a look at the current occupant of the head of your church. "Who am I to judge?"
You still agree with this nonsense?
We can go all day long if you choose.
>Do you ask others to pray for you? Same thing.
Of course I do, and I acknowledge your intent. However, the "Prayer to St. Michael" is extremely dangerous because, as worded, it is misleading.
>The Bible is part of Tradition. It was created by Man to codify it. You're ignoring that.
Incorrect. Arguing that I'm ignoring a Tradition put together by man is a specious argument. Your Bible was put together by men, too. The three books excluded from the protestant version of the Bible were excluded because they contained logical fallacies in the face of the teachings of Christ. They are nonetheless studied separately as historical texts known as "The Apocrypha".
How is the protestant Bible somehow less accurate than the catholic Bible? Because you got there first? Specious.
>Are you a Calvinist? I need to know who I'm debating so I understand your arguments.
I am a Christian. I associate myself with the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church (LCMS). I do not always agree with their doctrine but it's the closest to my own understanding.
>That's imprecise. He only is infallible in certain things.
You mean as long as the council of bishops all concur? Fallibility in all things is the human condition. Period.
>Can we at least start with the Nicene Creed to have some common ground?
I also come in a spirit of Christian brotherhood. Your post that insists people who don't pray the Rosary are off the team is what provoked my response.
Attend my church and you would find a service moar "Catholic" than you would otherwise think. We can agree on each other, most definitely, on the Nicene Creed with a couple of small differences to which I subscribe.
"Being of one substance with the Father" and "I believe in one Holy Christian and apostolic church."
You see, I believe that RC's are also Christian, albeit mistaken in some beliefs. I cannot subscribe to the thought that any act of my own could ever rise to the level that I merit anything other than eternal damnation, and that I am only saved by Grace through belief in God, acknowledging that I am a sinner, and asking sincerely for forgiveness through my Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus.
We gud?