tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892857592788649371.post2309620631874462737..comments2021-09-04T09:34:11.521-07:00Comments on Signs and Shadows: Doctrine doesn't matter?CatholicGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09129339825000536287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892857592788649371.post-18565824182815972072011-09-08T15:34:42.106-07:002011-09-08T15:34:42.106-07:00JC is actually a Catholic. He made more or less t...JC is actually a Catholic. He made more or less the same argument against it. My post is supplimentary toward understanding how a Protestant could come to this notion if he only went to Protestant communities.CatholicGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09129339825000536287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892857592788649371.post-1685619164299875932011-09-07T18:45:39.296-07:002011-09-07T18:45:39.296-07:00The problem with your Protestant friend's unde...The problem with your Protestant friend's understanding of doctrine is that doctrine is inevitable. The very essence of Protestantism is by definition a departure in doctrine into a new doctrine apart from the Catholic doctrine. A sectarian movement by definition has doctrine as its central belief. <br /><br />Examples:<br /><br />"Sola scriptura" is a doctrine, in that it applies a rule rejecting all possible interpretations of biblical principles that are not plainly written in the text (despite the fact that many extensively thick Protestant books describe exactly what plainly written text actually says). <br /><br />"Relationship, not religion" is a doctrine that selectively applies the warm fuzzy parts of the Bible to define the only objective as personal relationship with Christ (while ignoring any descriptions of ecclesial structure plainly and explicitly listed in the text, and the fact that "personal relationship" does not appear in the Bible once).Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050741228094769361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892857592788649371.post-80800957571057024962011-09-07T18:44:26.322-07:002011-09-07T18:44:26.322-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050741228094769361noreply@blogger.com