Scripture - something that's been bothering me lately

[Ana Dragule]

I see you removed the part of this post where you questioned me calling BP a heathen, even though that is what he calls himself.

I also see you have amened Paprika for repeatedly calling me an idiot.

What a hypocritical act.

I questioned you calling Paprika a heathen until I learned otherwise. Had you called him a heathen, that would have been similarly derogatory. Also, I know of no way to remove an amen. I hope you have found value in jumping on that.

[mossrose]

I questioned you calling Paprika a heathen until I learned otherwise. Had you called him a heathen, that would have been similarly derogatory. Also, I know of no way to remove an amen. I hope you have found value in jumping on that.

I did not call Paprika any names, and yet he repeatedly called me an idiot. There is NO way to remove an amen, so you might want to think twice before amening someone if you may decide it wasn't a good idea later on.

I doubt you would have removed the amen even if you could, though, as you seem to agree with him anyway.

You certainly jumped on me for supposedly calling Paprika a heathen. So don't you point any fingers at me for jumping on anything.

[Ana Dragule]

I did not call Paprika any names, and yet he repeatedly called me an idiot. There is NO way to remove an amen, so you might want to think twice before amening someone if you may decide it wasn't a good idea later on.

You certainly jumped on me for supposedly calling Paprika a heathen. So don't you point any fingers at me for jumping on anything.

Hence why I tried to edit my post.
Someone already cleared up my confusion about Paprika and heathen.
You might notice I haven't been very active I've here until lately. I just learned today that you cannot remove an amen. No offense was intended.

[One Bad Pig]

Really.

Then how about Deuteronomy 4:2

And Deuteronomy 12:32

And let's have a look at Proverbs 30:5,6

And maybe we can check out Jeremiah 26:2-6

Revelation 22 is NOT the first time that God Himself tells us not to add or subtract from His word! Or falsify, alter, mitigate or misinterpret the truths found within, or else the one who does will suffer judgment.

And the words in Revelation are directly from the mouth of Jesus Christ. Go ahead and argue with the Lord Himself if you wish. I will not.

Mossy, every single one of these passages address alteration of what has already been (or is in the process of being) revealed - not the subsequent revelation of new scripture. None of these say that the canon is closed - and some books (particularly Revelation itself) were in dispute for centuries after the last one was written). Now, IMO the odds that the canon will be expanded are vanishingly low due to the deplorable fracturing of Christianity, but scripture says nothing about that.

[mossrose]

Mossy, every single one of these passages address alteration of what has already been (or is in the process of being) revealed - not the subsequent revelation of new scripture. None of these say that the canon is closed - and some books (particularly Revelation itself) were in dispute for centuries after the last one was written). Now, IMO the odds that the canon will be expanded are vanishingly low due to the deplorable fracturing of Christianity, but scripture says nothing about that.

As I said, if one doesn't believe in Sola Scriptura, they will not be convinced.

And, as in the past, you and I will have to disagree, my dear friend.

[One Bad Pig]

As I said, if one doesn't believe in Sola Scriptura, they will not be convinced.

And, as in the past, you and I will have to disagree, my dear friend.

This is not about sola scriptura as far as I can tell. It is a matter of reading scripture in context. If Deuteronomy supported the meaning you ascribe to it, then Proverbs, et al. would not be scripture.

[Paprika]

The Law IS scripture. And scripture IS the Law of God.

The Law is part of Scripture but not all Scripture is Law.

Since you can only repeat yourself and make me repeat myself to respond to you

You resort to name calling,which I have not done, because you don't have an answer for the scriptures I have posted.

I answered every one of them. You're just using the excuse that 'he called me an idiot' to distract and back away.

I also see you have amened Paprika for repeatedly calling me an idiot.

Only once.

[Paprika]

I hope you have found value in jumping on that.

Well, she is a fundy.

Time to draw lines: if you're not with me you're against me!

[hedrick]

How do I know that scripture was written correctly? Not as in big floods and battles and was Jesus crucified, but like how did the apostles write the Gospels years after Christ ascended into heaven and still get the wording of the parables right? I'm looking for something other than God inspired them to write it properly (if they are quoting the Lord) and other than the the Church says so. What else do we have?