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jackrabbit · 12-31-2005, 09:59 AM

The whole pope gag has always been comical to me. Here you have a ordinary guy who is elected by other ordinary guys. And now he is somehow different from the rest of us and has magical powers and shit?

rhutchin · 01-02-2006, 05:37 AM

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This might be a "major" disagreement that distinguishes Protestants from Catholics as a denomination but I doubt that many people really get excited about it. It seems to be a non-issue from what I know.

John A. Broussard
A non-issue?

You, indeed, live in a world apart.

The claim of papal infallibility is the unbridgeable gulf between Protestantism and Catholicism, yet you can here blightly claim that it's a non-issue?

It even separates Orthodox Catholics from Roman Catholics.

It's the topic of endless debates by theologians, both Protestants and Catholics.

Where have you been living? How can you simply toss aside this major difference in biblical interpretation?

Please explain.

Within Protestant denominations, I am not aware that anyone is really concerned about this.

As to debates among theologians, the positions seem to be fixed and I am not aware of anything new. Catholics take one side of the issue and Protestants take the other. The objections seem to be largely technical in nature, Can the ordinary person who reads the Bible understand what it says or must he rely on someone else (e.g., a pope) to explain it to him? If you are a Catholic, you will not read the Bible; if you are a Protestant, you will.

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jackrabbit Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston Area Posts: 3,813	The whole pope gag has always been comical to me. Here you have a ordinary guy who is elected by other ordinary guys. And now he is somehow different from the rest of us and has magical powers and shit?

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