Catholicism versus Protestantism down the centuries

She has appointed herself omniscient.I grew up with the understanding that Christians were supposed to be humble. I guess my pastor got that wrong.

That sure sounds like a "no true Scotsman" defense.Edited by nwr, : No reason given.

But that is precisely the "No True Scotsman" - using logic and definition to weasel out of evidence that shows one is clearly wrong.

Of genocide by protestants, as mentioned by jar in Message 122.

I'm sure that you could find the evidence if you tried. And Theodoric has provided useful links in Message 140.

That was just an example of the basic principle of Biblical inerrancy.

• whenever an error is found, make up stuff to cover over the error.

That's the only way it can be done. Or, more precisely, that is the only way it can be done short of admitting that the Bible is not inerrant.

The argument seems to be between those who argue that and those who argue that

PaulK just stated the core principle of protestantism. I'll suggest that PaulK is not the source of insanity here.

Spelling out the Biblical answer to anything is asserting authority.If the Bible is the sole authority, then one can express one's one reading of that. But one cannot spell out the Biblical answer to anything. The Biblical answer has to be determined by reading the Bible, not by listening to authorities who tell you what the Bible says.Fundamentalist Christianity is a new papacy, due to its practice of asserting authority.