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Sola Scriptura?
Does Sola Scriptura apply to pre-written text somehow? If so how, if not, how were early Christians "Saved" if they didn't have the "Canonical" text as an authority on the word of God? How do we know our own interpretation of scripture isn't corrupted? Rather, if 2 peoples interpretations disagree how do we know which person is misunderstanding the meaning of the text? Curious if/why "appealing to the holy spirit" is or is not a valid response. EG: we can't just say "God made me King" any more as that's obviously false. In the same manor we can't say, "the holy spirit told me so" as a justification for an incorrect interpretation of scripture, right?
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I feel like it would be a lot easier to talk about this in person. Can you explain what you mean by pre-written text?
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@Austin Erlandson A lot has been written about how we got the cannon. Michael J. Kruger and Bruce Metzger both have excellent books on the topic. The Catholic Church often responds to Sola Scriptura by saying that the Church >gave< us the cannon, and therefore the authority claim ultimately goes back to the Church. Obviously, Protestants disagree with that.
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What's Your Apologetic Approach?
I’m curious how others here approach apologetics. I lean heavily presuppositional, but I’ve found myself occasionally drawing from classical or evidential methods depending on the context. For those of you familiar with the different approaches, what’s your primary method—and what has shaped that preference?
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@Aaron Yost 🤓
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It's too bad you guys weren't at our monday night apologetics group at new vision. As the group was breaking up, I was asked to briefly explain presuppositionalism, and i'm not sure I did van Til justice.
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Applied logic
Understanding critical thinking is so important to apologetics. What are some resources y'all have found to improve your critical thinking skills?
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LDS theology question
A thought from the discussion last night. Our LDS friends kept mentioning James 1:5 "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you." But it seems to me that if they are interpreting that verse correctly, then there's really no need for the whole rest of the Bible. Do you see what I mean?
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@Aaron Yost That's interesting. So the way they are interpreting the James passage is made more explicit in the Book of Mormon. But there, it seems to be saying that you're asking God to *confirm* what you're receiving. I guess that's a little different from just asking Him to directly guide you into all truth.
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