well good for you -
I want to talk about abortion, divorce, and same sex marriage -
you want to talk about who we call father -
do you know what is important?
if you want to talk about who we call father, I am not interested in that
It looks like I'm failing to be clear. My apologies.
I in no way want to talk about who we call father. You are the one who highlighted that particular word.
In a thread about the Roman Catholic Church, I want to talk about what scripture says about how the Church should be governed. It appears to me that in Matthew 20 and 23 we have record of our Lord Jesus Christ instructing that there should not be a pyramid hierarchical structure in His Church. I get this from the fact that He told us not to bestow titles of authority on each other and not to exercise dominion or authority over each other like the leaders of the nations of the world.
You don't seem to see that in those passages, so I keep asking what you for your interpretation of those words of our Lord.
As to abortion, divorce, and same-sex marriage, we have plenty of threads for those here at ToL. You originally brought them up not to discuss them, but to make a point that there are contentious issues that divide those who call themselves believers. I answered that point to the best of my current knowledge. I don't see a scriptural basis for one mortal man having the final say on matters of doctrine within the Church. Nor do I see a need.
