Taking a set of mens words, (creed) over the simplicity of the gospel, a simple verse that any new believer could understand.
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Exactly!, I believe the apostles creed and other things (but we must remember "of men") can be useful but should not be used to establish doctrine, I believe only words directly from the scriptures can do that (Gods words, not men) and I also believe strongly in Jesus words only being the only perfect words, with no mistakes or errors.
Men, even Godly men, even the apostles disciples words, while still being very useful, can have slight subtle errors or mistakes in them, due to the imperfections (sin nature) inherent in every fallen man (except Jesus Christ)
Oftentimes men can make subtle mistakes (slight, but the closer you are to God, the fewer they will be) "errors, mistakes of adding from their own take or own philosophies that could be just slightly (in a man that is kinda close to God, yet not perfect, like Christ) slightly "off" the mark a little bit.
I am glad that apostles like Paul, for example found it very important to distinguish and explain between what he believed was God and Christ's take, and what was his own (opinion) he did this many times and I thought that was very wise of him.
So, although one person accused me of having "limited" knowledge when it comes to (mens) ideas & philosophies, they could be partially correct because (and what I feel I do know) is the fact that I take my knowledge from the only (perfect) source I feel I can fully trust and that is directly from the bible and it's words, and more specifically I cling to and try to memorize every single word the only perfect man said, and my knowledge is based on that, all others I don't fully trust because I know that slight errors are going to come to fore due to the imperfection (sin) inherent in every (other) man.
I tend to scrutinize (only a little bit though in the case of the men that I feel are closer to God, than the ungodly) the words and philosophies and ideas of the ungodly, I severely scrutinize and really don't trust at all, I think they are just a bunch of befuddlers and confusers and confounders and are leading many astray from the truth.
But, back to my original idea, I think we (christians) can all agree on the fact that Jesus Christ was the one and only perfect man, and therefore his words are perfect and completely free from any errors, and we can fully trust them (to perhaps build a foundation upon, lay our stones for the building in line with the chief cornerstone, I am just trying to figure out what that is exactly.
Love God, Love people, (in short the two commandments that all law is based upon, because if we all have a deep mutual respect for one another (and God), and treat each other with respect (and God), we will be loving God and one another and will not desire to do anything at all "bad" against them, or God, (to injure them, hurt them, or do them harm) and us becoming a respecter of persons and God, is something I think we can all agree on, right?