Alex wins debate with James White on Sola Scriptura

SashaMaria said:

Alex is very knowledgeable and likable and did a very good job but so did James White and I’m not sure anyone ‘won’. It was a good debate and worth watching.

I personally don’t like the concept of ‘winning‘ a debate about religion. Do debates ever change anyone’s mind and heart? Probably not. But if it helps correct clear up misunderstandings about each other, or gives a nudge to someone already considering converting to the other side, then it’s definitely worthwhile.

Just my $.02 for what it’s worth.

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RileyG said:

Sola Scriptura makes no sense based on history. I have no idea why any Protestant accepts it.

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Sword of the Lord said:

I used to think that. For some I guess it's true. They want power. For most, I know the reason. As someone who went from Confessional Lutheran, to years long infatuation with the Catholic Church, to eventually becoming Orthodox, to then finding what I thought was home in Catholicism, to then reconciling with the Orthodox Church, I understand the real root of the issue for genuine seekers of God. It's who do we believe and who do we trust? And seeing the scandals and the evils in the churches, people are lead to the pure thing: Scripture. In my in between phases that was always my comfort and even if I knew I couldn't interpret all of it correctly, I knew it was pure and it was God's very word. That means a lot.

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