The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum The Bible

via_dolorosa,

I really wish I could give you more credit in regard to your alleged understanding of 'Sola Scriptura', but unfortunately I simply cannot do that due to what you have written above. You are confusing the AUTHORITY of the Bible with the INTERPRETATION of the Bible. Camping, Dispensationalists, Premillennalists of all flavors and so many others unabashedly claim that their bizarre and fallacious views come solely from 'studying the Bible'.

However, I can agree with you whole-heartedly re: the 'escapism' of these eschatological systems, which fly in the face of clear biblical teaching that the Church will undergo severe persecution and cleansing until the day the Lord Christ returns. This certainly is appealing to Western culture's preoccupation with hedonism.