Why dont you at least and man up to the fact how God feels about blood instead of saying you agree with him and NOT me?
Because I do not agree with YOUR
interpretation of how God feels about blood.
I disagree with your opinion of what the scripture says/means. I don't know how to state it any plainer than that. Go ahead and consider me dangerous - I've never been described that way before, but maybe it will impact me in a positive way... But your jw interpretation isn't the same as my Church's interpretation. What authority is the jw interpretation based upon that gives it some divinely inspired - never before realized exclusive lock on the true interpretation of scripture? Despite your insistence, *I* simply do not believe your jw interpretation of bits and pieces of scripture are the ultimate authority on those snippets.
Disregarding the fact that Jesus gave the authority to His apostles who were the first in the line of succession of the popes (many of whom had faults - they were men... all men are imperfect - that still doesn't invalidate the authority that Jesus gave) - I choose to trust that Church instituted by Christ over 2000 years ago over a church created by another man less than 200 years ago.
I know you won't read this link because you are not permitted to. That limits our ability to have a meaningful discussion on the topic, but perhaps someone else questioning this debate will follow the link and learn something they didn't know. Here is a good explanation of where the authority comes from:
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/authority-to-teach You aren't asking me to "man up" you're asking me to "cop out". I still admire your enthusiasm and dedication - as I always have. But I'm fine to just let this drop ... being a dangerous person and all - you should have to admit that I at least have a little bit of integrity in doing that, right?