Who Has the Authority to Interpret Scripture/the Bible? (feat. Fr. Dempsey Rosales-Acosta)
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- The Bible is the inspired Word of God. That being said, not everyone interprets scripture the same way, and not every verse is easily understood. So, then, if the text of the Bible really means any one thing... who gets to decide?
Today, Fr. Dempsey has the run down on exactly who has the authority to interpret scripture (and how Jesus vested that authority himself).
Fr. Dempsey Acosta is an adjunct professor of Biblical Theology and holds the Miller Endowed Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. After earning degrees in Philosophy and Education from the Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta en Maracaibo, Venezuela, he obtained a Bachelor of Theology (S.T.B.) from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, a degree in Biblical Sciences and Biblical Languages (S.S.L.) from the Pontifical Biblicum Institute in Rome, and a Doctorate in Sacred Theology: Biblical Studies (S.T.D.) from the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Since 2008, Fr. Dempsey has been a peritus (theological advisor) and consultant of the American Bible Society in the Presidential Liaison and Roman Catholic Ministry Department. He has also served as an expert consultant for Biblical translations with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Ascension was blessed to collaborate with Fr. Dempsey on the year-long podcast La Biblia en un Año (con Fray Sergio Serrano, OP (ua-cam.com/channels/8vi.html....
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The authority of the Catholic Church is why I want to officially join.
If you speak to your local Parish Priest, he can set you on the path of the RCIA - Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. You will be taught and share in discussions for a year until your official rite next year at the Easter Vigil Mass, when you will become a full member of the Catholic Church and receive the Eucharist for the very first time! God bless you! 🙏😍
@@deniseelarde2074 RCIA, in my opinion, does a disservice to the students by not demanding more of them before allowing them to join the church. Showing up is all it takes to "pass."
@@myquestforfaith409 RCIA is for adults. A person's faith journey is very dependent on the individual.
@@Lukebarca Yes, I've done it more than once. It is surprising that reading the bible, at a minimum, is not required to join the church. There are no tests or any kind of verification to show the students understand anything. That seems like it should be bad for the church and the students, unless the goal is just to get new people in for collection.
Join because it's true.
Ah! Fr. Dempsey was my Sacred Scripture teacher at University of St. Thomas Houston. So happy to see him sharng his wisdom on Ascenson Presents!!!
Thank you for this explanation Father. I just asked God this question and am pretty grateful He answered quickly.
Did you ask him why he provided a book that requires interpretation, instead of one where we could individually read the plain text and understand? It would have cleared up a lot of confusion by not going through so many filters.
🌿“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” John 14:26🕊️
As a former atheist and now a Catholic teacher who currently teaches scripture because that’s the gift I’ve received by the Holy Spirit. The following is my rebuke to this priest:
🕊️“Let those of us who are mature be thus minded; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, God will reveal that also to you.” Philippians 3:15
The Catholic Church is Jesus’ original church but WE the people are called to hold it accountable because interpretations by individuals within the church can also be corrupted‼️
🕊️”Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.” Jude 1:3-4
Are we called to hold our Christian religion accountable❓
🕊️”Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;” Luke 17:3
🕊️”Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” Galatians 6:1-3
🕊️”As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without favor, doing nothing from partiality.” 1 Timothy 5:20-21
🕊️”For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the Church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. “Drive out the wicked person from among you.” 1 Corinthians 5:12-13
Does anyone within the Christian religion supersede our Father’s words❓
🕊️“And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:27-29
Are we called to follow the Christian religion blindly❓
🕊️”Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” He answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” Matthew 15:12-14
ANY❗️deacon, priest, bishop, cardinal and the pope himself can be REBUKED & REMOVED if they interpret & contradict our Father’s words‼️
🕊️”Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits* to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1
🕊️”Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophesying, but test everything; hold fast what is good, abstain from every form of evil.” 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22
🕊️”For, in the first place, when you assemble as a Church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it, for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.” 1 Corinthians 11:18-19
Simply because one is a “theologian” deacon, priest, bishop, cardinal or the pope does not automatically mean they are chosen by our Father nor that they have the right to interpret his words‼️
🕊️”Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.” 1 Corinthians 1:20-21
🕊️”For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to the flesh, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no flesh might boast in the presence of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:26-2
This “priest” is not speaking in truth but instead twisting it in order for those who are listening to become complicit with the actions of the wolves in sheep’s clothing that have infiltrated our Father’s church❗️
🕊️”Jesus said to them, “Is not this why you are wrong, that you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?” Mark 12:24
@@myquestforfaith409Did you know that the Bible was not originally written in English? The Bible did not exist when Jesus walked the Earth. The Catholics in the late 300s complied the writings for the New Testament inspired by the Holy Spirit. Learn Hebrew and Greek if you want to read the early Bible. Aramaic too.
@@ohwhataday7171 Yes, I'm aware of that. Since the text of the bible is the word of god, written by him through humans, why did he write or cause to be written something that requires interpretation? Why did he require the extra layers of bureaucracy that could (and he knew would) lead to misinterpretation? Why not just write something clear, concise and self-explanatory?
This is soo good. thanks Father! Humility will indeed bring you towards truth. ✝️🙏
Private interpretation is heresy! "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things - 2 Peter 1:20"
This is why we need a church (ground and pillar of truth): 1 Timothy 3:15
One speaks to the choir because literate people will not listen to you. Your God is of incompetence. Jesus fails to complete the job for 2000 years. The Jews still don't buy your Messiah story. J Atwill has proven Jesus is a complete fabrication by Romans, not Christians or Jews. Moses, the war-criminal, proves only; God & faith makes the worst navigator in the world. And Jesus is the ultimate hypocrite by performing all sorts of signs and saying the only one given is Jonah, who was a believer tossed overboard by other believers to calm a storm. The Christian Faith is ludicrous & has no future because of itself.
🌿“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” John 14:26🕊️
As a former atheist and now a Catholic teacher who currently teaches scripture because that’s the gift I’ve received by the Holy Spirit. The following is my rebuke to this priest:
🕊️“Let those of us who are mature be thus minded; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, God will reveal that also to you.” Philippians 3:15
The Catholic Church is Jesus’ original church but WE the people are called to hold it accountable because interpretations by individuals within the church can also be corrupted‼️
🕊️”Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.” Jude 1:3-4
Are we called to hold our Christian religion accountable❓
🕊️”Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;” Luke 17:3
🕊️”Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” Galatians 6:1-3
🕊️”As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without favor, doing nothing from partiality.” 1 Timothy 5:20-21
🕊️”For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the Church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. “Drive out the wicked person from among you.” 1 Corinthians 5:12-13
Does anyone within the Christian religion supersede our Father’s words❓
🕊️“And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:27-29
Are we called to follow the Christian religion blindly❓
🕊️”Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” He answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” Matthew 15:12-14
ANY❗️deacon, priest, bishop, cardinal and the pope himself can be REBUKED & REMOVED if they interpret & contradict our Father’s words‼️
🕊️”Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits* to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1
🕊️”Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophesying, but test everything; hold fast what is good, abstain from every form of evil.” 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22
🕊️”For, in the first place, when you assemble as a Church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it, for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.” 1 Corinthians 11:18-19
Simply because one is a “theologian” deacon, priest, bishop, cardinal or the pope does not automatically mean they are chosen by our Father nor that they have the right to interpret his words‼️
🕊️”Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.” 1 Corinthians 1:20-21
🕊️”For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to the flesh, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no flesh might boast in the presence of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:26-2
This “priest” is not speaking in truth but instead twisting it in order for those who are listening to become complicit with the actions of the wolves in sheep’s clothing that have infiltrated our Father’s church❗️
🕊️”Jesus said to them, “Is not this why you are wrong, that you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?” Mark 12:24
Psalms 12 kJV ♥️
6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
♥️ KJV is the seventh Bible translated in English.
2 Peter 1 kJV
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
@@AlexanderBrown77 One must be insanely arrogant to suggest knowing something of a God. It is by boldness, Moses became the world's worst navigator, by having one foot in some fantasyland. There is a fine line between fishing & standing on the shore, looking like an idiot. Fail to get the Jews to buy it for 2000 years & they should know who their Messiah is. Jesus is a fake, to immortalize the war against the Jews. Jesus Christ is crucified for all time in literature & the subjects of Rome are illiterate. Freud wrote, "The antidote to Christianity is literacy" & the joke is in the scriptures. "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:" Galatians 3:13
An improvement on your God & faith; would outlaw indoctrination & abuse of the vocabulary of fiction on children.
@@AlexanderBrown77 How do you know KJV is complete? KJV is the translation of luther bible (who took out books)... so the question is: how do you know luther did not made a mistake as he is a fallible man?
Insightful explanation. Makes perfect sense to me. We are God’s humble servants. Mary is our example. Thank you from Boston, MA - Karen 🙏
🌿“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” John 14:26🕊️
As a former atheist and now a Catholic teacher who currently teaches scripture because that’s the gift I’ve received by the Holy Spirit. The following is my rebuke to this priest:
🕊️“Let those of us who are mature be thus minded; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, God will reveal that also to you.” Philippians 3:15
The Catholic Church is Jesus’ original church but WE the people are called to hold it accountable because interpretations by individuals within the church can also be corrupted‼️
🕊️”Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.” Jude 1:3-4
Are we called to hold our Christian religion accountable❓
🕊️”Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;” Luke 17:3
🕊️”Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” Galatians 6:1-3
🕊️”As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without favor, doing nothing from partiality.” 1 Timothy 5:20-21
🕊️”For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the Church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. “Drive out the wicked person from among you.” 1 Corinthians 5:12-13
Does anyone within the Christian religion supersede our Father’s words❓
🕊️“And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:27-29
Are we called to follow the Christian religion blindly❓
🕊️”Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” He answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” Matthew 15:12-14
ANY❗️deacon, priest, bishop, cardinal and the pope himself can be REBUKED & REMOVED if they interpret & contradict our Father’s words‼️
🕊️”Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits* to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1
🕊️”Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophesying, but test everything; hold fast what is good, abstain from every form of evil.” 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22
🕊️”For, in the first place, when you assemble as a Church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it, for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.” 1 Corinthians 11:18-19
Simply because one is a “theologian” deacon, priest, bishop, cardinal or the pope does not automatically mean they are chosen by our Father nor that they have the right to interpret his words‼️
🕊️”Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.” 1 Corinthians 1:20-21
🕊️”For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to the flesh, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no flesh might boast in the presence of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:26-2
This “priest” is not speaking in truth but instead twisting it in order for those who are listening to become complicit with the actions of the wolves in sheep’s clothing that have infiltrated our Father’s church❗️
🕊️”Jesus said to them, “Is not this why you are wrong, that you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?” Mark 12:24
This is a grace of the Catholic Church, as this units us all around the world ❤🌎🌍🌏🥰
Praise to you God and Jesus Christ😇🙏❤
One speaks to the choir because literate people will not listen to you. Your God is of incompetence. Jesus fails to complete the job for 2000 years. The Jews still don't buy your Messiah story. J Atwill has proven Jesus is a complete fabrication by Romans, not Christians or Jews. Moses, the war-criminal, proves only; God & faith makes the worst navigator in the world. And Jesus is the ultimate hypocrite by performing all sorts of signs and saying the only one given is Jonah, who was a believer tossed overboard by other believers to calm a storm. The Christian Faith is ludicrous & has no future because of itself.
Revelation 1 kJV
3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
6:35 Beautifully said, and a constant reminder to myself when reading scripture and in just living out daily life. Thanks father!!
🌿“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” John 14:26🕊️
As a former atheist and now a Catholic teacher who currently teaches scripture because that’s the gift I’ve received by the Holy Spirit. The following is my rebuke to this priest:
🕊️“Let those of us who are mature be thus minded; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, God will reveal that also to you.” Philippians 3:15
The Catholic Church is Jesus’ original church but WE the people are called to hold it accountable because interpretations by individuals within the church can also be corrupted‼️
🕊️”Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.” Jude 1:3-4
Are we called to hold our Christian religion accountable❓
🕊️”Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;” Luke 17:3
🕊️”Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” Galatians 6:1-3
🕊️”As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without favor, doing nothing from partiality.” 1 Timothy 5:20-21
🕊️”For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the Church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. “Drive out the wicked person from among you.” 1 Corinthians 5:12-13
Does anyone within the Christian religion supersede our Father’s words❓
🕊️“And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:27-29
Are we called to follow the Christian religion blindly❓
🕊️”Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” He answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” Matthew 15:12-14
ANY❗️deacon, priest, bishop, cardinal and the pope himself can be REBUKED & REMOVED if they interpret & contradict our Father’s words‼️
🕊️”Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits* to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1
🕊️”Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophesying, but test everything; hold fast what is good, abstain from every form of evil.” 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22
🕊️”For, in the first place, when you assemble as a Church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it, for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.” 1 Corinthians 11:18-19
Simply because one is a “theologian” deacon, priest, bishop, cardinal or the pope does not automatically mean they are chosen by our Father nor that they have the right to interpret his words‼️
🕊️”Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.” 1 Corinthians 1:20-21
🕊️”For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to the flesh, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no flesh might boast in the presence of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:26-2
This “priest” is not speaking in truth but instead twisting it in order for those who are listening to become complicit with the actions of the wolves in sheep’s clothing that have infiltrated our Father’s church❗️
🕊️”Jesus said to them, “Is not this why you are wrong, that you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?” Mark 12:24
Thank You For This Information. Helpful. God keeps blessing You. 🇹🇷💐💕
This makes perfect sense to me. Humility is key. Thank you Father.
Great video. Love your passion Padre
Awesome explanation Father..come back often..🙏
Seconded.
Beautiful explanation. Thanks Padre.
To someone that wants to think that particular example through, the word "until" doesn't always mean that the condition suddenly becomes untrue. It just orders a condition with an event. Consider the phrase, "You'll know me until I die." Does that mean after I die, you'll forget or become doubtful as to who I really am? Perhaps, but more likely, you'll still know me. It's just that I'm probably going to die before you, and that's why I'm telling you. Do people talk that way though? Probably not in English, so consider what language the books of the Bible were originally written in? It wasn't English, and translations unavoidably add or remove nuances that can only be corrected for by a legitimate teaching authority, preserved by Tradition, which by the way, isn't just ritual that's passed on. Tradition, with a capital T, is preserving and keeping the witness of the apostles, of which Scripture is a part, but not the whole. This is why we must humbly accept that our own understanding follow in line with Church teaching, because the Church has both Scripture and Tradition to correct us where we are unable to do so ourselves.
Happy to see Father Dempsey here. Loved going to his masses at University of St. Thomas Houston!
Excellent video.
Thank you father God bless you!
Thank you Father!
Thank you.
Loved it!
Why did an all-powerful, all-knowing, infinitely-loving god give us something that needs to be interpreted? Especially when the consequence of being wrong could potentially be eternal torment?
Interesting question. If you have heart failure, do you call a doctor or plumber? No where in Scripture does it say: Read this an all will be clear. However, look at 1 Timothy 3:15 and Matthew 18:15-20. Jesus gave us His Church to teach us. The Catholic Church has been around since the time of the Apostles. That's important because it puts Scripture in context of what the Apostles taught. Those who disregard Sacred Tradition are on the WRONG PATH. The Church existed for 350 years before the Bible was compiled in 382 at the Council of Rome under Pope Damasus.
@@richardounjian9270 The comparison to heart failure is not valid. I'm not asking who is best for a job; I'm asking WHY it's a job at all. Why would an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent god give us scripture that needs to be interpreted? Why did he come to earth, interact with humans, introduce the good news to a small group and then leave without providing scripture that was comprehensible to anyone on earth without interpretation? He had that power. He had foreknowledge that people would interpret (and copy and translate) incorrectly, intentionally or not, which would lead to many "fake churches." If someone follows an incorrect interpretation, the consequence may be eternal torment. Why would a loving god do any of this to his creation?
Why doesn't scripture say reading it will make everything clear? Why is a guessing game necessary to determine what god was telling us? Why is it like a word puzzle we have to decipher, with eternal consequences?
@@myquestforfaith409 Well, I believe I answered your question in my previous comments but, perhaps not. Jesus certainly could see the future. That's why He instituted a Church to teach the truth. Furthermore, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to guide His Church. Also, Jesus said that He wouldn't leave the Church as orphans. Jesus has kept His promise down through the ages. He has visited us hundres if not thousands of times. On the cross, Jesus prayed for oneness. Unfortunately, sinful men have broken that oneness. The other thing to consider is that the Bible was written 2000 years ago. Over time the meaning of words can change. Also, cultures change. So if a teaching body doesn't exist it can lead to confusion and misinterpretation. The Church has existed longer than the Bible. Therefore, it has the frame of mind to understand the context of the Biblical writings. Jesus didn't give us a book. Jesus gave us a Church. The Church gave us the Bible. Is that a better explanation?
@@richardounjian9270 Maybe I misread your first comment, but I didn't see WHY the bible needs to be interpreted. You said who can interpret it, but not why.
Sorry to say, this comment also did not help. Starting at the end: the church gave us the bible, but every word of it was either dictated to the writers by god or divinely inspired by the holy spirit. Either way, god influenced the writing, so my questions are the same.
This answer made the issue of interpretation more confusing. I'm trying to understand why god created a framework that required interpretation of his word when he could have been more straightforward and given us something self-explanatory that did not need interpretation or open the potential for misinterpretation.
It's worse that Jesus knew the truth would be misinterpreted in the future and then instituted a church without safeguards. Why would he do something he knew would be substandard when he had the power and knowledge to do better? Why do people spend eternity in hellfire for believing the wrong version when it was god who intentionally and unnecessarily left it open to interpretation?
God knew cultures and words would change over time. He could have had the bible written in a way that would transcend or account for those changes, and even problems with translations, so it could be read by all people, everywhere, at all times. He is all-knowing and all-powerful. It was within his power.
I get the feeling many people want to pick and choose the attributes of god based on the situation. When you mentioned cultural and definitional changes over time, you seemed to forget he's omnipotent and omniscient and capable of taking those things into account. He had the knowledge and the power to create something that never needed to be interpreted, even over the millennia, but chose not to. I just want to know why.
@@myquestforfaith409 I don't think that you are paying attention to my answers. We live in an imperfect and changing world. Jesus understood this. John 17:15. That's why Jesus gave us a Church to guide us through the ages. Why you think that Church is incapable of its task is not reasonable. Jesus promised to protect the Church several times in Scripture. The Church existed for 350 years before the Bible was compiled. Reread my previous comments. I quoted from Scripture twice where it says the Church is the authority, not the Bible. The Bible wouldn't exist if the Church hadn't compiled it! Stop thinking like a protestant. That will confuse you every time
Beautiful! Thank you, Father Dempsey! 😊
Fr. Dempsey enters the chat!
One speaks to the choir because literate people will not listen to you. Your God is of incompetence. Jesus fails to complete the job for 2000 years. The Jews still don't buy your Messiah story. J Atwill has proven Jesus is a complete fabrication by Romans, not Christians or Jews. Moses, the war-criminal, proves only; God & faith makes the worst navigator in the world. And Jesus is the ultimate hypocrite by performing all sorts of signs and saying the only one given is Jonah, who was a believer tossed overboard by other believers to calm a storm. The Christian Faith is ludicrous & has no future because of itself.
This is why there are around 40,000 protestant denominations.
Of which none are members of the group that know anymore than the Catholic Church knows.
One speaks to the choir because literate people will not listen to you. Your God is of incompetence. Jesus fails to complete the job for 2000 years. The Jews still don't buy your Messiah story. J Atwill has proven Jesus is a complete fabrication by Romans, not Christians or Jews. Moses, the war-criminal, proves only; God & faith makes the worst navigator in the world. And Jesus is the ultimate hypocrite by performing all sorts of signs and saying the only one given is Jonah, who was a believer tossed overboard by other believers to calm a storm. The Christian Faith is ludicrous & has no future because of itself.
@@dogwithwigwamz.7320Because the Catholic Church holds the fullness of Truth, exactly as Jesus taught us and set up for the future of His Church, not just the building, but the people: Pope, priests, and followers of Christ. “I am your God and you will be My people.”
@@deniseelarde2074 There`s only one way of knowing from a Faith point of view which - it seems to me - is to extend credulity.
I don`t mind being a Catholic myself.
We all have mountains to climb up "mount credibility" let alone limits into the possibility.
There`s God or there isn`t. I trust Our Lord is with you.
@@dogwithwigwamz.7320 He most definitely is! He’s been speaking to my heart in recent years and although I’m closer to death than youth, He has given me a Divine Appointment, which came as a complete surprise but we are both benefiting from this incredible Grace! Plus I did the Divine Mercy Novena for a fresh start.
Thanks be to God.
the society as a whole does that
Not having Magisterium and Tradition is like plotting a graph without drawing the axis or establishing the unit measure first.....
If the religion was started by god when he came to earth and personally interacted with people and the bible was written or inspired by god, why didn't he create or leave behind or guide the writers to write something that did not require subjective human interpretation? Why didn't he establish the necessities for plotting the graph of something so important?
@@myquestforfaith409 Because God decided to take the enormous risk of leaving us free. I think this is the deepest and fundamental answer to your question. God always acts through the "secondary causes" (that means through us as well as everything that is created). We can never pretend to see God Himself acting: we can only see people acting in His name and state God's presence behind those actions.
@@user-lb8rz5wr3x Did he really leave us free? We are not completely free; we are bound by the mental and physical limitations he "gave" us. He also did not leave us free when he personally intervened throughout the bible. Why would he "violate" our freedom via Jesus personally appearing to some people, unnaturally altering their thoughts and behaviors, and then decide we should be free when it comes to interpreting his word, which he had some part in creating? It's even worse that he knew his creation would interpret incorrectly from the beginning of creation, the consequence of which may be eternal torment. It doesn't track for me that he would so openly intervene in humanity to give us new teachings (which is a problem of its own), but then not intervene to make the teachings understandable to everyone. Why make the second half a guessing game with eternal consequences?
If we are free and can't see god acting, how can we tell it's god acting and not a person's unrelated free actions? If he left us free, why does he act through us? Doesn't that also violate our freedom?
@@myquestforfaith409 Not being limited by any bound whatsoever would mean we are "omnipotent". We surely have a lot of limitations of various kinds: from the physical ones to the social ones and so on but we are "free" in the sense that despite these limitations we still have some space to exert our will and act accordingly no matter how wide this space might be for each one of us. Now I'm not discussing your points about the Bible, its interpretation and so on because all of this implies, at the very end, an act of faith to some contents which are taught to us. This content has to be studied thoroughlly because our availability towards it clearly depends on our previous knowledge that we take for granted which determines the boundaries of our "space of acceptability" into which we have the freedom to say "yes".
Sorry for my english, which is not my mother tongue, but I hope I made myself understandable enough. Feel free to ask me or discuss things with me, it's a pleasure.
@@user-lb8rz5wr3x Your English is great. I would never have guessed it's not your first language.
I understand your point, but since we agree we are not completely free (omnipotent), I think it's fair to judge whether the instances where god infringes on our freedom or leaves us free make sense. It doesn't make sense to me why he, being omnipotent, omniscient, and infinitely-loving, would personally intervene in humanity to deliver a message, but leave it in such a way that common people won't understand it (and he knows this will happen), and then attach eternal consequences to it. Why should something so basic and seemingly contradictory should require faith? I don't hide from my family and send them cryptic messages so they have faith in my existence. Wouldn't it make more sense to believe it is an artificial human creation than have faith in a supernatural contradiction?
Any will we can exert, any actions we can take and any thoughts we can have were defined and designed by god. I'm not sure at which point we can say our individual will is apparent and distinguishable from god when everything was explicitly designed by god.
The Anglican church that I attend believes in the balance between Scripture, Reason and Tradition.
So does the church! They are equal!
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Bill donahue. Nuff said
Very passionate speaker. I am still confused about why the scripture was written that Joseph and Mary came together if they never consummated their marriage.
Fr Mike has a video on this
The Holy Spirit.
Guides the Church. John 16:12,13
Joe do you have a response?
The word Adelphos means brother but back in the day adelphos or brother means friend or cousin so that would have been a better example
Third❤
Matthew 23:9
Amen! What’s your point?
People are extremely flawed. We are all sinners. Prots think they may take something as serious as the gospel into their own hands. Colossal mistake for them.
I am a returning Catholic and I am flummoxed by this rationale. I accept that the Blessed Mother Mary is spiritually ever virgin, but other than that ...yet another challenge for me.
One speaks to the choir because literate people will not listen to you. Your God is of incompetence. Jesus fails to complete the job for 2000 years. The Jews still don't buy your Messiah story. J Atwill has proven Jesus is a complete fabrication by Romans, not Christians or Jews. Moses, the war-criminal, proves only; God & faith makes the worst navigator in the world. And Jesus is the ultimate hypocrite by performing all sorts of signs and saying the only one given is Jonah, who was a believer tossed overboard by other believers to calm a storm. The Christian Faith is ludicrous & has no future because of itself.
Praying for you & with you 🙏🏻
@veroniquepeterson1091
Certainly, if Jesus is King of Heaven, His Mother is the Queen. Jews understood this, because Jewish kings had many wives, buy only one Mother. Therefore, the Queen Mother, (the Gebirah) was the only Queen, 2nd in rank in the Kingdom after the King. Read Jeremiah 13:18 and 1Kings2:19.
Revelation 11:19 shows the Ark of the Covenant in Heaven. Mary was understood by the early Church to be the living Ark of the Covenant. Luke's Gospel shows Mary traveling through the hill country of Judea where "they found the Ark." 2Sam6:3 = Lk1:39. David asked How can the Ark of the Lord come to me? Elizabeth asked, "Who am I, that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?" 2Sam6:9 = Lk 1:43. The Ark remained 3 months, and Mary stayed with Elizabeth 3 months. 2Sam6:11=Lk1:56, David leapt for joy before the Ark, and unborn baby St. John the Baptist leapt for joy before Mary, pregnant with Jesus. 2Sam6:16 = Lk1:44.
Certainly, Joseph understood this and knew the penalty for touching the Ark of the Covenant, which contained the manna and the word of God carved on stone tablets, was death. Joseph would never touch the woman who gave her flesh to the Incarnate Word of God, the Living Bread come down from Heaven.
The very next image after the Ark of the Covenant in Heaven changes to a Queen in Heaven: a Woman clothed with the Sun with the Moon under Her feet and on Her head a Crown of Twelve stars! Rev 12:1.
It's important not to throw away the correct interpretation believed by the early Church and taught by Jesus and His Apostles orally. For example, Acts20:31 says St Paul lived and taught in Ephesus for 3 years, but protestants want to know NOTHING of what he taught there except what he wrote in a letter a few pages long. Catholics have kept the FULL Gospel.
Mary was saved from the first instant of her Conception. Read Genesis 3:15, and understand her Immaculate Conception.
Psam 127:3 "The fruit of the womb is His Reward." How good must Mary have been to be rewarded by having GOD as Her Son???
I was flummoxed until I listened to Brant Pietre on Mary as the new Eve, the Ark of the Covenant, the Church, the Tabernacle - holy, pure, spotless, immaculate … her whole being is to bring us to her son… it’s not about her but Christ; “blessed are you among women.”
@@jamesdriscoll4125 I must be rewarding: having a cult of fiction, sharing a fantasy of some failed Messiah that the Jews can't buy.
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33 000 separate protestant denominations in America alone and counting. All claim Sola Scriptura and Sola Fida. Which one is right? I'll stick with the Church that Our Lord himself Ordained. VIVA CRISTO REY! VIVA CATA HOLIS! SALVE MARIA!
Reference point are the Catholic and the Orthodox, definitely not the Protestants. They are to narrow and often wrong.
The scripture clearly states I need no teacher but the Holy Spirit to understand the Bible.
Where?
@@SamScott99 New Testament - "You need not any man teach you. The Holy Spirit will teach you." Find it in the new testament. Read your Bible and you will find many things that the church does not teach. Every Christian needs to study their Bible on their own.
@@Laughing-doves i assume you were talking about 1 John 2:27. Context is very important in the Bible. Who is John writing to? It’s Gaius, a bishop of a diocese in modern turkey. Bishops were and still are the visible heads of the church. These are the leaders of the church magesterium who teach scripture and define dogmas. Who is able to teach the teachers other than the Holy Spirit? Also, it is to note that the context of the chapter is not to have any non-Christians teach error to the new Christians. Context is key.
Also, by your literal translation, you call Paul a liar, along with John, Peter, Steven, etc. because they teach the church.
Protestant interpretations of the Bible are so shallow, because they foresake the whole 2000 year history of the church and read things out of context and by their own authority
I’ll rebuke both of y’all’s ignorance with the following⬇️
🌿“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” John 14:26🕊️
As a former atheist and now a Catholic teacher who currently teaches scripture because that’s the gift I’ve received by the Holy Spirit. The following is my rebuke to this priest:
🕊️“Let those of us who are mature be thus minded; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, God will reveal that also to you.” Philippians 3:15
The Catholic Church is Jesus’ original church but WE the people are called to hold it accountable because interpretations by individuals within the church can also be corrupted‼️
🕊️”Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.” Jude 1:3-4
Are we called to hold our Christian religion accountable❓
🕊️”Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;” Luke 17:3
🕊️”Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” Galatians 6:1-3
🕊️”As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without favor, doing nothing from partiality.” 1 Timothy 5:20-21
🕊️”For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the Church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. “Drive out the wicked person from among you.” 1 Corinthians 5:12-13
Does anyone within the Christian religion supersede our Father’s words❓
🕊️“And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:27-29
Are we called to follow the Christian religion blindly❓
🕊️”Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” He answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” Matthew 15:12-14
ANY❗️deacon, priest, bishop, cardinal and the pope himself can be REBUKED & REMOVED if they interpret & contradict our Father’s words‼️
🕊️”Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits* to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1
🕊️”Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophesying, but test everything; hold fast what is good, abstain from every form of evil.” 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22
🕊️”For, in the first place, when you assemble as a Church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it, for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.” 1 Corinthians 11:18-19
Simply because one is a “theologian” deacon, priest, bishop, cardinal or the pope does not automatically mean they are chosen by our Father nor that they have the right to interpret his words‼️
🕊️”Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.” 1 Corinthians 1:20-21
🕊️”For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to the flesh, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no flesh might boast in the presence of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:26-2
This “priest” is not speaking in truth but instead twisting it in order for those who are listening to become complicit with the actions of the wolves in sheep’s clothing that have infiltrated our Father’s church❗️
🕊️”Jesus said to them, “Is not this why you are wrong, that you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?” Mark 12:24
@@Laughing-doves I saw you replied but I can’t see it on this thread. Do you mind reposing it please? UA-cam is dumb
The holy spirit interprets the bible for all Christians. 1 john says we don't need a man, but the spirit teaches. Authority is Christ's alone.
If that is the case what are you on UA-cam looking for content on how to interpret the Bible? I will hazard a a guess that it is because you have a thirst and a hunger to understand the scripture through dialogue with others. One of the reasons why I am drawn to the Catholic Church is because I find that Protestants can just interpret the Bible any way they think is appropriate. And many do it with such self righteous authority.
@@jesuslovesyou2024 I read and listen to a wide variety of things I agree and disagree with. Keeps the mind fresh and open to learn new things. That's why.
If the way you’re interpreting this verse is true, then you can’t explain why there’s millions of ways to interpret the Bible
@SamScott99 there aren't millions of ways. There are millions of people interpreting, but to say all of them interpret differently is hyperbolic. Most are interpreting wrongly and may not even know it. I'd one relies on the Holy spirit and rightly reading the Word in context, there is only one true interpretation. John says we don't need "a man" or men to interpret for us. Jesus said there should be no hierarchical control among us.. "but among you it shall not be". No "magesterium", no "infallible" pope, from the chair...or otherwise... is taught in the nt.
@@recoveringknowitall1534 i think we can both agree that for example, each person can legitimately within reason apply the story of the prodigal son differently. To clarify my point, I’m referring to the major things the Bible teaches. Salvation, justification, judgement, the sacraments, is Christ God, etc. those and many more have one definite way of interpretation.
Unfortionatly today, there are countless non-catholic churches. This denomination believes this, etc. and the people within them each believe varying different things in conflict with one another. Your version of interpretation likely disagrees with the majority of Protestants. So to your point- who has the Holy Spirit? Is it just you and a handful of others? Is it just the baptists? Etc.
Could you reference the John verse please
Respectfully, your point on a hierarchy is dead wrong. The whole reason why Christ came to earth is to establish a church so souls may be saved. The kingdom of God is hierarchical, and so is the kingdom of God here on earth (each led by God of course. Christ appointed apostles to have authority. We both should agree on that. He appointed Peter as the leader of the apostles. The apostles ordained bishops to have authority. There is absolutely no evidence that Christ believed there should be no authority.
Conclusion- the Catholic Church is the only church Christ established. She is Christ’s body, has the power to bind and loose, has the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and have the fullness of Christ’s grace
I disagree but respect you and am impressed by the clean kitchen.
Why?
They are probably a Protestant @@TCZ17090
Maybe just a protestant, or another religion
Clean kitchens are hard to come by these days.
Why? This is history. Luther’s legacy is a disgrace
The Catholic Church wrote the Bible by the Holy Ghost. It’s our book. Other people interpreting our bible created over 40,000 false churches. Great huh. When anyone who really wants truth can find as fact if they research early church fathers!!!🛐🛐🛐
One speaks to the choir because literate people will not listen to you. Your God is of incompetence. Jesus fails to complete the job for 2000 years. The Jews still don't buy your Messiah story. J Atwill has proven Jesus is a complete fabrication by Romans, not Christians or Jews. Moses, the war-criminal, proves only; God & faith makes the worst navigator in the world. And Jesus is the ultimate hypocrite by performing all sorts of signs and saying the only one given is Jonah, who was a believer tossed overboard by other believers to calm a storm. The Christian Faith is ludicrous & has no future because of itself.
If the holy ghost wrote or was involved in writing the bible, why was it written in a way that needed interpretation? Shouldn't the word of god have been written so an average person could pick it up and understand without having to go to someone else for clarification or interpretation? Especially if god knew it was going to be interpreted incorrectly and lead to thousands of "false" churches.
@@myquestforfaith409 does only god know why? It’s His choice. Even His apostles didn’t understand what He said all the time. Until they received the Holy Ghost then all truths were revealed to them. Looks like anyone who really wants truth and spends so much time researching and learning from beginning after Jesus’ crucifiction and who taught who and what they taught them and who they anointed will only see the facts Catholicism is the only true religion but sad even when truth is in your face you still may reject it. Look how even Jesus couldn’t convince everyone. They would rather have the world 😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@truthangel5948 We can still ask why he made his choice, especially when it doesn't make sense. Why did an omnipotent, omniscient, infinitely-loving god knowingly create such an unreliable system, with horrible eternal consequences for errors? Why didn't he instead give us the clear, self-explanatory text that does not need to be interpreted? This doesn't make sense. It makes more sense to believe Christianity is a human invention, full of human flaws, than to believe god would do something so inconsistent with his nature.
The only reason there are other interpretations is because god wrote scripture so imprecisely that anyone can find something to endorse or condemn practically anything. A couple Sundays ago, the reading from Acts essentially created a biblical foundation for M@rxism. Was that its intent? Did I misinterpret it? I should not even have these questions after reading god's word.
As a Catholic, if this means the current Pope is doing the interpreting, we are in big trouble!!
Don’t ever disrespect our Pope and call yourself a Catholic
@@TCZ17090Pope Francis approved the blessings of same sex marriages. The Bible is clear about homosexuality.
@@Will97675he don't
@@TCZ17090 I did not say ANYTHING that is disrespectful!! Catholics do not have to be in lock step with the pope in order to be Catholic. I follow ALL the tenants of the Catholic church. I believe what Jesus taught. I believe and follow the Apostle's Creed. I can't say the same about this Pope.
@@Will97675 Yes, Will. You are 100% correct!! 🙏
The Bible is for everyone. Jesus Christ or the apostles didn't teach that only Popes, bishops and priests have the authority to interpret the scriptures.
Jesus Christ CLEARLY gave only the Apostles the authority to do many things. These Apostles passed that authority on to their successors ( bishops/popes). So ONLY the bishops of the Catholic Church currently possess that same authority.
Jesus Christ literally created the Catholic Church and granted it the powers to interpret scripture, but ok
@@quitgoogle2534 when did Jesus say that only the Bishops have the authority to interpret the scriptures?
@@TCZ17090 when did Jesus say that only the Bishops have the authority to interpret the scriptures?
The bible is not for everyone.
One speaks to the choir because literate people will not listen to you. Your God is of incompetence. Jesus fails to complete the job for 2000 years. The Jews still don't buy your Messiah story. J Atwill has proven Jesus is a complete fabrication by Romans, not Christians or Jews. Moses, the war-criminal, proves only; God & faith makes the worst navigator in the world. And Jesus is the ultimate hypocrite by performing all sorts of signs and saying the only one given is Jonah, who was a believer tossed overboard by other believers to calm a storm. The Christian Faith is ludicrous & has no future because of itself.