Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff View Post
So you believe primarily that God reveals any new changes in his will directly to you? I personally believe that this concept is dangerous (which is probably why I find so much in common with Roman Catholicism). I get my faith from Family Tradition, Church Tradition, Scriptural understanding and, to a small degree - my own personal feelings about things. You have to remember that God isn't the only one talking to you and instructing your desires. A safety net like Scripture and Tradition are pretty helpful if you believe that some supernatural things are working against you. Look at all of the people who looked to themselves primarily for insight...
You're missing my primary point. I don't believe that God reveals himself to me in a concrete way. I think it is unbelievably short sighted to make such claims but it seems to me that blindly trusting in the pronouncements of men who claimed just that is even worse because you are committing the same sin and even as you do it you abdicate responsibility and shortcut your own concience and judgement. The Pope claims to speak with divine authority, but the person who decided he could do that was another Pope, backed by some Bishops. Before then the Pope couldn't speak within Divine Authority.

So is it true that the Pope always had this ability, did the Lord only confer this recently, or is it a human superstition? I don't know but I'm not going to let someone else decide for me and then follow him blindly. It works exactly the same way with the Bible.