Like, to steal an analogy from Evola, you might describe perfection as the peak of a mountain, and the process of attaining perfection as ascending that mountain

I'll agree that you can intuit the right way and you can do the same when scaling a mountain (intuitively, the peak is ⬆️)

But this is a mountain no one has been on or even seen

It's like scaling a mountain in a pitch black night. You're as soon to fall down a chasm as you are to find a foot path

I dunno, I agree with 80% of what you have to say

I kind of view it as a Sysyphian task

@Skellington The reasons for Sola Scriptura leading to degeneracy isn't that it's a degenerate notion (at least in the sexual/homoglobo sense of the word), it's that the removal of a central authority in the form of the Holy Spirit through the shared and common experience of Church through 2000 years leave interpretation of the scripture open to corruption from those who would misuse it.

It's not just intuition as well. Ppl try to apply reason to morality all the time though it often ends up miserably

Say Kant's categorical imperative

Or Bentham's weird utilitarian formula

Fr. John Whiteford, an Orthodox priest from Texas, whom I had the pleasure of meeting once, had a good explanation of this here: http://stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets/solascriptura.pdf

sola scritura means that all that is necessary for salvation is in scripture, do you disagree with that

@Mr. Nessel Again, I can't find anything I can completely disagree with you here. An imperfect being trying to achieve perfection on his own through imperfect methods is engaging in a Sysyphian task.

And yes, I agree 100% about your examples of Kant and Bentham

Depends on what you mean by that @Skellington

I don't think owning a bible and reading it- however thoroughly or sincerely- is enough for salvation on it's own

It's like what James 2:19 says

so what else is necessary

Actually following up on what's written

But also look at the account in Acts where Phillip encounters the Ethiopian

Sola scriptura doesn't refer to knowledge being sufficient for salvation

Acts 8:26-40

Lutheranism is explicit about the need of good works and whatnot

The Sola scriptura is pitted against papal infallibility ex cathedra

Oh for sure

i dont understand your argument

But, as in politics, there is a third way here that's better than both

all that is contained in scriputre is what is necessary for salvation

Phillip had explain it to the eunuch, did he not?

Acts 8:31

Whenever catholics try to defend their traditions they always use the bible

the fact that you are quoting scripture to me to prove your point, proves my point

the base is scripture

The two are mutually exclusive?

no

Well, there you go then

I'm not Roman Catholic, btw

its just that some traditions or interpretations become corrupted