Part 1: Protestants from Apologia Church debate Latter Day Saints on the topic of Sola Scriptura

What is the ultimate authority for determining the mind and will of God? Watch as two Protestants of Apologia Church debate this topic with two Latter Day Saints.
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[@glennallred5510]

I first watched this debate on Apologia's KZbin channel. I was having allot of questions and this debate gave me allot of answers I needed to return to my LDS foundation. Thanks guys.

[@richardholmes5676]

Google Debate: Richard Hopkins (Mormon) vs Robert Morey (Christian) you tube. Hopkins clearly defeated Morey.

[@lindamartinez7006]

Well of course . They don’t even go by the Bible . They take it out of context and they know they are taking it out of context so that makes them a con artist . They will give one scripture one sentence and it tell the whole story they quote from .

[@BobbyGardner1957]

@@lindamartinez7006 huh?

[@georgebauerschmidt5289]

the true defeat are those that find themselves lost in darkness forever because they don't call Jesus "I AM" or God. John 8:24 tells us that they will die in their sins.

[@grappling.enthusiast]

@mysticstrider Mormons do not believe God is satan's brother

[@alexspeiser2096]

This was interesting to watch. However, as much as I don’t want to be critical (cuz I was not the one debating) I think the LDS guys could have more thoroughly demolished the opposition if they would have merely discussed the context of the formation of the Bible. It would have supported their argument with greater lethality.

[@zionmama150]

@1:01:00 amazing that they think nothing ever gets lost in translation 😒

[@brendamartin3444]

God obtained Godhood through a process, and he invites all to participate in that same process, because that process is a perfecting process, and our Father desires that all of his children become perfected Like he is…

[@paulgross5672]

That’s right the Bible is true because the Bible says it’s true that’s exactly right and you can’t understand that God is true and let every man he be a liar oh it doesn’t look good for you

[@caffeinefreemtndew]

"I'll start my defense of sola scriptura by citing sources that are not in the scriptures" 🤦🤦🤦

[@KellySanders-Amergrl]

😂😂😂 I know, right?

[@aka.yehoshua]

So you obviously aren't familiar with sola scriptura. It means scripture is our only infallible rule of faith. It IS our 'pope' so to speak. Does not mean we can't consult the fathers.

[@jshurt1814]

@@aka.yehoshua can we consult the pope then?

[@chrisblanc663]

I noticed that one too. Not the best way to make your argument…

[@joscelynpease6656]

The more I learn about other Churches, the grateful I am to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I've been watching 52 Churches in 52 weeks KZbin channel and it has also been really enlightening.

[@PhthaloGreenskin]

If you deny the Trinity you are not a Christian. It means you worship a different God. If you are adamant that you are a mormon. At leat accept the Trinity so that you may be saved on a technicality.

[@markkrispin6944]

So you are grateful being a member of a church (corporation) that brainwashes you like the Mormon Cult Church. I got it now. Make perfect sense.

[@georgebauerschmidt5289]

@@PhthaloGreenskin the reason why the Trinity is somewhat important is because Jesus says in John 8:24 that people will die in their sins if they don't believe He is God (I AM). The thief on the cross didn't believe in the Trinity but he did acknowledge who Jesus was. Romans 10:9 says we must have confess Jesus is God for eternal life.

[@lindamartinez7006]

@@PhthaloGreenskin that’s the funniest thing I ever heard in my whole life . Sit down please . Go study Constantine history . Murdering bullies to the made up lies of Trinity .

[@grappling.enthusiast]

@@PhthaloGreenskin "If you deny the Trinity you are not a Christian" completely false - you cannot make up your own definition of Christian and run with it

[@crbgo9854]

im orthodox ☦ but these mormons really broke protestantism apart hardcore lol

[@BrianTerrill]

Orthodoxy has a better argument than Roman Catholics and Protestants. Every argument Protestants and RC make is actually a better case for orthodoxy.

[@chrisblanc663]

@@BrianTerrillI have been studying the Roman Catholic Church, and recently got in my purview the Orthodox Church. I plan on looking into them shortly, but I have a feeling your statement will ring true to me.

[@wildmanofthewynooch7028]

Something that watching this debate. The Pharisees in Jesus day also used sola scriptura and didn’t believe that God could have flesh and blood. They were no different from those who you debated.

[@J_doggy-yd7my]

Apparently you didn't read the scriptures. Jesus specifically calls them out for not knowing or understanding Scriptures, but instead using the traditions of man. Jesus used Scripture

[@wildmanofthewynooch7028]

@@J_doggy-yd7my apparently you don’t have a clue because evangelicals only cherry pick what works for them

[@ranzelganzon850]

More debates, LDS ROCKS! 😊😊😊 LDS members are highly intelligent people and they know if you're wrong big time! 😅 Thanks to the LDS Church big time!

[@brandonholt6736]

Awesome debate! Love seeing our members starting to debate more and more!

[@saspen3]

Agree!

[@AcheliusDecimus]

As a former protestant, I can testify that the path of the Latter-Day Saint brings the most Christlike change to one's life if lived consistently.

[@markkrispin6944]

You went from being a wise man to a complete fool. Congratulations.

[@chubbuck35]

Are you now LDS then?

[@randomango2789]

Please explain why the church changed its stance on Native Americans being the descendants of all Lamanites

[@Spark_Horizion]

Amen 🙏🏼

[@truthbebold4009]

How would you explain the multitudes of non-LDS who have exemplified Christlikeness well beyond what we see in the LDS faith?

[@CrackedCandy]

The ludicrous thing about Sola scriptura is its supposed to stand on its own. So why do they interpret it then? An atheist said they should just get up read a verse snd then sit down. What's this "the spirit speaks to me, this is my understanding", yet they reject prophets that they push down while simultaneously lift themselves up to the level of essentially a prophet. Which makes sense if you realize that they consider themselves the elect.

[@chrisblanc663]

Yup.

[@Sam-up4uj]

As a Catholic, I find it funny that non Catholics try to use our bishops, Saints, church fathers to prove sola scriptura. This is never wise, but it IS always hilarious lol.

[@ABird971]

The Christians in this debate aren't non-Catholics, they just aren't Roman Catholics.

[@robertrosskopf4641]

As a member of the LDS church, I think it is a riot that Catholic saints sometimes taught things that are now only taught in the LDS church.

[@ABird971]

@@robertrosskopf4641 I can't see how that's funny. There are MANY similarities between Christianity and LDS, obviously.

[@robertrosskopf4641]

@@ABird971 Catholic saints taught doctrines that are today unique to just one church, and it isn't the Catholic church. It is the church started by a backwoods farm boy, who claimed to have a vision of God and his son Jesus. How does one explain that?

[@thoughtfulfaith2020]

Yep. Catholics have a far better case to make that protestants.

[@correctingchristianity]

Technically anytime a new testament writer mentions scripture, they are probably talking about the old testament. The new testament wasn't a book yet. And the writings weren't compiled until much later.

[@Hamann9631]

The Sola Scripture debater warned about Strawman attacks. He did it. He did it by lying about whether we believe the Bible. He lied about whether we believe God can give us clear messages.

[@stacygodnick3887]

Jacob, you're a saintly warrior! I'm so happy that your on my side!

[@thoughtfulfaith2020]

Thank you. Thats very kind =)

[@jaqueseche3111]

@@thoughtfulfaith2020 Big data says the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's Movement is a scam. #MMIW #Durangocide

[@nowthenad3286]

I don't know how the protestant guys can make so many statements that are without a logical basis AND not appear to notice. It is painful to listen to one after another. I am spending all my mental effort trying to work out how on earth I can attempt to get from the beginning to the end of one of their sentences and make them logically consistent. I cannot comprehend what they are seeing that I am not. Very strange indeed.

[@latterdaypioneer6839]

Love this debate. Your arguments were on point! Continue what your doing.

[@six1nyne]

Yall smashed em nice job elders. This one wasn't even close. I don't know any of your names but the black dude basically quoted Joseph Smith. If we start right, it is easy to go right all the time; but if we start wrong, it is a hard matter to get right. The irony I love how you yall put the Book of Mormon on the the level of the Bible. Masterful. Ask and ye shall receive its really that easy. They even said "they would expect revelation to come" 🤣 Hats off to you guys.

[@RichardChappell1]

During the Cross examination, Oscar Dunlap resorted to playing word games by using equivocation and relying on faulty use of words. He purposely uses the word communication as a synonym for speaking, listening as well as the process of of communication. Each of those words have substantial different meaning, and while communication can be used a synonym for these words, the context provides the meaning meant. For example, when we say "God communicates," that literally means God is giving us a message. Yet Brother Dunlap tries to then claim the sentence is the same as receiving the message. We wouldn't say "We communicated God's message" to mean we received the message. He is using language games. Brothers' Carroll and Hanson did a reasonable job of calling that out. Brother Dunlap is a perfect example of the fallacies and logic that are so common in protestantism. It relies on the use of language without concrete or specific meaning. The gaming of the "Word of God" is an example. He pretends the Bible is something that Christ and the Apostles know of and spoke of, while ignoring that the Bible is a collection of works that were chosen and picked for inclusion by a politicaly chosen committee. What's interesting is the quality of the arguments between essentially amateurs in the field against degreed professionals in their field.

[@thekolobsociety]

bingo

[@canibezeroun1988]

Yes very telling. I'm Catholic and it's what my spiritual ancestors have been taking them to task for generations.

[@chrisblanc663]

Which ones are the amateurs? The Lattter-Day-Saints, or Protestants? My guess would be the LDS.

[@RichardChappell1]

@@chrisblanc663 Considering the Latter-Day Saints don't have paid or degreed clergy, they are always going to be amateurs from a technical standpoint. And yet, the pros ini this case couldn't stand up to the amatuers...

[@drewhanna9057]

The most hilarious part of the Matthew 22 reference is that the scripture that he claims Jesus quoted is not in the protestant Bible. It's in a book that they don't consider scripture, the book of Tobit (apocrypha).

[@addingtonhubbell5362]

Can you provide context? Genuinely curious

[@drewhanna9057]

@Addington Hubbell in Matthew 22, the saducees say that there was a woman who married 7 men and they all died (paraphrasing), who will she be married to in the next life? And Jesus said that "you do not understand the scriptures, they won't be married but will be as the angels in heaven." So Jesus himself said that story was in scripture. However, it's not in the protestant bible. It's in the book of Tobit. So to believe the words of Jesus is to believe that there is scripture outside the Bible, so Latter day saints can stand on that as a witness in favor of the book of Mormon being scripture.

[@addingtonhubbell5362]

@@drewhanna9057 thank youuuuu, I had heard this before but never knew the exact synopsis. Much appreciated 👍

[@chrisblanc663]

Wow, thanks for sharing that. I only just learned about the book of Tobit. It’s such an awesome bit of non-Protestant scripture, and I only learned about it because I was reading a Catholic Bible. Thanks Catholics for keeping the faith!!!

[@drewhanna9057]

@chrisblanc663 it was also in brother Joseph's Bible. It wasn't taken out of the bible until the 1890s by American protestants. I am not sure why we don't have it in our LDS bibles, but it doesn't matter that much. We have a section of the doctrine and covenants about the apocrypha and they just don't seem super important to the Lord, so that's ok!

[@NLANDXP]

Opening Statement dropping the mic! OH MAN! Props to both of you Thoughtful Faith! I think that hit HARD...

[@zionmama150]

@1:11:15 They claim it says 6 days so it must be, but fail to admit that the word “Yom” in Hebrew could denote not JUST a day but a period of time, such as a year or longer. Amazing… they deny that translation errors exist. According to them, no one who spoke any other language than English could get the full meaning of the Bible.

[@StephenSmith-qc3xx]

Watched this a year ago. The LDS guys wiped up the floor with the other guys. Hmmm .. maybe I'm gunna look into the Mormons abit.

[@jonathanettinger6970]

Yeah, no. "Sola Scriptura" was NOT taught in the earliEST days of "the church". The claimants to authority didn't allow that.

[@bergstro]

This debate was over after the Protestant opening statement, and they lost. So many contradictions…

[@kimhaughton3771]

Thank you for sharing this Jacob!!! I would never have found it except by being a new subscriber to your channel. I think you are brilliant and I'm grateful for your knowledge and your kindness and the respectful way you share it. God bless! Much love from a fellow member. ❤️

[@danielroehm2822]

The Evangelical response acts as if we LDS do not understand those foundational truths for all Christianity, like that Jesus is the way the truth and the light, or that God's plan was to provide us with a saviour who is Jesus Christ...We believe nearly everything that other Christians believe...

[@TheRandomGangsta]

That is their problem with us. From what I can gather, they interpret Mormonism as something akin to the Bahá’í Faith or Zoroastrianism. Thus, they cannot conceptualize that our belief in the Book of Mormon, acknowledging Joseph Smith as biblical level prophet and our different interpretation of Christian theology and the Holy Bible is a part of the body of Christianity. Worse part is that they don’t WANT to believe that we’re a part of the body of Christ so it leads to their weird and antagonistic views on us.

[@danielroehm2822]

@@TheRandomGangsta yup. Seems like they've adopted the way of the pharises...and must have complete compliance with their interpretations.

[@dwRS1]

It's always about interpretation of scripture. No wonder so many people are joining the Church of Jesus Christ.

[@kylebevans9482]

Thank you Jacob. I can't tell you how many times they would say something and i would pause, give it thought and answer myself. And as soon as I unpaused you would say the exact thing I had thought. How else would you know who authorized a book, than the author telling you personally that he wrote it?

[@jonathanettinger6970]

"What we call the New Testament is true because Jesus said the Old Testament is true. Also, our opponents deny Jesus and that's not a strawman, because reasons."

[@themanflake]

The second guy who spoke from the other side, said that we believe that God has a body of flesh and blood. That is incorrect, God has a body of flesh and bone. Only as mortal do we have blood

[@DustinMTaylor]

I clearly either have too much time on my hands, or I have a real procrastination problem, but here are my thoughts on the Protestant guys: First off, the first guy makes a big deal not to be inconsistent, and says "to be inconsistent is to lie." That is incorrect. You could just be wrong. Ill intent isn't necessary here. 8:11 - "scripture alone" is ultimate authority, goes on to quote non-biblical sources 9:15 - "all of church history" - so like, starting 100-200 years after the biblical texts were finalized/decided upon 9:55 - claims they do not deny times of revelation. Did scripture not exist also in those times? Why did they need further revelation then? Isn't it "inconsistent" to claim that there were times where both scripture and revelation existed but not anymore? 10:34 - True, we don't read that the scriptures bring unity, but we read that prophets and apostles do! (Ephesians 4: 11-14) 12:20 - The Bible doesn't need the Book of Mormon, YOU do. The two dot analogy is applicable here. 12:33 - "scriptures are self-consistent" LOL! Paul's conversion story? Just one of many examples As far as the 2 Timothy scripture goes, it reads all SCRIPTURE is breathed out, not THE BIBLE is breathed out. The equating of "scripture" with "the bible" is obviously wrong, because the bible didn't exist when Paul wrote this. Also, Paul doesn't say "trust your feelings" or whatever because Timothy is ALREADY converted. 15:05 - mentions that Paul tells Timothy to "remember what you've read when you were little." Well, Timothy certainly didn't read 1 Timothy 3:16 when he was little.... 17:45 - is he suggesting that Jesus thought the word of God was truth even when it was NOT translated correctly??? 18:07 - um, wut?? that's literally the foundation of testimony in the church... Personal revelation...we LITERALLY believe in visions, manifestations, miracles, continually, ongoing, today...I'm so confused why he would claim this. 18:18 - Jesus never said the New Testament was the word of God, except for, you know, in the Doctrine and Covenants. 37:35 - Wrong. "By the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things." That's our belief. 37:51 - You CAN'T be certain about matters of faith, otherwise it's not faith, it's knowledge. That's just definitionally the case. To equate faith with knowledge is a gross misunderstanding of both faith and knowledge, the roles both faith and knowledge play in our understanding, and the utility of both faith and knowledge. 40:23 - "if God is obligated to law external to himself. . .then He can give no more assurance of the truth than we can give each other." But twice in this debate the other dude admits that God cannot lie. That seems inconsistent, and would require some serious explanation to balance those two ideas. 40:37 - Talk about straw man. We don't believe "God is nothing more than a man himself." He is an exalted man, a perfect man, and if he is perfect, then of course He can't be wrong. To make things clear, we believe God is like Christ. And certainly they would also admit that Christ was fully human and fully God. The dude's epistemology is all wack. It's true, in order to arrive at some particular truth, it is often necessary that a different particular truth is needed as a starting point or a foundation. In order to have a true conclusion, it must come from true premises that relate to each other in the right way. But one wrong way the premises can relate to the conclusion is if the premises are IDENTICAL to the conclusion. You can't justify the veracity of one particular truth using the same particular truth. It doesn't work that way. It's illogical. 51:55 - no, because the God of "Mormonism" IS the God of Judaism....but going with the more colloquial understandings of God, still no, because limits allow for greater reason, creativity, and strength of will. Overall, the equating of "scripture" with "the Bible" is the real problem with their position. The Bible doesn't teach "The Bible" is the word of God. It teaches "scripture" is the word of God. The books in The Bible were chosen by random dudes. It's thus an arbitrary collection of books, most of which are scripture; but it is not and cannot be an exhaustive collection of scriptural works, nor is it an entirely pure collection of scripture (Song of Solomon, for example). The canon problem is the strongest point against sola scriptura, in my opinion.

[@thoughtfulfaith2020]

Bingo you got it.

[@leeuniverse]

@@gordianknot9595 .... LOL, that's like saying the God of Jesus isn't the God of Judaism. Of course, the irony is it WOULD be correct in His time, because Judaism was also in Apostasy, so Christ created an entirely NEW Church with an entirely NEW Authority structure, as well as new or refined doctrines and practices. Weird, kinda just like the LDS Church did.

[@leeuniverse]

@@gordianknot9595 ... My point is if you read the New Testament story, it's clear that Judaism was in Apostasy, Christ having to cleans the Temple, the only "worth/authoritative" Priesthood holder left to baptize him was John the Baptist, his chastising of Judaism, it's leaders etc., his creating an entirely new religion with new authority, completely separate from Judaism, etc. The point is there have clearly been a "few" apostasy's in Biblical history, including others I didn't mention, earlier ones, not just the last few, Christ's time, the Reformation and then the Restoration.

[@williampaul7932]

Jesus called Himself the Son of Man! If the Bible is infallible then God is a Man.

[@brendamartin3444]

@@williampaul7932 The name for Heavenly Father is “Ahman” when Christ calls himself “the Son of Man” he is calling himself the Son of his father… Ahaman This is consistent with cultures here on earth… my maiden name is McHugh, which means “son of Hugh” the “Mc” portion means “son of” Christ used the “man” portion of Ahman and called himself his Son…

[@lootingiv4058]

That was embarrassing for the protestants lol

[@hackerj23]

I think you guys did a fantastic job. Their position is very hard to defend.

[@jonathanettinger6970]

NOWHERE in The Holy Bible does it say "The Bible is the Word of God".

[@danielroehm2822]

I disagree completely with Evangelical representatives' opening statement. He built a strawman about what the church of Jesus Christ members believe

[@DKWalser]

In the cross-examination, Jacob apeared to mispeak. In response to the question, "Does the Bible say that the Bible is the Word of God?", Jacob answered, "Yes." What I think he meant, as was made clear by the context, was "The Bible teaches that scripture is the Word of God." No where does the Bible teach that the Bible is the Word of God. It cannot, because all of the 66 books that make up the Protestant Bible were written years before those books were collected into what we now call the Bible. So, it wouldn't have made any sense for Peter, Paul, John, or any of the other authors of the last few books of the Bible to teach their readers that they should rely on the Bible because the Bible didn't, at that time, exist. It would be like George Washington telling his field commanders to call him on his mobile phone if they had any questions during the upcoming battle. The mobile phone didn't exist at the time of Washington and the Bible didn't exist at the time of Paul.

[@cabarete2003]

It is not that man is only fallible and flawed, but he is limited. There is a bottle neck between God and man. If I had to explain to my child Calculus, I would have to do it in language he understands and at a level he can work with. And it would not fit into one lesson...or 100.

[@regularmarc]

I really enjoyed these two videos and the debates were enlightening in terms of coming to better understand the evangelical views. I say "understand" but thats not quite the right word because the logical issues with their claims make their claims almost incomprehensible. Having said that, I'd be very curious to see how they would respond to some additional questions. One was a question that comes close to what you guys were exploring with them about the clarity of the Bible. You began to ask them what the reason would be for all the extra material God placed into the Bible if all that was needed was a simple voicing that one accepts The Lord Jesus Christ as one's personal Savior as a sign of faith and then that person is manifest suddenly as one of God's chosen or pre-elected to be saved. They never really gave a clear answer on the purposes of the rest of the Bible. In their opinion or according to their interpretation of the Bible, are those "non-salvific" ideas included simply to tease? Are they included to confuse, because the results of "Christianity" reading these things certainly seems to have been much confusion. In the same vein, you suggested that according to their philosophy the Bible might as well just contain a one page sermon on "believe in Christ and accept Him as your Savior and you'll be saved" and forego the rest of the Bible. I would say, "what the hey! Why have a Bible at all? If all those who are to be saved are pre-destined, what does God need a Bible for at all? Can't He just save those He chooses? What's the point of the Bible if all that is needed is for God to maje His choices and the rest go to Hell? The rest of the people who read the Bible but who aren't picked ultimately gain zero benefit from reading the Bible when it comes to eternal salvation so clearly it is not needed for them. Those who are saved will be saved either way so clearly they don't need the Bible for salvation". They might say that in order to "be one of the elect you have to show faith and claim Jesus as your Savior and be born again". But why? Does God NEED these folks to make such a declaration to save them? Does He just enjoy their picking Him like its a boost to His self esteem or something? If He is all powerful and can do whatever He wants, He doesn't need a Bible to save us and we technically wouldn't need to do anything to warrant His saving us. Its arbitrary and just up to God so for what purpose then is the Bible? Another issue I considered is that they claim the Bible as the only authority for truth and, if I understand correctly this means that any appeal to someone or something outside the Bible for truth is wrong and faulty, then why do they cherry pick teachings of religious thinkers from centuries ago, heck, even from today's time to validate their beliefs. Doing so, relying upon ANYONE ELSE, even those you agree with on your presuppositions, is a violation of your presupposition by definition, yet they seem to enjoy relying upon the opinions and teachers that are clearly NOT the Bible to make their points. Besides, where in the Bible does it say that this or that early Christian theologian is a reliable source of truth? If the only reliable source of truth is the Bible, it should proclaim "Calvin's way of thinking is the correct way" but last time I read the Bible it makes no such utterance anywhere. Again, even relying upon Calvin or analyze else AT ALL to make your claim that the Bible is the source of all truth is to violate your own rules right out of the starting gate. I had other thoughts but its getting late and I've gone on too long as it is. Good job guys. Especially in being servants of Christ in bearing testimony and inviting those listening to come and find more truth to add to what they already have.

[@WatchingwaitingG2D]

You were a bit long, but very good points. They contradicted themselves constantly because that was all they could do and is all they have. It was a bit embarrassing.

[@sotl97]

LDS man here. I wish that we could have an honest conversation about what the Bible actually is, where it came from, and who it was actually written for. I don't believe the Bible's contents were written with the intention of ever being collected, especially the New Testament, and made into a book. Certainly we can take truth and direction from the Bible, but there is no revelation that the Bible is the final word of God, the accurate word of God, or the soul authority and infallible source, for our lives. If the Bible is the soul authority, and it is infallible, and this is where we get our authority to preach from, then these beliefs are absolutely fails, because the Bible does not say so. These are man made claims.

[@sharonbork7179]

iT IS an understanding that discussions about religion very easily go from debates to arguments! i say that with alot of life experience!

[@reygabrielruizan4872]

God lives and loves us Our Loving God surely answers ang reveals everything....

[@six1nyne]

Openings were waaaay to long.

[@zionmama150]

Thoughtful faith, please do a rebuttal video to the Hello Saints channel.

[@phav1832]

Most debates done like this (Bible bashes also) are circular discussions that can go on forever . . . and ever . . . and ever . . .

[@chrisblanc663]

Thank God for a moderator. 😂

[@JaysonCarmona]

You get down to the nitty gritty of Calvinism and it makes Jehovah's Witnesses sound rational, compassionate, and loving.

[@mr400meter]

That wasn’t even the topic of the debate.

[@JaysonCarmona]

@@mr400meter Sola Scriptura to Calvinism is like a heart to a body. Without it would they really be Calvinists?

[@mr400meter]

@@JaysonCarmona One's view of God's sovereign will to save whom He wills is based on one's hermeneutic with various Old and New Testament texts. You have those who don't hold to that view who also hold to sola Scriptura. Mike Winger is considered a "non-Calvinist" who I love and respect who very much holds to sola Scriptura.

[@JaysonCarmona]

@@mr400meter I find that he holds that view quite unfortunate, God still loves him and Jesus still died for him too. I find the doctrines of Calvinsim to be blatantly false and unsupported by God's word and His character.

[@mr400meter]

@@JaysonCarmona Except he's made videos against Calvinism.

[@stevenhenderson9005]

Absolute Divine Truth only exists in the spirit realm with the divine. The physical realm is only a shadow of the spiritual realm and is filled with Subjective Truth or Objective Truth and is usually determined by our 5 senses (see, hear, feel, smell, tast) becoming infallible interpretations within the physical world. Our imaginations are the gift given to us through the gift and power of God. It is how mankind are able take knowledge and information in order to formulate new ideas which come to us in a form of revelation. We can not obtain the Absolute Divine Truth directly because it is impossible to fully understand the spiritual realm of the divine. However we are being lead to the divine through infallible false answers, because once we are able to identify that the thing we thought to be true was actually false, then we are lead closer to the absolute divine truth. Example: How many innocent people that were thought to be witches had to die, before we realized killing witches is not a good idea? The divine truths lead us to the love of mankind and the God that resides within humanity.

[@anthonym2499]

lol ... so the scripture is perfectly clear as to how long creation took? Both say, Yes! ... one says 7 days and the other says 6 :)

[@livingmombirth4005]

Facinating debate!! Great job Jason. Super interesting that the entire concept and definition for sola escripture is nowhere to be found in the text of the Bible but rather it was dreamt up from thin air and by twisting a verse or two to mean things that they were clearly never intended to mean. Then through the process of time, individuals defined themselves as the authoritative arbiters of what the Bible verses means. It's kind of like circular logic. It's as plane as the noses on their faces that the whole concept is just a man made mirage but the just don't get it.

[@thoughtfulfaith2020]

Yes Sola Scriptura was clearly a creation by Martin Luther.

[@jlewis8145]

Acts 17:11 commends the Bereans for testing doctrine-taught by an apostle, no less-to the written Word. Sola scriptura is all-but-explicitly indicated in 1 Corinthians 4:6, where Paul warns not to “go beyond what is written.” Jesus Himself criticized those who allowed traditions to override the explicit commands of God in Mark 7:6-9. We know that the Bible is the Word of God. The Bible declares itself to be God-breathed, inerrant, and authoritative. We also know that God does not change His mind or contradict Himself. The Bible does not allow for traditions that contradict its message. Once you get away from scripture you have people worshiping a god from another planet with a body of flesh and bone, that had to work his way to godhood, practices polygamy, lives near a star named Kolob and damns people who deny polygamy, believing in eternal marriages and families, pretending they have the Melchizedek priesthood which belongs exclusively to Christ, believing in a 'Christ' who is a created being the brother of Lucifer, and so many other false teachings.

[@motherbug2001]

@@jlewis8145 the things you talk about are in the bible and have been restored on earth...

[@chemnitzfan654]

Scripture as the final authority is found all over in the Bible. Your argument is self-refuting since Mormonism is all about individuals defining themselves as authoritative arbiters of personal revelation, which has resulted in a revolving door of doctrine.

[@chemnitzfan654]

@@thoughtfulfaith2020 Can you define Sola Scriptura from a Lutheran perspective?

[@chrisblanc663]

Wow, that first question at 52 minutes reminded me SO MUCH of Zeezrom questioning Amulek. Q. “What can God do?” A. All that is possible Q. Can he communicate perfectly A. Yes Q. Then why don’t people understand Him? A. Because we will not hear Him Q. So He cannot make us listen to Him. A. He respects our agency, and so He will not make us listen to Him. Sometimes scriptures just come alive!!

[@Liberty-LLama]

That Oscar guy is way off base in his rebuttal. Bringing up Calvinism is very logical when talking to them about how they hold the bible to be the ultimate authority. They went out of their way to bash personal revelation as a means to know the truth of God. Which is an Lds/Mormon belief. So they cannot cry fowl when the same thing is done to them.

[@thoughtfulfaith2020]

Exactly. Calvinism is the PRESUPPOSITION they bring to the table. So by attacking that presupposition we show that their argument has no foundation.

[@chemnitzfan654]

@thoughtfulfaith2020 It would have been nice if you had given a positive argument for your view of authority instead of hiding behind Anne Frank, even though your view of her situation is just as bad as a Calvinistic one, as you were forced to admit during audience questioning.

[@canibezeroun1988]

Short answer at 55:00 Scripture isn't infallible, it's inerrant.

[@TheRealDonLayton]

Here's a summary of their positions. "The Bible is the infallible word of God even though it never says so. The Bible is the ultimate authority even though an inanimate object cannot possibly have agency, accountability or authority. Please don't cast up straw men arguments against us, but we know that LDS trust their feelings to discern truth and that according to their world view, humans are not capable of knowing truth. We should not expect believers to have unity in their understanding of sola scriptura even though Paul explained that the church should seek unity through apostles and prophets until we all come to the unity of the faith (Ephesians 4:11-14). We believe the Bible because God said it but God is not the final authority - the Bible is. Except when it comes to why we believe it. We're taking God at His word, which is why we refuse to accept God's word outside of these 66 books we chose. Our final authority is not dependent on man, church or council, which is exactly why we limit what we accept as truth to 66 books that were selected by men, the church and multiple councils, over hundreds of years. The Bible, which is our final authority, states that scripture is not to be of any private interpretation which is why you must accept our private interpretation of sola scriptura." Okay then. That must be logical. Not because it sounded logical to me, but because you said so. And now I understand how this all works.

[@judesangma3583]

Who told that there are only 66 books in the Bible...when and to whom did God reveal that there should be only 66 books....Bibles is definitely the word of God but do not limit it to that 66 books only.

[@aprilpark7223]

If god doesn’t give us help and guidance, why do we pray?

[@sayopro8804]

Dude... those 2 protestants are such manipulators. They say: "These mormons are gonna do this and this and that to get ya to believe what they say... and I'm just here wondering if they really wanna debate or just play good cop bad cop?"

[@seagrunter01]

There is not one instance in all of biblical scripture where a prophet claims authority from any record or manuscript. The authority always comes from God not the bible as the bible did not exist in it current form then. Christ never once even slightly indicated that there would be a body of scripture in the future that his authority would reside in. Jesus set apart Peter and his apostles saying he and he alone chose them, they did NOT choose him. They only choices they made was to follow home after being chosen. If you are into patterns and precedent there is no basis at all that any authority for any religious organisation comes from the canon of scripture itself.

[@woodwarddlw]

Well done. Thanks

[@nwl1749]

Jacob - this was excellent

[@Lola-sz8zu]

Why is the LDS church so much of a controversial for other chuches? Never in my 64 years am I seeing more and more videos of investigating the LDS faith.

[@jacobsamuelson3181]

Satan is scripture alone.

[@danielroehm2822]

The evangelical is trying to say that since God is infallible that humans should understand the Bible with infallibility... Apparently those who can't are doomed to burn in hell

[@dwcorley20]

The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is God's true church on the earth today. i bear my Testimony that I read the Book of Mormon and prayed to god to know and through the power of the holy ghost, he made that known to me that it is the true church today.

[@TS-ee7jx]

To finish your comment in true Joseph smith fashion…”now lemme sleep wit yo wifey.”

[@donlechon9381]

Protestants started with if they said we have no unity and we have different interpretations it should be dismissed. But the bible itself says we should be 1 body, 1 faith in Christ. Uhmmmm

[@KatieHerrmann1991]

You know, it’s interesting. I think it’s obvious both sides agree that scripture is only clear if God gives the reader eyes to see the clarity. Interesting.

[@danielroehm2822]

Evangelicals lose.

[@LeoMichalek]

Amazing guys. Keep up the good work!

[@KellySanders-Amergrl]

Faith without baptism is not to be found anywhere in the scriptures either. They go hand in hand. Just one of many examples; While they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. The officer said, “Look! Here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized?” Philip answered, “If you believe with all your heart, you can.” The officer said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” Then the officer commanded the chariot to stop. Both Philip and the officer went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

[@FTTLOMS]

@44:37 - BOOM! Case closed. Debate won. And maybe I'm not used to debate formats, but I didn't like to tone (with as mild and well mannered as this whole debate was) that the debate took. Saying that the other side plays tricks, or flat out stating the other side is wrong. But maybe that is debate culture. I'd say, "I can see how our opponents see it that way, but that way would require X,Y,Z and this is why A,B,C is better and this is why X,Y,Z are wrong etc. etc." you all get it. But I was never in debate club so perhaps this is just debate culture. I do think the first round of rebuttals did make a good point when they said that your opening statement was a rebuttal, but I think when LDS people enter into wider Christian spaces we are sort of required to lay a foundation to even justify our faith at all so I think you still did the right thing. Props!

[@Hamann9631]

Wow. The Sola Scriptura side claims whether baptism is required is not a salvation issue. They are claiming that a thing which some say is required for salvation isn't a salvation issue.

[@DarthMomo]

On baptism infancts should have hit home on jesus saying baptism is Essential

[@joshuafoster2539]

In a great debate between Daniel C Petersen and James white (which can be found on KZbin), Daniel Petersen convincingly showed the circular reasoning of White (Sola Scriptura) and also showed that God can and does reveal truth in the very way the BOM says. When Cleopas and his friend spoke with the Resurrected Lord, Cleopas stated: "Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?" (Luke 24: 32). Proving that it is the Law of Witnesses which gives us confidence in what we believe and not simply one witness (in this case the Bible).

[@JohnDoe-eo8gi]

I love these interfaith conversations/debates

[@paulgross5672]

God’s perfect will for every man is to love thy neighbor as they self and love God with all your heart mine strength and soul

[@45s262]

Sounds like in the end they took the defense they warned in the beginning not to trust..

[@dbl9903]

Great job in part 1, these guys are modern Pharisees. They can’t get past the “letter of law” soulless scriptura thing. If Jesus wanted things to be perfectly clear with no interpretation why did he speak in parables?

[@paulgross5672]

Amen my brother you tell those Calvinists their loss tell them right now they’re under the wrath of God you tell them you know there was a time where God went at ignorance but now commands all people everywhere to repent tell those calvinist to repent that is sheer ignorance on them they were under the wrath of God

[@theman773]

Came from Sam Shamoun's channel, Mormonism and Calvinism are both heretical but I heard these Calvinists got demolished

[@richardholmes5676]

Mormons always demolish other churches.

[@samflake8508]

This was so good. Thank you so much.

[@caffeinefreemtndew]

"actually history and analysis is why we believe the Bible"

[@zionmama150]

Romans 8:16 and James 1:5 and 2 Peter 1:20-21 destroy their whole argument.

[@jonathanettinger6970]

Based on the long introduction of what "Sola Scriptura" is NOT, shouldn't it be called "Suprema Scriptura", Scripture Supreme, NOT Alone? Literally redefining words to fit a narrative.

[@jonathanettinger6970]

God has the power TO force us all into compliance with Him, but does not. The Holy Bible could theoretically BE perfectly infallible, but that does not guarantee ANYONE understands it. correctly. The Bible does NOT need to explicitly say "mankind may mess up this book, which won't even BE a book for centuries, so be aware" for it to be true.

[@joshuafoster2539]

All Scripture is infallible that actually IS Scripture; that is the point. Are all confusions and errors Scripture..? Sola Scriptura pre-supposes that all the 'Scripture' which they have and accept is 'God-Breathed' and as it was from the beginning... The thousands and thousands of source documents for the Scriptures is proof that that pre-supposition is false. My challenge to them to show me the infallible source documents and explain how they know it is the original...

[@lds1ph]

These two LDS guys are pursuing or have completed degrees in Professional Communication and Supply Chain Management and are debating with two guys who are pursuing Masters of Divinity in Whitfield Theological Seminary. That sounds ironic to me. They sound more Biblical than the Bible scholars.

[@LindyLime]

This is all pretty new to me. Not all Protestants believe this Sola Scriptura stuff right? Or at least they have a different version of it than this predestination idea? I think the problem with the Protestant viewpoint here is actually a very human failing, that of being unable to accept uncertainty. I see this all the time in more intellectual spaces (whenever I happen to venture to those corners of the web) like Quora (which at least wants everyone to think it's the intellectual social media site). People can't seem to handle admitting that we don't have all the answers. The second Protestant debater here has a problem with the idea that reason and revelation are fallable (or rather, that human beings are fallable in their use of these tools). He does not understand that God imparts knowledge line upon line and not all at once. Coming to truth is a personal journey and even those with the purest intentions will stumble at times, but God will never stop drawing us to Him. Edit: I'm just getting into the Q&A portion. The other thing I'm noticing on the Protestant side is the idea that saying that sometimes people don't understand the scriptures is the same as saying God has failed. As if His goal is to force us to believe. That sounds more like *ahem* someone else's plan if ya know what I mean.

[@zionmama150]

@1:04:30 the Bible itself however says that there will be two prophets before Christ comes. Amos 3:7 would be the marker here to claim sola scriptura is false doctrine.

[@a-atheist]

Inferring that you "dont question god" is a terrible answer. That alone makes them lose the debate. "Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD" Isiah 1:18. Also Moses questions god CONSTANTLY. The Bible is full of people asking God questions.

[@MarleneKerr-p6x]

Jacob if God communicated to you you would always get it right He would make you understand by the holy spirit why he spoke to you

[@kobidoggy7575]

James White is writing down teaching from LDS brothers so he can educated it himself..poor fella.

[@vincentorr507]

I love how you asked how you know the Bible is true and they say, "because the bible says it is." Thus, proving your point of their circular self-defeating logic.

[@MarleneKerr-p6x]

Yhat debate was definitely arguing it sounded horrible and a bad example for the church

[@sotl97]

The opening comment completely defines this debate between Latter Day Saints and Evangelicals. "You are questioning God, I am not God, so I can't..." "I am questioning your interpretation of the scripture." Evangelical is complete gobsmacked because he has never even considered whether his private interpretation and the creedal doctrines are actually correct.

[@dnllamb]

1:09:24 they think they get to be God, "our intepretation is correct, yours is wrong," they are hypocrites of the highest order

[@canibezeroun1988]

Sigh... I'm Catholic so obviously I don't have a dog in the flight, but the Calvinists presupposing their interpretation is the meaning of Scripture is so tiresome. "These people are interpreting this wrong, but they're still Christian, but they're sinning, but still it's God who chooses." I saw Sam Shamoun react to this and the Mormon side clearly won.

[@MarleneKerr-p6x]

None of you spoke softly slowly with love and humility it was horrible you sound like you are growling and raising your voices

[@zionmama150]

@1:10:10 this argument is awesome. The Calvinists claim that English language is infallible. 😂

[@zon3665]

Liars! Not Sola scriptura. They believe the bible and tradition that is based on Greek philosophy.

[@echandlerchilds]

The Bible has been translated hundreds and hundreds of times. Versions have been made by men. Each version is of course different from the other. Therefore, the Bible is subject to fallibility...the fallibility of men. God delivers truth in purity, but we try to understand, interpret, and translate it from God's purity into our impure and limiting language, whatever man-made language that is. Meaning, including complete doctrine. get lost in translation. If we all spoke and wrote the language of God, little, if anything would be lost in translation. Furthermore, writers of the Bible contradict each other. Paul taught that we are saved by Grace alone. James taught that we are saved by faith AND works. John taught that God will "give" or reward "unto every on of you according to your works." (Revelations 2:23). Therefore, its not grace alone nor works alone. We will be judged by our works and the Savior's grace will make up the difference. Jesus expects us to bear fruit with the life He has given us and with His grace. Baptism and the baptism of the spirit (or baptism by fire) by someone having authority from God is a saving ordinance. Jesus taught this to Nicodemus in John 3: 3-5. The Apologia Church and all of Protestantism has picked and chosen which authors, creeds, and doctrines they want to use, and you cannot do that. If you do, you say that one writer is correct and the other incorrect, which makes you wrong, the Bible wrong, or both. God set up his church on the foundation of prophets and apostles for the perfecting of the saints....that we be nor more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine...." God has done so again to restore all things. Joseph Smith wanted to know which of all the conflicting churches was true. He was told that none of them were God's true church. God restored his church and priesthood authority through Joseph Smith. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints is that church, and it is led by a prophet. That prophet and the apostles are authorized to interpret scripture and teach Christ's doctrine so we can know the saving doctrines and enter into a covenant relationship with God through his ordinances. I am so grateful for the Book of Mormon as it testifies of the true doctrines of Christ and stands as another witness of Him. Israel is being gathered now in preparation for the Christ's coming. Many more protestants join the LDS church than LDS people join any protestant church. Its because of the correct doctrine and the priesthood authority attested to by the Holy Ghost.