re: United Methodist Church votes to allow gay marriage and gay clergy

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This statement would only make sense if the denominations which reject the self-defeating doctrine of Sola Scriptura had this problem, and yet, only the denominations which adhere to Sola Scriptura are experiencing schisms over this issue.

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Sola Scriptura is about authority. It’s about the standard that the Christian church is held to by God for binding consciences. When the Bible is ignored when it plainly teaches about sexual sins and cultural perspectives are embraced as governing the actions of the church instead, then that is not sola scriptura. That is placing other authorities above the Scriptures instead.

So like I said, this happens when a church (like the UMC) moves away from the Bible as its sole infallible rule for faith and life.