> Logically are those two options the only ones > possible?
To the Pope or the Patriarch they are!
True. But how about to God?
Of course, with Protestantism, you can follow your own voice
Are you sure? I would say that you can follow your own voice with atheism, if by "follow your own voice" you mean "do as you damned� well please." Is that a correct understanding of what you mean by "follow your own voice"? Are there no constraints on what a Protestant should follow?
(correct me if I get this wrong of course; my experience is mainly with Catholicism, through friends, historical study, and of course my own past), and reject the leadership of ANY church.
If you reject the leadership of ANY church, can you still be a Christian? By whose definition? Will you be "saved"� and "earn the same reward"� in the next life?
_____ �Not used as an expletive here. �However these terms are defined.
-- Ronn! :)
"Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever." -- Konstantin E. Tsiolkovskiy
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