Hey everyone. In today's episode, I'm going to do something a little different. A few days ago,

Redeem Zumer released a video saying he studied Catholicism intensely for a month on top of the

previous study he's done on the faith. And he shared a few reasons why his studies led him to the

conclusion Catholicism is false. So Redeem Zer, RZ for short for the rest of the episode.

He gave a casual explanation while playing

Minecraft rather than, you know, like a formal knockdown argument. So in today's episode,

I'm just going to give my own casual response to him while playing Super Mario World. Why? Well,

because I was born in the 1980s, so I don't know how to play Minecraft, but I can still play

a decent game of Mario,

though as you'll see, I'm a little bit rusty. And yes, this is me playing. Here's me with my

Super Nintendo that I got for Christmas when I was seven years old, and it still works. I don't have

a capture card, so just bear with the footage I recorded on my phone, but I figure you'd prefer

this of me playing to just generic play

footage from somebody else. So RZ's basic argument is that he's not Catholic because Catholicism

proposes an infallible rule of faith beyond scripture, the Magisterium, mostly in the form

of ecumenical councils. However, RZ says this rule has contradicted itself on things like salvation outside

the church or papal authority, so it's not really infallible. Therefore, Catholicism is false.

First, I want to point out that RZ faces the same problem. He believes scripture is the only

infallible rule of faith, but those who reject biblical inerrancy, will they claim

scripture has contradictions, so it's not infallible. Now, RZ says the contradictions in Catholic

history are irreconcilable, but the alleged contradictions in Scripture, he says, can be reconciled.

But both cases have similar difficulties, even on the same doctrinal issues.

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