Unanswered Questions - 2

I think that it will be worthwhile and potentially interesting (at least, maybe, to me) to keep a running list of questions raised on Carrie's blog that she doesn't answer. Of course it may be that she doesn't have time, and so it would be rash to suppose prima facie that she doesn't answer because she cannot answer. Likewise, it would be irrational to suppose that her ability to answer or not is a measure of the truth or falsity of her Protestant viewpoints: we must extend her the same courtesy that we would like for ourselves, after all. Truth is not measured by one man's ability to defend it adequately.

On the other hand, the truth is not up for grabs, either. We must measure the truth by God's revelation, communicated to us by the Church. And if this list gets to be very long, I think that we would be able to safely say that Carrie is not being a fair discussion partner: it is not legitimate to ask questions without answering questions yourself.

Lastly, it should be said that "I don't know" is a perfectly legitimate answer. Nobody's perfect. And we ought to be able to expect the same courtesy in return if we find ourselves unable to answer some question or other of hers. And whoever doesn't know has some homework to do at that point: let's hope we all have the good grace to do it.

Anyway, here is the list that I know of as it stands right now.

• She has been challenged to demonstrate that Moses was not infallible with regard to his teaching on faith and morals as she claimed, but she has not answered.
• She has been asked to justify her reliance on sola scriptura, and she has dismissed the question as atheistic (which is ridiculous) and said she doesn't have the time.
• She has been asked whether people who die in infancy and the mentally handicapped who die go to hell or not. [Edit: she has answered! And "I don't know" is a perfectly legitimate answer, although I confess to being disappointed in why she says she doesn't know.]
  

Fair's fair, though. If there is some question or other that Carrie has asked me that I haven't answered, all she has to do is point it out and I will try to do so if I can.