just to continue an interesting discussion:

the bible did not arrive by fax from heaven, and Jesus' second coming not withstanding, there is no true way to know what gospels God wanted in the bible, as it was made and REVISED by man. so with that known, and proven throughout history, using the bible to validate itself is an effort of futility because the bible, in essence, is propaganda of the RCC. treating it as such, one cannot use the propaganda of a power to justify its cause. For example, andthis IS AN EXAMPLE AND NO WAY A RELATIVE COMPARISION, a nazi cannot use nazi party propaganda as justification of why jews would be deemed below them. a kkk member cannot use their propaganda as justificition as why the white race is superior, etc etc.