I came that conclusion by believing the Church spoken of in Scripture. How did you come to that conclusion?
Who decides what "basic doctrine" is? Don't we have to believe EVERTHING Jesus taught?
You contradict yourself here. Either you accept Jesus and His authority for your faith and practice, or you accept the church as your authority. In one place you edit the church as final authority and claim you obey the church only because the church... Your church... Has all the truth, then you claim above that all Christians must obey Jesus and His teachings... All His teachings. No wonder you are confused.
Each individual Christian is NOT being spoken to by the Spirit and given the true interpretation of Scripture by the Spirit.
I disagree. If they are true Christians, they are so
only because they have been spoken to by the holy Spirit. That applies to wherever they are, and whoever they are. Membership of a church does not constitute one being a Christian... Conversion comes only from above through the power and operation of the Spirit in the life of the individual.
I am not taking it personal. I am just trying to adhere to Scripture
Again, you reveal your confusion. Either you adhere to scripture as your authority, or your church. It cannot be both, unless both agree. And when the church doesn't agree with scripture, as happened in the apostasy beginning in the 3rd century and continues to this day, then it is incumbent upon Christians to vacate the premises and take up residence elsewhere for the sake of self preservation of nothing else.
I accept a different authority than you. I accept the Church, which is the pillar and foundation of truth, as that authority
Yet immediately above you say you are quote, "trying to adhere to scripture".
It takes man to interpret Gods word since it doesn't interpret itself.
And that Mary borders on blasphemy and calling Jesus a liar. Who is the Word? Who does the holy Spirit belong to? Who inspired the prophets and apostles?
Next you will be claiming that only Catholics are Christians because only Catholics have the holy Spirit and only Catholics have the truth. Oh wait....