Question to Chat GPT: Is sola scriptura, which asserts that scripture alone is the ultimate and final authority for Christian belief and practice, a belief and practice which does not have scripture alone as its ultimate and final authority?
Answer from Chat GPT: Yes, the belief and practice of sola scriptura is self-referentially inconsistent because it asserts that scripture alone is the ultimate and final authority for Christian belief and practice, but it does not have scripture alone as its ultimate and final authority. The doctrine of sola scriptura itself is not found explicitly in scripture, and therefore, it relies on external sources such as tradition, reason, and historical context for its development and interpretation. This creates a paradoxical situation where the doctrine cannot meet its own standard of ultimate and final authority in scripture alone.
