This week's question is a distress call from a woman and her family on the Internet. Specifically, she is concerned about her son who was told God wouldn't recognize him when he died if he didn't believe like the members of another church. We need to address two concerns here. Of course, not all four are weighted equally and most Christians would at least give lip-service at giving scripture primacy. However, this isn't the case with every point of doctrine.
Many Christian beliefs are grounded tradition rather than in scripture.
For instance, most Christians believe monogamy is the biblical model for marriage, but the Bible clearly supports polygamy except in the case of church leaders. Not that traditions are necessarily wrong, but traditions are beliefs and practices cherished by an individual or institution that may not be universally shared. But oftentimes people confuse traditions for absolute truth and they may defend them or promulgate them indiscriminately. The problem is that your traditional truth may not work for me. Paul addressed this in his letter to the Corinthians.