I don't go to mass as I am not a Catholic.
I was raised Catholic, baptized and had my first holy communion, confirmation at Our Lady of Peace in Chicago.
That was more rhetorical and sarcasm lol
As I grew older and studied the Bible, I realized 2nd church or not, they got allot of things wrong according to scripture. From praying to dead people (necromancy) to statues (idles) praying to them or not makes them no less idles. The bloody history of the leadership of the church did not help.
Yeah, I know being raised Catholic sometimes makes it harder for you to believe the Church than if you're a Non-Catholic, that's one of my beefs is how Catholicism turns people off to it. But seriously? Necromancy? Idols? C'mon that's superstition and slander against the Catholic Church. I was completely taken aback at how many Baptists think that we're:
1) Witches and
2) we worship Mary.
They HONESTLY thought this, as in their PARENTS or PASTORS taught it to them.
As soon as the Pope can do the miracles of the Apostles, I will follow his word over the scripture. Until that time he is just a man who has no right to change God's word.
As if other Christians haven't proclaimed they can do (and 'perform) miracles?
They are, but for the sake of argument I differentiate the two. As I said no insult was intended.
Yeah, discussing religion, especially inter-christianity is a slipper slope
No I am not an "Evangelical" at all. I am closer to a run of the mill Baptist.
Thank GOD.
My only beef with the Catholic church outside of it's un-Christ like history is it's not following biblical precedent vs man's traditions.
There's a mix of both, and it in no way really damns anybody anymore than other traditions of Christianity. For example, we still practice Grace through Thought AND Action. Baptists do not to the best of my knowledge. Thus my major beef with Protestants is the amount of stuff they leave out, and the amount of stuff they add in. That and I had a little run in with an English teacher at Campbell University (A Southern Baptists School, I should have known they'd have that much of a problem with a Catholic. :lol
I agree, I think both churches have it wrong.
Everyman should read the Bible for himself and not let the traditions of mans church dictate his religion.
We still should have a solid, unifying leadership or, again, we end up with what happened during the reformation to present.
Again I agee. No argument here.
We're on a roll here!!!
Irrelevant. They were not of nor condoned by God, period. It was man, not God or the Bible that set any of the atrocities in motion. It was the greed and ambitions of man perverting God's word.
Unless someone hears God for themselves, then
nothing they believe is
condoned by him, they're merely taking it all in faith. How can we prove it? The Bible is one of the most contested books in history, is it not? I know it's borderline blasphemy to say it but, Faith alone is not proof to anyone but yourself.
Again the Koran says to convert via the sword, the Bible does not, period.
I'm pretty sure the old testament has some verses, and while that's not the basis of Christianity, it's still in the Bible. I also
THINK (Not for sure) Jesus was quoted in Matthew about a sword (Some crazy evangelical kid at Campbell was quoting scripture), but that was more a metaphor than an actual, "hey, I'm coming back with a sword if you don't convert" statement. lol. I was just discussing the Koran, and a friend of mine says the Koran doesn't say to initially convert at sword point and conversions are welcome at any time. but I'll believe that when they put the swords down...
You said it, not me.
I still don't know what I said that is was blanketing anyone.
