Ok, missMarionette, you've pushed your pompous arrogance a bit too far. We don't have a problem with the 'catholic faith' because it doesn't exist. It's a fallacy. You don't know if you were to die right now today, whether or not you'd go to heaven, and if you say you do, you're going against the very religious bunkem you claim to believe in. You're hierarchy instructs you that you can NOT know, and if claim to know, you're own leaders consider you anathema...accursed of God.
This is why you HAVE to practice the things they tell you, ... there's confession to 'priests', 'acts' of contrition, prayers to 'saints', and incessant, repetative 'prayers'...over and over and over, to someone who is clearly NOT the Mary who gave birth to Jesus, but some entity you plead to, to pray for you...not only now, but all the way to the hour of your DEATH, all because you DO NOT have faith in Jesus. Ppl have tried to show you just exactly who Jesus is, what He did FOR YOU, and what He Promises to do for you, if you would simply put your trust in Him alone and receive the salvation He purchased FOR YOU with His own blood, which you still can do...Now...Today.
But you refuse to listen, and have now resorted to insulting a woman on a Christian chat site, yet you know nothing about her childhood, how she was raised or who by who, nor do you know what stuggles she's been through in life or what she may be struggling with even now, but she has put her faith and trust in the TRUE God and Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, and that shows she's got more spine, more FAITH, than the many spineless religious worms who are afraid to do the same. And yet, she'd be the first to tell you salvation is a gift, which is why she praises the Lord and thanks Him for it, and has taken time out of her own life to try to share that truth with you.
And you may not believe it, but even thru my anger, MY HEART BREAKS OVER THE HARDNESS OF YOURS. We don't hate you at all, in fact, we love you enough to share the good news with you, and to pray for you. What we 'hate' is false teaching in the name of our Saviour, and the spiritual darkness that it keeps ppl in bondage to.
Furthermore, most of these ppl here are not only friends, but believers in Jesus, brothers and sisters in Christ, which makes us children of the King, and I for one believe you owe our sister an apology. You're on shaky ground at this point, and you'd do well to consider the things most ppl have been trying to tell you here...or you're free to find another websight where ppl might be more in line with your religion. But for Jesus'sake and yours, I pray that's not your final decision.
This is why you HAVE to practice the things they tell you, ... there's confession to 'priests', 'acts' of contrition, prayers to 'saints', and incessant, repetative 'prayers'...over and over and over, to someone who is clearly NOT the Mary who gave birth to Jesus, but some entity you plead to, to pray for you...not only now, but all the way to the hour of your DEATH, all because you DO NOT have faith in Jesus. Ppl have tried to show you just exactly who Jesus is, what He did FOR YOU, and what He Promises to do for you, if you would simply put your trust in Him alone and receive the salvation He purchased FOR YOU with His own blood, which you still can do...Now...Today.
But you refuse to listen, and have now resorted to insulting a woman on a Christian chat site, yet you know nothing about her childhood, how she was raised or who by who, nor do you know what stuggles she's been through in life or what she may be struggling with even now, but she has put her faith and trust in the TRUE God and Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, and that shows she's got more spine, more FAITH, than the many spineless religious worms who are afraid to do the same. And yet, she'd be the first to tell you salvation is a gift, which is why she praises the Lord and thanks Him for it, and has taken time out of her own life to try to share that truth with you.
And you may not believe it, but even thru my anger, MY HEART BREAKS OVER THE HARDNESS OF YOURS. We don't hate you at all, in fact, we love you enough to share the good news with you, and to pray for you. What we 'hate' is false teaching in the name of our Saviour, and the spiritual darkness that it keeps ppl in bondage to.
Furthermore, most of these ppl here are not only friends, but believers in Jesus, brothers and sisters in Christ, which makes us children of the King, and I for one believe you owe our sister an apology. You're on shaky ground at this point, and you'd do well to consider the things most ppl have been trying to tell you here...or you're free to find another websight where ppl might be more in line with your religion. But for Jesus'sake and yours, I pray that's not your final decision.
2. "...No one is unaware of the challenge which all this poses to believers. They cannot fail to meet this challenge. Indeed, how could they refuse to do everything possible, with God's help, to break down the walls of division and distrust, to overcome obstacles and prejudices which thwart the proclamation of the Gospel of salvation in the Cross of Jesus, the one Redeemer of man, of every individual?
I thank the Lord that he has led us to make progress along the path of unity and communion between Christians, a path difficult but so full of joy. Interconfessional dialogues at the theological level have produced positive and tangible results: this encourages us to move forward.
Nevertheless, besides the doctrinal differences needing to be resolved, Christians cannot underestimate the burden of long-standing misgivings inherited from the past, and of mutual misunderstandings and prejudices. Complacency, indifference andinsufficient knowledge of one another often make this situation worse. Consequently, the commitment to ecumenism must be based upon the conversion of hearts and upon prayer, which will also lead to the necessary purification of past memories. With the grace of the Holy Spirit, the Lord's disciples, inspired by love, by the power of the truth and by a sincere desire for mutual forgiveness and reconciliation, are called to re-examine together their painful past and the hurt which that past regrettably continues to provoke even today. All together, they are invited by the ever fresh power of the Gospel to acknowledge with sincere and total objectivity the mistakes made and the contingent factors at work at the origins of their deplorable divisions. What is needed is a calm, clear-sighted and truthful vision of things, a vision enlivened by divine mercy and capable of freeing people's minds and of inspiring in everyone a renewed willingness, precisely with a view to proclaiming the Gospel to the men and women of every people and nation..."
That They May Be One