That is where you are very wrong!!!! You assume I hold the pope over God or any man. That is blatantly false!!! In the last 3 mths have I ever said anything like that? Man, I qualify to be pope, but I don't want it. ( I am a baptised and confirmed and male in good standing with the church. I'm old enough,too)I can't hold in any esteem an office an old headbanger like me would be qualified for. Now having said that doesn't mean I don't give the office respect! I don't think the pope is God (how many times Lord do I have to say it?)nor do I think he is anywhere close to God. But for real people, somebody has to lead the Church. Doesn't somebody at your church have final say when it comes to decisions? Somebody is the governing authority when it comes to decisions from financial all the way to when the next potluck dinner or ice cream social is. Is that person in your church the Antichrist?
Yeah but see, the part you don't want to understand is that Mary WAS a sinner. She was NOT immaculately conceived like the RCC wants you to believe. But you're clinging to that belief like a drowning man clings to a life raft. Mary's parents were BOTH HUMAN. Mary herself was fully human. She was NOT divinely endowed with special powers. God had no part in her conception, meaning he did not immaculately create her from himself.
My question is, why are you holding the RCC teachings like they are gospel? The RCC uses the bible and twists scripture into how THEY want it.
As long as you're affiliated with ANY part of the RCC, then you're on the highway to hell, in the fast lane..
And as far as anti-christ's, the pope IS DEFINITELY an anti-christ.