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Jackson123

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If a man falls into a pit and another man comes along and pulls him out he is the savior of the man. If a woman comes along and he guides her around the pit he is her savior also. The same with Mary. God looked forward to the merits of Christ and applied them to Mary at her conception thus preserving her from original sin. Thus she was not subject to concupiscence just like Adam and Eve were before the fall. This was all God's grace acting as her savior.
It doesn't answer why Mary need savior

No sin no penalty,

Save from what?

Save from penalty of sin?
 

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I understand your confusion. I would ask you to give it one more try by reading "Biblical Defense of Catholicism" by Dave Armstrong. He is a convert to Catholicism. You can get it at Amazon.
Some Evangelicals don't want to investigate the Truth. they want you to join their Born Again religious scam where you will be taught that you are stealing God and won't received blessings if you don't give 10 percent then love offerings then prayer requests. some groups will say that you don't need to do good works but it is not included the giving of 10 percent and other form of collections.

I suspect some Evangelicals here are receiving allowance from their pastors to advertise their faith/criticize Catholics and other non Evangelicals in order to join them.

The Evangelicals are also hypnotized that as long as you are Born Again then you will always be progressive in life hihihihi

just give anything what their pastors wanted (10 percent/love offerings/prayer requests)

at least in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches you can attend mass w/o giving a cent until your death.

hey please treat us for a nice cheeseburger meal. ahahahaha
 

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But why you say catholic teaching is inline with first century Christian, first century Christian teaching is documented as bible, where in the Bible teach to pray to Mary, or sale forgiveness certificate.

Where in the Bible teach that Moslim share the same God with Abraham. Abraham god teach that Jesus is God, Muslim God teach that Jesus is only human.
This is the reason why you need to read first our catholic apologetic that explains biblical basis of our catholic teachings.

since you are lazy then I'll explain once.

First of all we believe that Mary and our saints are in heaven and it is not bad to ask to pray for us because Christians need to pray for each other as mentioned in James 5:16.

Sale forgiveness? another derogatory propaganda taught by your greedy pastor. you don't need to give even a cent when going to a priest for confession.

The word Allah is the Arabic word for God. but i believe that the Islamic god is not the God of the Bible that the Jews and Christians are worshiping.

I believe that this Allah is another false god. perhaps the moon god as some exposed.
 

Jackson123

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This is the reason why you need to read first our catholic apologetic that explains biblical basis of our catholic teachings.

since you are lazy then I'll explain once.

First of all we believe that Mary and our saints are in heaven and it is not bad to ask to pray for us because Christians need to pray for each other as mentioned in James 5:16.

Sale forgiveness? another derogatory propaganda taught by your greedy pastor. you don't need to give even a cent when going to a priest for confession.

The word Allah is the Arabic word for God. but i believe that the Islamic god is not the God of the Bible that the Jews and Christians are worshiping.

I believe that this Allah is another false god. perhaps the moon god as some exposed.
1. Give me a verse in the Bible that physically death Christian able to hear billion people from all the world, almost like God.

2. So you don't believe history of saling forgiveness certificate?

3. Your lumen gentium say that Muslim worship the a God of Abraham, so you admit that catholic doctrine is lie don't you

Lumen gentium II/16(126-127)

126); But the plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator. In the first place amongst these there are the Mohamedans, who, professing to hold the faith of Abraham, along with us adore the one and merciful God, who on the last day will judge mankind. Nor is God far distant from those who in shadows and images seek the unknown God, for it is He who gives to all men life and breath and all things,(127) and as Saviour wills that all men be saved.
 

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1. Give me a verse in the Bible that physically death Christian able to hear billion people from all the world, almost like God.

2. So you don't believe history of saling forgiveness certificate?

3. Your lumen gentium say that Muslim worship the a God of Abraham, so you admit that catholic doctrine is lie don't you

Lumen gentium II/16(126-127)

126); But the plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator. In the first place amongst these there are the Mohamedans, who, professing to hold the faith of Abraham, along with us adore the one and merciful God, who on the last day will judge mankind. Nor is God far distant from those who in shadows and images seek the unknown God, for it is He who gives to all men life and breath and all things,(127) and as Saviour wills that all men be saved.
physically dead? don't you know that Elijah Enoc and Lazarus went to heaven? this proves that saints are now in heaven and can pray for you if you asked.

About the Lumen I think you better email the Vatican if you really want to know the Truth.

I believe that the sons of Ishmael where Arabs are part of it also worship the true God but at the same time had different gods with them. even ancient Israelites worship the false gods for most of their history as God's nation in the Holy land.

(remember ishmael is also the son of Abraham which the latter worships the true God)

but I don't believe that Allah of Quran is the same God of the Bible. I don't know why the RCC said that.

better email the Vatican if you really is a just man to know the reason behind the Lumen and not being paid by your pastor to criticize and convince non Evangelicals to join your religious scam.
 

Jackson123

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I copy a statement from one of the catholic article about how Mary die.

The citations employed by Pope Pius XII reveal that he believed and intended to show that the Immaculate Virgin Mary did in fact undergo death prior to her glorious Assumption.

This is the link

http://taylormarshall.com/2013/08/did-the-virgin-mary-die.html

So Mary is like other sinner, die, but they believe God take her body to heaven.


Honestly I think this another lie.

I remember, when president Obama buy a dog for his daughter, it was on the news.

I buy a dog for my son, not on the news.

Why, because I am insignificant man, and Obama is famous and high level man.

When God take Elijah to heaven, it was in the news/ bible, it is well documented in the Bible.

Catholic believe Mary is queen of heaven, high than Elijah, why not in the news/bible.?
Why? Because it is never happen, it is another lie
 

Jackson123

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physically dead? don't you know that Elijah Enoc and Lazarus went to heaven? this proves that saints are now in heaven and can pray for you if you asked.

About the Lumen I think you better email the Vatican if you really want to know the Truth.

I believe that the sons of Ishmael where Arabs are part of it also worship the true God but at the same time had different gods with them. even ancient Israelites worship the false gods for most of their history as God's nation in the Holy land.

(remember ishmael is also the son of Abraham which the latter worships the true God)

but I don't believe that Allah of Quran is the same God of the Bible. I don't know why the RCC said that.

better email the Vatican if you really is a just man to know the reason behind the Lumen and not being paid by your pastor to criticize and convince non Evangelicals to join your religious scam.
Elijah went to heaven doesn't prove that he able to hear billion people pray for him.

You don't believe Allah in the Quran is abraham God don't you.

Don't you know Muslim worship Allah in the quran

And vatican state Muslim worship Abraham God

Logically your doctrine believe Allah in the Quran is abraham God

Don't you understand simple deductive logic?

If so I don't know how to explain .
 

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Are Roman Catholics Christians. No.
They're followers of a pagan polytheistic tradition that contradicts in its rites and catechisms everything Jesus held dear as the truth of his father and the gospel message.
Fire and brimstone Hell was brought into their tradition as a Greek pagan fear paradigm. The myth described eternal suffering for the disobedient in order to persuade strict obedience. Then the church burned people alive to demonstrate to the people who watched and often by edict of the crown authority what happens if the watchers are deemed bad catholics.

Jesus said call no man father but your father in heaven. Catholics refer to the pope as holy father. God forgives the sins of the repentant sinner for all time and will never hold those against the repentant again.
Catholics enter little rooms sitting opposite a priest that they also call father. And while it is thought anonymous confession they're seen by the priest. And they see the priest. That priest then hears the Catholic confess their list of latest sins that they believe will be held against them if they don't. And the priest then forgives them and tells them to do penance. That's a form of self-punishment for offending God.

Then, even when they receive last rites on their death bed or wherever as they're dying, the Catholic still has purgatory, purge place or place of purging, to look forward to. That's the fictional realm where the dead Catholic no matter how faithful to confession thinks they're destined to go so as to have the residue of all those lifetime of sins burned away .

That means the Catholic tradition teaches Jesus did not pay it all on the cross. That what is like a mini-hell need be entered to purge sin residue. And how long is the stay? Till God deems them worthy of entering Heaven nice and clean. Or, until their family coughs up enough money in the form of indulgences, which still do exist in the RCC, in order to buy that dead loved one's soul out.

Ever wonder how the RCC is one of the richest nations on the planet? It is the smallest sovereign nation state and it is ruled by a dictator; the pope.

No, Catholics aren't Christians. They're deceived. But they're not Christian.
 

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Are Roman Catholics Christians. No.
They're followers of a pagan polytheistic tradition that contradicts in its rites and catechisms everything Jesus held dear as the truth of his father and the gospel message.
Fire and brimstone Hell was brought into their tradition as a Greek pagan fear paradigm. The myth described eternal suffering for the disobedient in order to persuade strict obedience. Then the church burned people alive to demonstrate to the people who watched and often by edict of the crown authority what happens if the watchers are deemed bad catholics.

Jesus said call no man father but your father in heaven. Catholics refer to the pope as holy father. God forgives the sins of the repentant sinner for all time and will never hold those against the repentant again.
Catholics enter little rooms sitting opposite a priest that they also call father. And while it is thought anonymous confession they're seen by the priest. And they see the priest. That priest then hears the Catholic confess their list of latest sins that they believe will be held against them if they don't. And the priest then forgives them and tells them to do penance. That's a form of self-punishment for offending God.

Then, even when they receive last rites on their death bed or wherever as they're dying, the Catholic still has purgatory, purge place or place of purging, to look forward to. That's the fictional realm where the dead Catholic no matter how faithful to confession thinks they're destined to go so as to have the residue of all those lifetime of sins burned away .

That means the Catholic tradition teaches Jesus did not pay it all on the cross. That what is like a mini-hell need be entered to purge sin residue. And how long is the stay? Till God deems them worthy of entering Heaven nice and clean. Or, until their family coughs up enough money in the form of indulgences, which still do exist in the RCC, in order to buy that dead loved one's soul out.

Ever wonder how the RCC is one of the richest nations on the planet? It is the smallest sovereign nation state and it is ruled by a dictator; the pope.

No, Catholics aren't Christians. They're deceived. But they're not Christian.
I was told by a priest that the biggest mistake the Catholic Church made was to give the Bible to the ordinary uneducated people.
He said to understand the Bible correctly one needed to spend many years in seminary. He said all of today's sects and denominations came out from the Catholic Church. He said they were all established by people who failed to understand the scriptures in the right way.
All of this sounds true to a person who has never studied the Bible.
The priest never encouraged us to study the Bible, because it was their job to tell us what it all means. He knew that if I studied the Bible it would expose Roman Catholicism as being Antichrist.
You can't believe what the Bible teaches and also believe what the RCC teaches as they contradict each other.

The Bible says let every man be a liar and let God be true.
 
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If a man falls into a pit and another man comes along and pulls him out he is the savior of the man. If a woman comes along and he guides her around the pit he is her savior also. The same with Mary. God looked forward to the merits of Christ and applied them to Mary at her conception thus preserving her from original sin. Thus she was not subject to concupiscence just like Adam and Eve were before the fall. This was all God's grace acting as her savior.
But this is all just speculation, or what some men have taught you, unless you have some verses (preferably three). We were told to beware the leaven of men.

From your first post you admitted something astounding. You said that even though you could not find any verses for a lot of what these men were teaching you, it still made the most sense to you.

It's not the word of God you are defending if you have to keep explaining away verses to fit what you've been taught - at that point it's defending the word of men and doing violence to the word of God. (And all denominations do this in some fashion and in some places.)

Mary herself calls God her Savior.
And Mary said:

“My soul glorifies the Lord
47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48for he has been mindful
of the humble state of his servant.

Search these things out for yourself instead of having a man or group of men explain them to you. Jesus said that after a man receives the Holy Spirit, he has no need of any man to teach him. In fact, He warned to beware the leaven/teaching of men. Have you received the Spirit yet?
 

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I was told by a priest that the biggest mistake the Catholic Church made was to give the Bible to the ordinary uneducated people.
He said to understand the Bible correctly one needed to spend many years in seminary. He said all of today's sects and denominations came out from the Catholic Church. He said they were all established by people who failed to understand the scriptures in the right way.
All of this sounds true to a person who has never studied the Bible.
The priest never encouraged us to study the Bible, because it was their job to tell us what it all means. He knew that if I studied the Bible it would expose Roman Catholicism as being Antichrist.
You can't believe what the Bible teaches and also believe what the RCC teaches as they contradict each other.

The Bible says let every man be a liar and let God be true.
you did not even ask the catholic apologist's answers to know the biblical basis of catholic teachings and yet you finally believe the religious fraudsters' propaganda about the catholic faith.

don't be lazy. just google catholic apologetic and the better ask scott hahn and other protestant convert to the catholic church.

it is so foolish to believe that newly established bible religious scams are God's real churches.

if you use your brain then you must believe that the real Christian Church existed and will always continue since 1st century AD.

if you don't want to be catholic anymore because of the scandals did by some members of RCC clergy in the past then i suggest find another religion whose existence can be traced back to 1st century AD.

aside from catholic church

orthodox and coptic churches are candidates whose existence can be traced since the time of apostles. (just choose any of these 2 where to join)

never ever be FOOLED AND FALL to the propaganda of these bible using religious fraudsters. they are after your money and using bible and God's name as front to their scamming.
 

Jackson123

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I was told by a priest that the biggest mistake the Catholic Church made was to give the Bible to the ordinary uneducated people.
He said to understand the Bible correctly one needed to spend many years in seminary. He said all of today's sects and denominations came out from the Catholic Church. He said they were all established by people who failed to understand the scriptures in the right way.
All of this sounds true to a person who has never studied the Bible.
The priest never encouraged us to study the Bible, because it was their job to tell us what it all means. He knew that if I studied the Bible it would expose Roman Catholicism as being Antichrist.
You can't believe what the Bible teaches and also believe what the RCC teaches as they contradict each other.

The Bible says let every man be a liar and let God be true.
Yes I believe pope is antichrist. The Bible say antichrist will rule the world, one world government, that is what vatican want it

Go to google, there are tons of article, about how vatican promote the antichrist government, they call it one world government. Revelation 13 describe it will be a leader that rule all the world.

Yes vatican will succeed like the Bible say.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2011/10/25/the-vatican-calls-for-world-government/

https://prophecyinthenews.com/world...ls-for-one-world-government-to-save-humanity/
 

Jackson123

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you did not even ask the catholic apologist's answers to know the biblical basis of catholic teachings and yet you finally believe the religious fraudsters' propaganda about the catholic faith.

don't be lazy. just google catholic apologetic and the better ask scott hahn and other protestant convert to the catholic church.

it is so foolish to believe that newly established bible religious scams are God's real churches.

if you use your brain then you must believe that the real Christian Church existed and will always continue since 1st century AD.

if you don't want to be catholic anymore because of the scandals did by some members of RCC clergy in the past then i suggest find another religion whose existence can be traced back to 1st century AD.

aside from catholic church

orthodox and coptic churches are candidates whose existence can be traced since the time of apostles. (just choose any of these 2 where to join)

never ever be FOOLED AND FALL to the propaganda of these bible using religious fraudsters. they are after your money and using bible and God's name as front to their scamming.
Instead of go to catholic apologies why don't you go to lumen gentium to see how lie is catholic doctrine, that say Islam and abraham share the same God
 
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Not all Catholics worship Mary, some just see her as a mediatrix
In the prayer of the Catholics, they refer to Mary as "Mother of God", that is, as the one who begot God. Therefore, she is a goddess.

Moreover, even to one who, in their ignorance, they can not perceive this, but supposes that they are considering Mary as a mere intermediary, then she is occupying the place of Christ in their life, since there is only one mediator between God and men : Christ the Man (1Tim 2.5).
 

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you did not even ask the catholic apologist's answers to know the biblical basis of catholic teachings and yet you finally believe the religious fraudsters' propaganda about the catholic faith.

don't be lazy. just google catholic apologetic and the better ask scott hahn and other protestant convert to the catholic church.

it is so foolish to believe that newly established bible religious scams are God's real churches.

if you use your brain then you must believe that the real Christian Church existed and will always continue since 1st century AD.

if you don't want to be catholic anymore because of the scandals did by some members of RCC clergy in the past then i suggest find another religion whose existence can be traced back to 1st century AD.

aside from catholic church

orthodox and coptic churches are candidates whose existence can be traced since the time of apostles. (just choose any of these 2 where to join)

never ever be FOOLED AND FALL to the propaganda of these bible using religious fraudsters. they are after your money and using bible and God's name as front to their scamming.
The Protestant Churches have found too many problems with the Catholic church. I couldn't remain in a Church which had so many accusations against it.
Some of the problems are it's teaching about celibacy and Priests and Nuns not getting married, the Bible says it's not good for man to be alone. Maybe those pedophile priests became that way because they weren't allowed to get married so the Church should take some of the blame.
There are just too many other problems with Roman Catholicism, all you have to do is google something like "Roman Catholicism exposed" and I'm sure you will find a lot of information which exposes it as a false religion.
 
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This is the reason why you need to read first our catholic apologetic that explains biblical basis of our catholic teachings.

since you are lazy then I'll explain once.

First of all we believe that Mary and our saints are in heaven and it is not bad to ask to pray for us because Christians need to pray for each other as mentioned in James 5:16.

Sale forgiveness? another derogatory propaganda taught by your greedy pastor. you don't need to give even a cent when going to a priest for confession.

The word Allah is the Arabic word for God. but i believe that the Islamic god is not the God of the Bible that the Jews and Christians are worshiping.

I believe that this Allah is another false god. perhaps the moon god as some exposed.
From reading the law of the Catholic fathers as their apologetics. They have no biblical foundation.( sola scriptura) But rather seek after oral traditions of men that they must call apostolic succession. Men putting their faith in that seen other men .

Its there attempt to make all things written in the law and the prophets (sola scriptura) to no effect so that the pew Catholics (non venerable/worship-able ones) can seek after the approval of that seen (fathers) the temporal, and not walk by faith the unseen, eternal .

They have set up their own faith base based on necromancy or what they call patron saints (3500 and rising) and what they call private revelations, to give the illusion God is still adding to His book., violating the final warning not to add or substract .

Below are the kind of laws they must follow when seeking the approval of men . They insist a man as that seen must teach them . It exposes the motive of operation the spirit of the antichrists.... the many that were there .


The law of men #80 "Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then, are bound closely together, and communicate one with the other. For both of them, flowing out from the same "divine well-spring", come together in some fashion to form one thing, and move towards the same goal." Each of them makes present and fruitful in the Church the mystery of Christ, who promised to remain with his own "always, to the close of the age".

Pope Urban VIII on Private Revelation... His Holiness, Pope Urban VIII stated: "In cases which concern private revelations, it is better to believe than not to believe, for, if you believe, and it is proven true, you will be happy that you have believed, because our Holy Mother asked it. If you believe, and it should be proven false, you will receive all blessings as if it had been true, because you believed it to be true."(Pope Urban VIII, 1623-44)

It helps benefit thos who go above that which is wriiten by giving them the sky as the limit Just believe either way o it make this entiy they call Mary happy a person can use the imagination of their own hearts as a different source of faith (necromancy) other than all things written in the law and the prophets (sola scriptura)

Sola scriptura. The one reforming authority (as it is written) in any generation .. still makes the devil flee .
 
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if you don't want to be catholic anymore because of the scandals did by some members of RCC clergy in the past then i suggest find another religion whose existence can be traced back to 1st century AD.
Did you mean like the first denomination listed on this side of the cross?

Acts 24:5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes

The Catholic sect/denomination is not listed in the Bible.

They Roman Catholic sect and what they call the orthodox sect can be classified just as the Pharisees with Sadducees , two denominations that put aside their differences to try and make all things written in the law and the prophets (sola scriptura) without effect so that then men can rather seek the approval of man seen, and not the approval of Holy Spirit not seen .

To this day they call all things written in the law and the prophets a heresy by making their men (fathers)seen the law .

Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: (sola scriptura) Acts 24:13 -14
 
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The catholic church can not be traced back to the 1st century, peter would reject the church of rome and many of its children (orthodoxy and many so called protestant denominations who kept her works based gospel) as it is,
 
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Let's just admit that Christianity is a pretty complex subject and straight answers don't really exist because of the evident confusion and variety in doctrine, denominations, and faiths...... I swear, you can find an apparent justification for almost all denominations, they can all point in the good book why they are right in believing what they believe.