Proof That Catholics Worship Mary
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the RCC affirms the deity of Christ, that He was born of a virgin, having taken humanity on Himself, that He died as a propitation for our sin, that He rose, that He ascended, that He will return again, that He purchased for us salvation by grace through faith with His blood.
the mormons and the watchtower society deny these things.
so.
the mormons and the watchtower society deny these things.
so.
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how closely do you examine your own congregation, brother?
we all argue with each other on this website day and night, yet we keep coming back.
i can't speak for every catholic, but i think some of them do what they do so as not to offend - we are free, through Christ. Paul went to synagogues even though he knew the teachers there were antichrist, denying Jesus is Messiah. do you think he spent the time there cursing them? or trying to reach them? did he worship while he was there? or did he spit on the dais?
but fundamentally there is quite a difference between the beliefs of a catholic or an orthodox, and a member of an hundred year old american cult.
we all argue with each other on this website day and night, yet we keep coming back.
i can't speak for every catholic, but i think some of them do what they do so as not to offend - we are free, through Christ. Paul went to synagogues even though he knew the teachers there were antichrist, denying Jesus is Messiah. do you think he spent the time there cursing them? or trying to reach them? did he worship while he was there? or did he spit on the dais?
but fundamentally there is quite a difference between the beliefs of a catholic or an orthodox, and a member of an hundred year old american cult.
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As I told you, many due to tradition or custom. They do not feel the need to change religion because they are accustomed to Catholic creeds. Furthermore, perhaps many have not been preached to and have been made to realize that Catholic doctrines are not entirely correct, so they feel comfortable or satisfied with continuing to attend the Catholic Church.
@posthuman has a good approach, which if i were to translate it into a lovely American idiom would be "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater". 
I love this idiom. It's so absurd and cruel.
I love this idiom. It's so absurd and cruel.
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The Gospel offends everyone who chooses to keep living in sin.
As far as my church, I may find a dozen sins if I search, but how does that compare to THOUSANDS of sins the RCC has & does keep committing???
HOW can a true believer continue to sympathize with the false doctrines of every priest, cardinal, & pope that's ever lived?
A christian who constantly surrounds themselves with the enemy on purpose cannot win.
As far as my church, I may find a dozen sins if I search, but how does that compare to THOUSANDS of sins the RCC has & does keep committing???
HOW can a true believer continue to sympathize with the false doctrines of every priest, cardinal, & pope that's ever lived?
A christian who constantly surrounds themselves with the enemy on purpose cannot win.
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Honestly, I don't think it's a topic worth continuing to discuss. The history of the Catholic Church and all its atrocities is well known to everyone. They have distorted the mechanism for salvation, saying that works are necessary. They have not distorted the image of Jesus as such.
I already told you the reasons why I believe you can find saved people even in Catholicism and I also gave you certain reasons why many of them do not change their religion.
Protestantism is not perfect either, no religion is, and just as you can find good Christians and bad or false Christians in Protestantism, I also believe you can find good Christians in Catholicism.
In the end, God is the one who searches hearts and He Himself says that He will have mercy on whomever He wants to have mercy on.
I already told you the reasons why I believe you can find saved people even in Catholicism and I also gave you certain reasons why many of them do not change their religion.
Protestantism is not perfect either, no religion is, and just as you can find good Christians and bad or false Christians in Protestantism, I also believe you can find good Christians in Catholicism.
In the end, God is the one who searches hearts and He Himself says that He will have mercy on whomever He wants to have mercy on.
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Of course, yes, if someone preaches to me and opens my eyes and makes me realize that the religion in which I take communion has a lot of bad doctrines, but as I told you in a previous comment, many of them are not aware of it. Nobody has preached to them and they have not made them see that their religion has all those false doctrines that God does not like at all. Now, if one were to preach to them and they insisted on continuing to take communion in Catholicism, that is another thing for which they would have to answer before God.
It's not easy to let go of traditions. I try to let go of traditions that go back millennia but those traditions are also the very things that define me.
I remember an American in this forum who permanently left USA and went to some Asian country, can't remember where.
He was very changed and almost a new man, but he still couldn't let go of his support for guns and the second amendment despite not being in USA.
It's not easy to let go of traditions from the culture where you were raised.
I remember an American in this forum who permanently left USA and went to some Asian country, can't remember where.
He was very changed and almost a new man, but he still couldn't let go of his support for guns and the second amendment despite not being in USA.
It's not easy to let go of traditions from the culture where you were raised.
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Oh, so you don't support Trump then, because a thousand sins are worse than a an hundred? Lol
But the scripture says one sin makes you just as guilty of breaking the entire law as a thousand.
we have to show mercy - there's no way around mercy. it's required, because no one is without sin and error.
we should not be selective about mercy, showing favoritism, but give it to all.
ah that part. "on purpose"
that's questionable when we talk about whether all RCC attendees are fully aware of the nefarious history and the details of dogmatic error in that church. do they all fully know all these things? heck at least half of protestant churches don't know ver basic things about the scripture.
so how much is really on purpose?
but i should remind you of Lot, who Peter says is righteous, and who stayed in Sodom on purpose, and even hesitated when angels commanded him to leave.
righteous Lot had a reason - the decision to leave wasn't easy, even when he knew it was about to be destroyed.
But the scripture says one sin makes you just as guilty of breaking the entire law as a thousand.
we have to show mercy - there's no way around mercy. it's required, because no one is without sin and error.
we should not be selective about mercy, showing favoritism, but give it to all.
ah that part. "on purpose"
that's questionable when we talk about whether all RCC attendees are fully aware of the nefarious history and the details of dogmatic error in that church. do they all fully know all these things? heck at least half of protestant churches don't know ver basic things about the scripture.
so how much is really on purpose?
but i should remind you of Lot, who Peter says is righteous, and who stayed in Sodom on purpose, and even hesitated when angels commanded him to leave.
righteous Lot had a reason - the decision to leave wasn't easy, even when he knew it was about to be destroyed.
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So how it can be that someone who claimed he has the baptism with the Holy Spirit for empowerment and is speaking in toungues in the same time defends and teaches the practices of the RCC?
How can truth and lie work together?
Many believers from the evangelical background run after Him. Johannes Hartl is his name. An RCC bishop calls him the bridgehead in the evangelical movement.
How can truth and lie work together?
Many believers from the evangelical background run after Him. Johannes Hartl is his name. An RCC bishop calls him the bridgehead in the evangelical movement.