What makes a person a christian? Following Christ. Obeying His commandments. Accepting His word.
Would you agree with me on that, Vernon?
Would you please point out to me your source of information that makes you think catholics wrote, preserved, and carried His word?
The rest of your post we can agree on.
I believe there are people in most all denominations that will go to heaven .Those that are in false religions thinking they really are serving God could be okay, as God is a merciful God.
Those people standing behind the pulpit preaching that false religion are in deep trouble. The catholic religion goes against the word that Christ taught. Catholics have priests, ask mary to intercede, wear lavish garments, take pride in pomp and ceremony, and many other things that Christ preached specifically against. The doctrine of oral tradition is a rejection of Christ.
The very word that is rejected by catholics will judge them. Not Christ, He tells us, but His word. He says that, yet you deny it. Catholics will stand before Christ on that day and He will open the bible everytime they open their mouth.You say you want to follow, obey, and serve Christ, yet you deny His word.