Pro: "The Godfather"
"Nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquisition!"Con: The Spanish Inquisition
Pro: "The Godfather"
I can understand that!If I were to join a church, it would definitely be the Roman Catholic Church, for which I have the greatest respect and even reverence.
Why?
Because of its comforting rituals for one thing.
I refer to the mass.
I refer to the idea of saints. (Models for us to emulate.)
I refer to all the good work of priests and nuns throughout the centuries. (Like the nun who gave me a ride when others had turned me down. I hadn't known she was a nun, for she wasn't wearing a habit. I wish all nuns wore habits. I want nuns to look like nuns. I want people to show them respect whenever possible.
I refer to relics. (I once had a relic -- third class? -- but I angrily threw it away when it failed to help someone whom I loved.)
I refer to angels. (I choose to believe that nun I referenced earlier was an angel sent to help me.)
Can we all find something bad and something good about the RCC?
Like this:
Bad:
child abuse
celibate priests
no women as clergy
Good:
what Bible Chrisians call "pagan"
Can we all find something bad and something good about the RCC?
Like this:
Bad:
child abuse
celibate priests
no women as clergy
Good:
what Bible Chrisians call "pagan"
Have you read any of my work, would you call it,... demoniac?From a Christian point of view:
any teachings that go directly - and deceptively - against the Bible is considered "demonic" teaching.
That's bad.
What do you mean by, "Against the Bible?"From a Christian point of view:
any teachings that go directly - and deceptively - against the Bible is considered "demonic" teaching.
That's bad.
He never did...for Christ to declare himself God
Boring ..... boring ..... boring ....From a Christian point of view:
any teachings that go directly - and deceptively - against the Bible is considered "demonic" teaching.
That's bad.
He said some deluded things.He never did...
Have you read any of my work, would you call it,... demoniac?
The problem is, that many of the teachings that may come from the Bible are false and thus demoniac.
For example, for Christ to declare himself God does not mean that God is not always unseen.
The idea that Christ is God is demoniac and the people hope to access all sorts of powers and sense gratification from it besides holding their brothers in submission causing them to think with you, that which is false.
What do you mean by, "Against the Bible?"
The Bible says to rightly divide the word of Truth. This is true on any planet you may find yourself on.
Many things may be presented to you as, "The word of God."
Boring ..... boring ..... boring ....
Do we hear a parrot talking?
Or a tape recorder that is repeating itself endlessly?
OMG - help! help!
This is a point I would like to repeat and to stress.One great merit of the Catholic Church is that it has valued and preserved age-old and honoured spiritual traditions that some "Christian" fanatics saw as "pagan" or "satanic".
May I repeat my question?
There are bad things to be said about the RCC - but also good things.
What examples can you think of?
This is a point I would like to repeat and to stress.
What do you think of it?
2 Timothy 2:15.Can you cite your source for that. What verse do you refer to?
That's what false teachings say. They all say they are the word of God.
Many will also come to present themselves as prophets of God, or even the Second Christ.
Satan can also give you an apparition, or a supernatural experience........ to fool you.
Thus, we have to test the spirit.