@theskeptic2010 Great to hear you got away from The Whore! The obsession they have with praying to the dead, relics from the dead, purgatory (wherever that is!) and venerating idols of dead people for their own wants makes them necromancers! Leviticus 19:31 "Do not look/turn to them that have familiar spirits (demons/necromancers), neither seek after wizards (spiritualists) to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God."
@AFilmStar Exactly - commands of God versus the traditions of men - that's why I eventually walked away from RCC - I am really not interested in the rubrics of man-centered religion or things like not eating meat on Fridays etc. That's what the Pharisees - they were more concerned with religion and mans laws than with God
@TR5T I wish they would give us more than 500 characters a message - like I was saying, I've heard that the Catholic Church in the U.S. watches it's Ps n' Qs more closely than in primarily "Catholic" countries. Like veneration of Mary is pushed more, praying to dead people and indulgences for people supposedly in purgatory are pushed more. People here in the U.S. are taught that the priest is just an intermediary (even that is wrong tho- 1Timothy 2:5) but in Catholic countries priest can absolve
@TR5T I've heard (not sure about if its really true or not) that the Catholic Church in America is on it's "best behavior" and teaches more about Scripture, the Gospel, faith-based salvation etc here in the U.S. where the Evangelical influence is greater and because it has to compete with active Evangelical Christianity. Away from the U.S. in primarily Catholic countries such as Brazil or Philippines etc it's a different story. People in those places are taught that priests actually absolve you
@TR5T People are more concerned about honoring men than God. They are too busy with what their "religion/god" can do for them (asking for $ and possessions, health and love), they don't ask "What does God want?". Check out thefirmament [.]org.
@AFilmStar One tries but you know what it's like with cultists ,many will go comfortably and willingly into hell without a question of the beliefs.
What gets them is the rituals, as an alter boy we said high requiem masses for certain people.....what a circus.
Some people truly want to know God through Jesus Christ and are willing ( unluke the rich young ruler) to die to themselves and be raised to walk in newness of life.
@TR5T Awesome! You got away from those predators! It's hard to believe more people have not done the same especially with the never ending abuse scandals, money scandals and the obvious political string pulling originating from this organization. It's time to also stop supporting those who support the Roman Catholic Church!
@xander7ful Not only that but the stupid doctrine, praying to "saints" and Mary, praying people out of "purgatory"??
teaching the "pope "is head of the church and infallable in matters of faith and morals.
Confession and absolution and penance by another human being. Priests and nuns. Transubstantiation. Jesus always dead on the cross or an infant. the "mass"etc.etc.etc.
Where you say, "They lay BURDENS of guilt on men's shoulders", you should have shown a pic of a confessional. I well remember going to confession and being told to say so many Hail Marys and Our Fathers.
@theskeptic2010 Great to hear you got away from The Whore! The obsession they have with praying to the dead, relics from the dead, purgatory (wherever that is!) and venerating idols of dead people for their own wants makes them necromancers! Leviticus 19:31 "Do not look/turn to them that have familiar spirits (demons/necromancers), neither seek after wizards (spiritualists) to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God."
AFilmStar 6 months ago
@AFilmStar Exactly - commands of God versus the traditions of men - that's why I eventually walked away from RCC - I am really not interested in the rubrics of man-centered religion or things like not eating meat on Fridays etc. That's what the Pharisees - they were more concerned with religion and mans laws than with God
theskeptic2010 6 months ago
@TR5T I wish they would give us more than 500 characters a message - like I was saying, I've heard that the Catholic Church in the U.S. watches it's Ps n' Qs more closely than in primarily "Catholic" countries. Like veneration of Mary is pushed more, praying to dead people and indulgences for people supposedly in purgatory are pushed more. People here in the U.S. are taught that the priest is just an intermediary (even that is wrong tho- 1Timothy 2:5) but in Catholic countries priest can absolve
theskeptic2010 6 months ago
@TR5T I've heard (not sure about if its really true or not) that the Catholic Church in America is on it's "best behavior" and teaches more about Scripture, the Gospel, faith-based salvation etc here in the U.S. where the Evangelical influence is greater and because it has to compete with active Evangelical Christianity. Away from the U.S. in primarily Catholic countries such as Brazil or Philippines etc it's a different story. People in those places are taught that priests actually absolve you
theskeptic2010 6 months ago
@TR5T People are more concerned about honoring men than God. They are too busy with what their "religion/god" can do for them (asking for $ and possessions, health and love), they don't ask "What does God want?". Check out thefirmament [.]org.
AFilmStar 11 months ago
@AFilmStar One tries but you know what it's like with cultists ,many will go comfortably and willingly into hell without a question of the beliefs.
What gets them is the rituals, as an alter boy we said high requiem masses for certain people.....what a circus.
Some people truly want to know God through Jesus Christ and are willing ( unluke the rich young ruler) to die to themselves and be raised to walk in newness of life.
TR5T 11 months ago
@TR5T Awesome! You got away from those predators! It's hard to believe more people have not done the same especially with the never ending abuse scandals, money scandals and the obvious political string pulling originating from this organization. It's time to also stop supporting those who support the Roman Catholic Church!
AFilmStar 11 months ago
@xander7ful Not only that but the stupid doctrine, praying to "saints" and Mary, praying people out of "purgatory"??
teaching the "pope "is head of the church and infallable in matters of faith and morals.
Confession and absolution and penance by another human being. Priests and nuns. Transubstantiation. Jesus always dead on the cross or an infant. the "mass"etc.etc.etc.
God I'm so glad I got out!!
TR5T 11 months ago
@xander7ful They ARE terrible! People need to get as far away from them as possible!
AFilmStar 1 year ago
Where you say, "They lay BURDENS of guilt on men's shoulders", you should have shown a pic of a confessional. I well remember going to confession and being told to say so many Hail Marys and Our Fathers.
xander7ful 1 year ago