Why I Love Religion and I Love Jesus

Fr. Brian Carpenter offers a response to Jefferson Bethke's video Why I Hate Religion but Love Jesus. Fr. Brian Explains why he loves both religion and Jesus, and how the two cannot be pitted against one another.

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[mquia92]

I was a Catholic but I came out from that Church for many reasons and for the Lord's sake. He called me out from that church because of the truth He showed to me. I respect Catholic beliefs and teachings but I just have to follow only the Lord and not on human rules and teachings that are contradict to Him. My relationship with Him is more important than with people. I'll live for God and not for the world

[WorkingToBeatHell]

@mquia92 He did not call you out out of the Catholic Church, as He does not call ANYONE away from Himself, His Body and the Truth, all of which are equated with the Catholic Church. The fullest relationship and most authentic relationship you can have with Christ is in the Catholic Church. True, there are people in the Church who are sinful, and can discourage us, but this does not change the reality of the Church, it does not remove the fullness of Truth from the Church.

[klavierklavier1]

@WorkingToBeatHell brother...our Lord established the catholic church, not the Catholic church.

[WorkingToBeatHell]

@klavierklavier1 The Catholic Church is the Church established by Christ, founded on the Apostles.

[atheistexchristian]

@WorkingToBeatHell What about people who live in parts of the world where there is no "Catholic Church" in sight?Or people who have never even heard of the bible or Jesus? What about those children on their knees searching for insects as their only meal?(u can see pics online) .What about Hindus,Muslims, Jews, the other 34,999 other Christian denominations?So the entire world needs to be Catholic to get the "fullest and most authentic relationship with Christ"? Please post this and explain.

[WorkingToBeatHell]

Yes. Muslims, and those who have never heard of Christ cannot have have the fullest possible relationship with Him. It's quite simple. A person without access to education can not have the fullness of scientific knowledge; a person who has no electricity cannot have the full experience of a light bulb, and a person who has only elements of Truth does not have the fullness of Truth, which is found only in the Catholic Church. Christ is the Fullness of Truth, found in the Catholic Church.

[mquia92]

@ WorkingToBeatHell This is what my spirit says, I consider it as a warning from God because the time is ending. I believe the prophesy of others because their explanations are biblical, I study my own Bible and I believe I have the deep relationship with Christ because I see evidence of change and deep love for Him, I feel secured and I can feel His presence, and many prayers were answered. I realized the church cannot save, we need to seek the Lord with all our hearts.

[WorkingToBeatHell]

@mquia92 The problem I see, and that I am trying to point to in my video is that separating Jesus and religion is a false dichotomy. They are a unity, not two separate packages.

[mquia92]

I want to love both. Maybe I love my religion but there's something I hate on it. But my love for Yeshua will never be equal to that religion. I will only follow Him if something is wrong in my religion

[WorkingToBeatHell]

@ladylejean215 Yes, Yes it is, as well as the place of my baptism.