Catholicism..

Originally posted by GKeden: ↑

Hello. Therefore, if you can (unlikely) remove the diabolical hate from your heart/soul, you may have thoughts similar to the following:

1. The Catholic Church provided a social & political institution for the preservation of Christianity amongst the alien Gentiles (because Judea obviously oppressed or destroyed Christianity). For example., when whoever it was (Atilla The Hun, whoever) was about the destroy Rome, the Pope alone approached him and saved the failing Rome from further destruction.

2. Most people will not, alone, develop a relationship with God. Based on the sophisticated worldliness of your posts, it appears you have been attending your Protestant group Bible Studies, where you learn to Judaize Christianity and learn sophisticated legalistic (Talmudic) ways of speech and words. You yourself give the impression of being part of a cult yet you appear to suggest each person is going to ask god for forgiveness instead of approaching a Priest, called "Father", for confession.

3. Since you appeared to claim only god can be called "Father", does that mean i cannot call by biological father "father"?

4. Mary was made into a role model. There was nothing wrong with making Mary a role model, particularly since the Gospels attest to her purity.

5. In summary, the Catholic Church, including with its Sacramental Mass, provided a vehicle for the common man.

6. The Gospels say to "pray alone in your room". (Matthew 6:6). Do you exclusively do this? Or do you go to your Protestant brainwashing cults and pretend to narcissistically "pray" with others?

As I posted, the impression is your soul has not entered the narrow gate to heaven so to view the world with wisdom.

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I know exactly where you are coming from and I think I understand it very well. I take the view that there is no perfect denomination but that doesn't mean we reject all of them. Yes, some we do such as the cults as they are too extreme but not the mainstream ones just because they have done bad things in the past, still today and don't it all Biblically true. That's why some are non-denominational and so form their own groups but how is that any different? It's still made up of imperfect humans pretending they formed a perfect group, which of course can't be true.

As I explained before there is only one real church and that's the ekklesia/ecclesia as used in the Greek. I'm Greek and speak the language and I know what it means (and how to pronounce which is not the way most people do it but that's not important). Among Greeks, it typically refers to the people gathering together. During ancient Greece, the ekklesia of ancient Athens was a popular assembly of only male citizens. In terms of the Bible teachings, it means an assembly of fellow Christians. Some use a slightly different interpretation and say it's the "called out assembly" or "called out ones" but it's the same intended meaning.

So, even among the Roman Catholic church I am sure there are some true believers in our Lord and Saviour, in the faith and are saved. I normally don't worry about many of the traditions. which to me are not important as they are not Biblical but they are to those who do happily partake in them. It's their choice and I do sincerely respect that. It's how I have come to be pleased to be among other true believers in the faith in the church I attend; a Greek Orthodox Church. So, please don't start blasting me on that LOL. As I explained I don't follow most of their traditions but I do find it a very spiritual church to my liking. Each to their own. And no, I haven't confessed to our priest because I don't believe in it - I confess directly to God. For those who confess to the priest, that's their business, not mine.