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| crowmagnumman | Mar 19 2009, 02:08 AM |
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The Catholic church Bible includes all the apocryphal books, right? That explains it. I don't recognize those books as canon. They're too much weird, contradictory, bogus crap in there that makes absolutely no sense in context with the rest of the Bible. The Catholic church isn't all bad. And I certainly don't think all its members aren't true Christians. I'm just bugged at all the nonsense they do out of pure tradition. They took pagan statues and renamed them as Biblical characters just to get pagans to come in, so they could then get more money. The Catholic church, at least at one time in history, was driven by greed. A lot of their beliefs are just pagan beliefs and mysticism that have absolutely no Biblical basis. The Catholic Church is the modern-day equivalent of the Pharisees. They're more concerned with symbols, penances, and ritual than grace by faith. There are, no doubt, many Catholics who fit the definition of a true Christian. But I hate seeing the Bible so grossly misinterpreted and twisted to fit their beliefs. One possibility that I'm still considering is that the Beast and the little horn of Revelation is the Roman Catholic church. http://www.lightministries.com/id262.htm They seem to fit the bill pretty well. Again. It's not the members I hate. It's the institution. They've interpreted that we go directly to heaven or hell when we die, and that we either stay in heaven forever, or burn forever in hell. They base this on one text, that they've misinterpreted, when there are many other verses that say that this is not the case. "The dead know not anything." My time as a Seventh-Day Adventist has helped me to see how much people see what they want to see in the Bible. At least Adventists, for the most part, let the Bible interpret itself. They take everything in context. I do agree with the idea of a holy trinity. That's stated pretty clearly many times in the Bible that the trinity is made up of God the Father, God the son(Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit. And that while they are three, they are also one God. "When you've seen me, you've seen the Father." Sorry. Wish I had some questions. I don't mean to condemn anyone for choosing one denomination over the other. In America, it is our right to believe as we wish. But I will always be bothered by the Catholic church. Edited by crowmagnumman, Mar 19 2009, 02:14 AM.
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