reply to post by Truth
I'm sorry Truth, you are wrong. I am a former catholic. Until I started reading the Bible for myself, I never realized the following:
Jesus, in the Bible said, call no man Father except your Father in heaven.
(of course that excludes your parent.) He also said call no man Rabbi, (Jewish) or Master (Buddah).
It basically says keeping people from eating one thing or another is wrong, (fasting from meat on friday during lent)
The New Testament says Jesus is the only mediator between God and man (not priests) The New Testament says belief in Jesus as our Savior will save
us, not indulgences from catholic church, or wearing a scapular, etc.
The New and Old Testament says God will judge each individual for the good and bad they do. In the New Testament it calls everybody who believe in
Jesus, "saints".
Jesus was NOT calling Peter the Rock on who the church would be built, he was referring to himself, because all through the Bible, Jesus is referred
to as the cornerstone, the rock the builders rejected, (hear that, catholic church) etc. It was a play on words, because, Cephas or Peter, means
stone.
The Bible says there should only be about two layers of church heirachy and that church leaders should be married to one woman.
The catholic church has about 16 layers of leadership, with the priests being the lowest except for the nuns.
The Pope basically calls himself God by saying he is infalliable. Priests call themselves God by stating in the mass they bring Jesus out of heaven
and make him appear on the altar, which is also witchcraft.
The Bible says that Jesus made one sacrifice for all and then it was finished, so by the catholic church celebrating the mass over, and over, they are
negating the one-time sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.
Also, the church says anyone who doesn't believe all their mumbo-jumbo, is anathema, or cursed. One of the things specifically they say is that if
people believe Jesus is the only mediator between God and man, they are cursed.
I could go on and on, but I think you get the point.
One last thing, in the Bible, the ten commandments, my Catholic Bible changes the ten commandments, leaving out the part about idols being a
representation of anything, such as in heaven, in the sea, on land, etc.
My King James Bible has the full wording, which is very different. And if that is changed, I wonder what else is different. I don't use that Bible
anymore.
You should read Revelations the last book of the Bible, if your eyes are open, you will see a description of the catholic church in there.
God Bless You.
p.s. I have lost several catholic friends for pointing all this out to them.