1miseryindex
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I accidentally copied some material the other day that likely has been on my flashdrive for some time and likely came from that one former Catholic... can't recall his name but his thread was about why he had left the Catholic Church. So I read through it because I didn't have much else to do at that time... and decided to answer some key "problems" people have w/ Catholicism:
First, there is the accusation this guy made that the early Church was once "genuine" but then went corrupt. Really? I know that the Vatican was corrupted about 65 years ago, but the early Church? Well, the person didn't go into details but I have studied Church history and can find NO evidence that the Church went off the rails early on. And even with the derailing in 1958, well... that does not mean that Jesus has abandoned His Church. He promised He would never do that... (St Mt 28:20.. Mt 16:18)
Then there's this other thing about how, this guy who had been raised Catholic, after studying the Bible, began to find fault with the Catholics for "forbidding marriage." Excuse me? Who forbids marriage? There are Catholic weddings going on in Churches every day around the world. Priests give up "that kind of" relationship WILLINGLY, so I don't even get this argument at all.
Then the guy made a point of how: If you are following a false gospel... Well, it can be credibly argued, and has been over and over throughout the years since Luther broke with the Church, that.. Exactly whom is preaching a false gospel? Those who are members of the Church Christ himself established or those who are in man-made "churches," some of which have sprung up very late in the game, like some sects of the Baptists and 7th Day Adventists and etc...
Then he mentions how Mary appeared to someone or other, doesn't say to whom, and apprently said something about "serving" her, Mary, and of course that is very verboten because Mary is not God. Well, I've been Catholic off and on all my life (though I never left the Church officially so I've been Catholic all my life, period) and I have NEVER heard of Mary telling people to serve HER. SHE serves God... always has. She would never tell anyone to do anything that contradicts God the Father or Christ, the Son (although really, the Father, the Son an HS are ONE).
Ok, there's more I wrote down to comment on but that will do for now
First, there is the accusation this guy made that the early Church was once "genuine" but then went corrupt. Really? I know that the Vatican was corrupted about 65 years ago, but the early Church? Well, the person didn't go into details but I have studied Church history and can find NO evidence that the Church went off the rails early on. And even with the derailing in 1958, well... that does not mean that Jesus has abandoned His Church. He promised He would never do that... (St Mt 28:20.. Mt 16:18)
Then there's this other thing about how, this guy who had been raised Catholic, after studying the Bible, began to find fault with the Catholics for "forbidding marriage." Excuse me? Who forbids marriage? There are Catholic weddings going on in Churches every day around the world. Priests give up "that kind of" relationship WILLINGLY, so I don't even get this argument at all.
Then the guy made a point of how: If you are following a false gospel... Well, it can be credibly argued, and has been over and over throughout the years since Luther broke with the Church, that.. Exactly whom is preaching a false gospel? Those who are members of the Church Christ himself established or those who are in man-made "churches," some of which have sprung up very late in the game, like some sects of the Baptists and 7th Day Adventists and etc...
Then he mentions how Mary appeared to someone or other, doesn't say to whom, and apprently said something about "serving" her, Mary, and of course that is very verboten because Mary is not God. Well, I've been Catholic off and on all my life (though I never left the Church officially so I've been Catholic all my life, period) and I have NEVER heard of Mary telling people to serve HER. SHE serves God... always has. She would never tell anyone to do anything that contradicts God the Father or Christ, the Son (although really, the Father, the Son an HS are ONE).
Ok, there's more I wrote down to comment on but that will do for now
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