daveman
Diamond Member
Why do you believe Catholics are the only real Christians?I read this story in the news once
a woman said God told her to throw her kid down the stairs..
so much for the Holy Spirit telling you something.
That said, there is such a thing as the HS telling you something. I am not saying that doesn't happen.. it happens w/ me... we have to learn how to listen to the HS and then comply even when you think you know better .
so yeh... The Church also... or used to.. listen to the HS (up until Vatican II but Vat II is not dogmatic so to hell w/ Vat II). THe Church has gotten dogma all figured out, for the most part... Some explaining to non-Catholics is in order.. or non-catechized Catholics but the writings of the popes and the Magesterium are there to be read and we lose when we do not listen to them.
The Catholic Church has always condemned communism, for example. One pope called it the worst slavery known to man.. But here we are heading for communism in the good old USA... No one listens to the good popes.. most people just keep whining and bitching about the bad ones... Forget the bad ones... just as we need to forget (more/less) about he bad/lying/corrupt/greedy politicians... and replace them with... Catholics (real ones) or at least people who try to take the Bible seriously
I'm not Catholic. If the Pope wants to pray for me, I'll be grateful, but God doesn't listen to a Pope any more or less than he does to me.