I don't understand the catholic church I must admit. When it comes to things like abortion they are on the frontline of opposing it. The same with euthanasia.
Then you turn a corner and they believe all sorts of mumbo jumbo invented by them and dress up in all sorts of fancy dress that would make a drag queen proud. Over the years they have invented all sorts of ways to obtain ones salvation and ignored by grace alone.
Of course one of the worst aspects of the catholic church is the abuse of children by priests.
One might say when they are good they are really, really good and when they are bad they are really really bad.
I don't understand the catholic church I must admit. When it comes to things like abortion they are on the frontline of opposing it. The same with euthanasia.
Then you turn a corner and they believe all sorts of mumbo jumbo invented by them and dress up in all sorts of fancy dress that would make a drag queen proud. Over the years they have invented all sorts of ways to obtain ones salvation and ignored by grace alone.
Of course one of the worst aspects of the catholic church is the abuse of children by priests.
One might say when they are good they are really, really good and when they are bad they are really really bad.
Their are several mistakenly made assumptions made by non Catholics over and over.
#1 They actually mean the RCC because there is another branch of Catholicism called the Orthodox church.
#2 Because the bible was closed off well more than a thousand years ago, anything that has been spoken or learned is immediately deemed as invalid by non Catholics. Both the RCC and the Orthodox churches are very similar in their faith system and they have a deep history with learnings from prophets going all the way back to Christ himself.
#3 So therefore this 'made up mumbo jumbo' is from over 2000 years worth of learning. And to say that if it aint in the bible it aint true is just ridiculous. These beliefs have stood the test of the ages because they have borne positive fruit.
#4 The rogue priests you talk of. If you are RCC and you've heard of the events of Fatima, Portugal then you are not surprised. We were warned about priests leading flocks into damnation.