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I have recently come back into the light after about a 28 year absence (more than half my life) And this morning I was praying as is becoming a new habit and I said to God, "Lord, you know why I am not back in church yet, but I feel like everything I am doing is so inadequate. My life has been a...

As far as comebacks go, that was EPIC :ROFL: And I am pretty sure a single flood didn't cause Gondwana to split up and float away either while we're at it. Trying to hold the old testament up as authoritative history is never going to end well. But because some stories held within it are a...

If we're going to split hairs, then you are of course technically correct. The full name of our Church is Roman Catholic. However, I am not sure if you are aware of this, but when I was last fully involved in the church it was still under Pope John Paul 2. He used to call us to prayer for...

That's what I said in my first reply 🤣 So yes. And as an FYI, a Russian researcher did parallel studies of ancient texts - Chinese, Indian, middle eastern etc etc. And he discovered something remarkable. There are multiple recorded events who's dates are different, but the times between them...

And you're making the mistake of forcing scripture to assert your view. I've seen the doco on that ark replica in the USA. Question for you. If what you believe is true, how did A) Noah gather all these animals given that places like Australia and New Zealand are far removed from the middle...

From the mouth of one who has lived through despair, depression and suicide, it's when Jesus feels the farthest away that we're at our most blind. Brother, I truly say to you this: be still within your heart. Let Jesus in. He loves you and he will carry you through. In my own darkest days I...

I agree with you. You can't deny hard evidence. So. How do we as Christians reconcile this with the Bible? Well, firstly I question the great flood. Surely if the flood occurred there would be lots of evidence of creatures lost. Oh.... Wait..... There is! Noah lived somewhere around the...

I'm going to post something we Catholics profess every single mass. Some of you may recognise it and even use it yourselves. For those who don't, it's called the Nicene Creed. This ancient profession of our faith goes right back to very early days of the church. And before anyone says 'But you...

It's funny how you people will all quote disgruntled sources and gossip, but you're refusing to *listen* to us real, live Catholics are saying. The emphatic answer is we worship GOD. All of this other nonsense people are dragging up is from wayward, disgruntled people or misquoted sources

I am sorry - you both kinda asked the same thing at the same time. I am not literate enough to know how to answer two people in one post yet. And yes, you are correct in that when you repent you are forgiven. But sometimes you are like a gerbil on a treadmill - you are running fast but going...

Is that all you can say? 😂

Actually, I retract what I say about the Orthodox church and the gospel of Thomas after doing some research. I was referencing a secular Australian TV documentary that shows the Ethiopian orthodox church and how they believe they have the ark of the covenant. It goes quite in depth with it all...

The Ethiopian orthodox church in particular. Not all of them, you are quite correct. I didn't point out that the orthodox church is a group of churches and I apologise.

So... The claim has that the papacy can be traced back to Peter. It can. Bad Popes and all. Remember the story of Cain and Abel? Both sons of Adam and Eve. Abel was good and Cain was bad. They can both trace their roots directly to Adam as he was their father. Same thing goes with the...

To be human is to sin. To be saved is to be forgiven of those sins. The bit that many (including myself ( struggle with is when you're baptised everything you've done you to that point in your life is forgiven. You're washed clean and Christ gives you the shining white robes of salvation...

"And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” Luke 22:19 26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and wafter blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and...

You're mixing a free different topics up here now. I've already shown how the Papacy traces back to Peter, whom Jesus said 'You are my rock' to. You've debated that Paul was greater and the true father in if the church. The actual truth lies in the middle - Jesus is the founder of...

My branch of Jesus teaches that every human is born with the stain of the 'original sin' on their heads. The original sin, being that of Eve in the garden of Eden. Jesus was born without original sin because he was only half human. If you read the gospels you'll see that when Mary, his mother...

Because it was a lie in the first place. You can't bribe your way into heaven. God is not corrupt, but humans are. There have been multiple bad Popes through the ages. For a time the papacy followed a sort of blood lineage with nephews of the seated Pope being his successors. There are...

Then you haven't read the replies I put up to the OP.