Posted on 11/24/2015 7:05:49 PM PST by marshmallow
From a gay church to a church becoming gay...that’s “heaven” to you?
“From a gay church to a church becoming gay...that’s “heaven†to you?”
The Episcopalian Church is a Protestant sect. Whether a “gay church” or not it was already less than ideal because of what it is - Protestant.
The Catholic Church is not a “gay church” nor will it ever be because of what it is - Christ’s body.
I found I don't need popes, bishops, priests and ritualized procedures, altered at will by man. Examples: women priests, altered prayer books, gays welcomed that never repent and are accepted, global warming as a precept? Man alters the word of God. That is why God is absent these days in "Man's" church. I found Him again OUTSIDE the Church and He is alive and well. Now I'm getting to know Him better than ever...people aren't "telling me about Him" on Sunday...I'm getting a first-hand look, daily.
“I too believed God would see us through...”
If you were a Protestant and thinking about a Protestant sect there was no reason to assume God would see a sect through. The Church is not a sect.
“but in organized religion, man can corrupt easily what God makes...it is part of His test which man fails every time.”
But the Church has never failed that test and can’t - because it is Christ’s body, not man’s.
“I left that “church” and considered the Catholic alternative...then I saw the same beginnings of the liberal sickness...I will not go though that trauma twice. (frying pan into the fire).”
I am Catholic and won’t go through that trauma even once. Men will be corrupted. The Church won’t be. Christ’s body can’t be corrupted.
“I found I don’t need popes, bishops, priests and ritualized procedures, altered at will by man. Examples: women priests, altered prayer books, gays welcomed that never repent and are accepted, global warming as a precept?”
Your examples show the real problem is you apparent lack of understanding. God gave us bishops and priests and even rituals. To dismiss them is to dismiss what God created and gave us. Why would anyone do that? And Catholics have no women priests nor can they ever have any. Prayer books change just as Bible translations do. I seriously doubt you’re reading the Bible in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. Am I right?
“Man alters the word of God.”
Again, are you reading it in Hebrew? Greek? Isn’t a translation an alteration of some sort?
“That is why God is absent these days in “Man’s” church.”
That’s why I am not Protestant. All Protestant sects were started by men. The Church was founded by Christ.
“I found Him again OUTSIDE the Church and He is alive and well.”
No, you found Him and He’s calling you to His Church. Christ does not work without His Church for it is His body.
“Now I’m getting to know Him better than ever...people aren’t “telling me about Him” on Sunday...I’m getting a first-hand look, daily.”
No, you’re only getting what you want to get, what makes you feel comfortable. You are actually denying Christ when you deny His work.
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