Satan would not like that we point out that the Catholic Church by it's own admission includes paganism. Satan would not like that we point out Catholic contradictions with scripture.
They know that but keep denying it. What would they have left if all the pagan stuff was gotten rid of? I have been amazed at pictures posted on here because I had never seen them before. So, someone did a good job.
Correlation does not equal causation. The greatest fundamental flaw in the whole Catholicism is pagan argument.
Satan would not like that we point out Catholic contradictions with scripture.
Catholicism does not contradict Scripture. That is just the most incessant of Protestant lies. They have to assume they have a monopoly on scriptural interpretation because the moment they don't then the whole house of cards collapses in on itself. What is in contradiction is protestants misperception of what they think Sacred Scripture says according to the dictates of their own internal processes. Which is inevitably biased towards the individual protestants personal preferences.
Hence that is why protestantism is from Satan for it elevates the individual to such heights as to be reasonably considered as self-deification. Completely against God's commandment to have no other gods before Him. Of course the protestant doesn't see it that way. They'll say its about Jesus, but it's only on their terms.
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"Satan would not like that we point out that the Catholic Church by it's own admission includes paganism. Satan would not like that we point out Catholic contradictions with scripture." (CynicalBear post #1233)
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Perhaps if you spent a little less time meditating so much like that on what Satan loves, and likes, and doesn't like, and a little more time meditating on what God loves, and likes, and doesn't like, you would get a much more accurate understanding of the teachings and beliefs of the Catholic Church, which was founded and is sustained and protected by God, and you would be able to block out all the glaring misrepresentations and prevarications about God's Catholic Church, which are fostered and foisted by the biggest anti-Catholic of all, the "father of all lies", Satan.
Long after the resurrection, the Apostle Paul said
The Apostle Paul also said, (again, long after the resurrection),✝============================================================✝
"But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles." (1 Corinthians 1:23)
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"For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." (1 Corinthians 2:2)
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Paul is telling us there to "proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes", not just His resurrection.✝============================================================✝
"For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes." (1 Corinthians 11:26)
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Today, like St. Paul, other Catholics continue to "preach Christ crucified" using a crucifix. St. Paul used verbal means to preach Christ crucified, and other Catholics today do that also, and they also use the vivid artistic portrayal of Christ's sacrifice depicted on a crucifix to preach Christ crucified.
A crucifix gives a visual message showing the unbelievably great lengths our Lord Jesus Christ voluntarily went through in order to implement His "plan of salvation" which He offers to sinful human beings.
Catholics also gaze at a crucifix in contemplation of that "greatest" kind of love which Jesus perfectly demonstrated by dying for us. Jesus had said
Catholics keep their focus on that "greatest love" demonstrated by Jesus on the cross by contemplating a crucifix.✝============================================================✝
"Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends." - (John 15:13)
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By the way, Catholics never overlook or forget the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is highlighted and stressed many times in every single Mass, including during the congregation's recitation of the Nicene Creed, and in several prayers of the Mass.
And the celebration of Christ's resurrection on Easter Sunday is celebrated joyously by Catholics, following the sadness and fasting and other sacrifices observed during the season of Lent, just prior to Easter Sunday.
For anyone to think that a crucifix somehow interferes with a Catholic's consideration of the resurrection is like thinking that looking at a painting of the baby Jesus at Christmas time interferes with thinking about the rest of the life of Jesus. That is false, absurd, ridiculous, and, really, sheer nonsense.