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The main problem with this is I've read and studied the Bible. I can't believe anyone that has studied Scripture and history can still be Catholic. The RCC is clearly the "Whore of Babylon" in Revelation. Rev 18:4 is God calling out to His people to "come out of her" or suffer the consequences. Paul calls forbidding to marry "doctrines of demons". The verses are numerous directed directly at the RCC. We are told not to pray repetitive prayers, that Jesus is our ONLY Mediator, not to pray to idols, and on and on. The one I could never figure out is Mat 16:14-19. How anyone could figure that Jesus was talking about making Peter the first pope is beyond me. He made it plain to anyone reading that the Father in Heaven tells you Jesus is the Christ and that man CANNOT reveal this to you. The church is built upon the Holy Spirit calling men into the Body of Christ and revealing spiritual things to carnal people. That's the Universal Church. That is what Jesus was making plain there. You can ONLY be saved by grace, THROUGH FAITH, not belonging to a denomination.Denominations, by definition, are "traditions of men". We spend all of our time fighting over dogma instead of doctrine revealed in Scripture.

Any student of History shows that when Jesus ascended to Heaven, James took over the church. Peter was never mentioned other than just another apostle starting churches. There are no popes, cardinals, and no nuns mentioned in the Bible. All of this was made up by men. The church Jesus started went from 33AD to around ~300-320 AD, when Constantine mixed "Babylonian" religion with Christianity. This was the beginning of "fornication" with the kings of the earth. He forsook almost everything Biblical and Jewish with pagan religion. He changed the calendar and Feast Days, to pagan days like Christmas and Easter from Tabernacles and Passover. He changed the calendar from 360 days to 365 days, months from 30 days to various counts, changed the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday, ect. In the letters to the churches in Revelation 2-3, we find the church at Thyatira. Thyatira was Nimrod's daughter's name. The Spirit of Jezebel is in the RCC. Mary is NOT a prophetess. Her sexual immorality is messing with idols. It's the only church that specifically says they will be left behind in the Rapture if they refuse to repent.p You can be "saved" and be Catholic, but the problems start when the Catholic church is raised above Jesus. There is so much error in the teachings, the members are confused to the truth. The main error for me is thinking we are saved by anything other that faith. We receive grace when we show faith in Jesus as Savior. It has nothing to do with memberships, baptisms, religious classes, and repeating prayers. The thief on the cross confessed Jesus as who He said he was and Jesus confirmed he would be with Him in Paradise that day. There are NO WORKS involved. Works come as a result of salvation. If you believe that a mob boss can go to heaven just because he was a wheel in the RCC and gave money to his parish, you miss the whole point.