Lot’s of very good content in this very lengthy post.
As I stated in another post:
I’m ever so grateful that I had a chance to learn my Catholic faith through RCIA. I was baptized into the faith but as with most folks, we fell away and went “dormant.” I entered RCIA (now OCIA) with my step-mom at 15 and really learned my faith. Though I do not debate with folks who just want to argue, I love defending my faith from the hordes of misinformed folks.
As with everything, learning history, appreciating the brilliant writings of those before you, and actually studying the complete Bible with the aid of the aforementioned, makes for a deep relationship with the Lord.
The problem is not necessarily that the Catholic church is becoming Protestant. The problem is that the Catholic church is becoming Neo-pagan, like the leftist versions of Protestant denominations.
If the Catholic church were to, for example, become like the Lutheran Church-Missuri Synod, it would lose some of its teachings, but not those that are necessary for salvation. But the Vatican isn’t doing that; instead, it is following the path of the Evangelical (non)Lutheran Church in America, which has lost all of the teachings necessary for salvation, plus filling itself with neopagan heresies.
In short, if you’re going to become Protestant, at least become the right kind of Protestant. If you’re going to stay Catholic, at least keep the doctrines necessary for salvation, and throw into the lake of fire the neopagan heresies that have destroyed the faith.
What an ass.
What? the SDA threads stirring the pot aren't enough?
When you hear of Protestant church headquarters (like the Vatican) holding cocaine fueled, homosexual orgies and electing apostate, marxist leaders (like Francis) get back to me about how much better Catholicism is than everyone else.
Oh, and BTW, thanks for the proof that Catholics have a pride issue. Because if anything shows it, this sort of thing does.
The Roman Empire Religion is Satan’s greatest work of deception ever. He has caused billions over time to be lost simply because they have fallen for the stories that establish its “authority”. For starters, Jesus didnt begin the Roman religion with Peter, Constantine started it in the 3rd century to bring all the pagan religions into one state religion of Rome.
Well that was a spit-take inducing first line, lol.
Also, “As a Protestant, you have to believe that the full Truth of Christianity did not arrive until Martin Luther revealed it in 1517, and that over 1500 years of luminaries such as Justin Martyr, Jerome, Augustine, Aquinas, and others got it all wrong the whole time. Think about that for a moment!”
Absolute ignorance and poppycock. Luther was arguing that the Catholic church lost its way because it STOPPED being Catholic. Heck it’s the position of conservative Lutherans (to this day) that they ARE the Catholic church. Not that Luther came up with something new.
✅ Has sufficient quantity of tropes and Roman talking points
The Catholic Church has more than enough of their own problems. They practice pagan worship. They have added and taken away from the Bible. I attended a Catholic service for my uncle’s funeral. That was a creepy experience.