All who believe in the Salvation found in the Blood of, and follow the Holy Word of, the risen Jesus Christ are saved. This is not what I say, this is what Jesus Himself says. If you've read the bible as you say you have, you already know this. It doesn't matter what denomination you call yourself by, it is stictly a matter of your personal faith.
As I said many times on this thread already, I know that there are many Christian Catholics. I must have said that because I hate them so, huh?
"This "Everybody but me is going to hell" doctrine is not very loving..."
No, it isn't. So why do you keep saying it? You are the only poster on this thread who keeps saying that. That must be some kind of atheist mantra, repeated over and over to convince yourself of how hateful us horrible Christians are. I pity you.
You try to put words into my mouth, you try to put words into the Founding Fathers' mouths, and you speak the words of Satan. Where are your own words? The day is coming when you'll need to know them, and answer some important questions. Your very existence will hang in the balance of the answers you give then.
"I understand the awkward logic that turns hate into love."
I know you do. You employ the awkward logic that turns love into hate, so why not the converse? Jesus died for your sins. He must really have hated you, huh?
Therein lies the problem. The Word is subject to interpretation, and over 2,000 years the interpretations have grown pretty far apart. I'm not wanting to get into any more hot water, but I have to say that I personally agree with you on most aspects of the Catholic Church's straying from simple Christianity, throwing too much made-up doctrine and ritual onto it. But at the other end of the spectrum lies Messianic Judaism, which is following pretty much original Christianity without much of the added ritual that you probably observe today.
As I said many times on this thread already, I know that there are many Christian Catholics. I must have said that because I hate them so, huh?
Then why did a Catholic here have to get defensive about your remarks? I'll leave it up to you two to battle it out.
you try to put words into the Founding Fathers' mouths
Only real quotes, unlike that Christian quote from Washington's farewell address that doesn't exist. I posted a link to the original, so read it yourself to see the fraud.
Jesus died for your sins. He must really have hated you, huh?
If I believed that, I would see it as the ultimate expression of love. Actually I do see it that way, but only in the context of a fiction.