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"Wrong. Spain did slaughter Jews. They ordered all Jews out of the country or converted on pain of death. Those who refused to emigrate were killed. They also slaughtered Morronos (Anusim) -- Jews who feigned conversion to Christianity, but secretly practiced Judaism -- after the expulsion."

When it comes to dealing with "wideawake" rewritten history and hiding behind it's a matter of "interpretation" is the rule.

Catholics are notorious for their hatred of Jews. The Inquisition and the Crusades come to mind. Each was orchestrated by their pope. Their latest pope gave some vague apology to the Jews for their actions against them.

As to being a "Bible based" religion this has never been true. The Catholic hated Luther got tired of their "indulgences" and other nonBiblical beliefs and split off from them. Luther was later vindicated when even the their pope acknowledged that it is faith that saves you not works. Catholics were lead to believe you could work your way to heaven. Purgatory is another exploitation - to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord - totally contradicts this belief of theirs.

Their communion consists of literally imagining that you are eating the flesh of Jesus and drinking His blood. This is an abomination. No where in the Bible is drinking human blood or eating human flesh approved of so it is properly interpreted as symbolic in remembrance of Him. Mary didn't magically ascend to heaven either - another add on that is not Biblically based.

Getting back to Luther, who is always trashed by Catholics, in his later years his Catholic antisemitism showed. His writings on Jews were atrocious but this was part of the Catholic belief at the time that Jews were Christ killers. If any had bothered to open the Bible they would have seen, even as far back as Genesis, this sacrifice of Christ was predetermined since none of us are capable of infallibility spiritually or otherwise. Again, their pope is supposed to be infallible - LOL!

It goes on and one ... Peter was married ...there is no apostolic succession ... etc.etc. etc.. Wideawake will never acknowledge this. According to wideawake opposing doctrine is all equal even if it is not Bible based.

I'm sure you get the picture. It's not worth wasting time on and I cover only the tip of the nonBiblical iceberg of Catholicism.

[ChicagoHebrew]

Um.. I think you were probably responding to someone else. I never argued that Catholicism is "Bible based."

As for Catholicism and Jews, yes, it's been a troubled history, but a remarkably brighter one since John XXIII.

[BriarBey]

I'm sure you get the picture. It's not worth wasting time on and I cover only the tip of the nonBiblical iceberg of Catholicism.
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You did well!!! Amazing thing is, everyone who is a believer, believes we are living in endtimes. Yet so many are so brainwashed they can not identify the Whore of Babylon, she is in Genesis and again in Rev. She is at the beginning of the Bible and again at the end. She does not die ...she has never died and that Mystery of Iniquity has been at work for generation upon generation to deceive the nations and peoples. She calls herself the Queen of Heaven, she sits on the 7 hills of Rome, and she believes in Purgatory where you go pay for your own sin. How Against Christ does it have to get before people will have eyes to see and ears to hear. WE WERE WARNED about all of this yet we hold onto church doctrine with a vengence and spit in the face of God!! Judgment is coming!! She has polluted the Protestant churches, her daughters will return to her.