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If you came to my door and started talking to me like that and wouldn't leave me be, I would call the police on you.

You are nothing but bible bullies. Maybe you would do better to look at your own faults rather than tear me apart for my little ones. Maybe you should write to the Vatican and all the catholic bishops if you think they are teaching so wrong.

But it is easier to pick on a sick, weak sheep and try to isolate it from the flock before you move in for the kill.

Getting mad over something that hasn't happened doesn't seem right, does it? Saying "if" this or "if" I "started talking to me like that." Like what? I'm not at your door. I'm writing in a forum in which its express purpose IS to be pro God, pro communication about values and truth. I will "leave you be" after this. I apologize for upsetting you.

I am going to suggest to you that it is NOT me who is "tearing you apart", but it is the instruction of the Holy Spirit, reproving you, urging you to conform yourself to His commands in the Word, such as praying to HIM rather than humans.

"little ones"--there's a "little" sin? How important is it for Terri that you be praying to the RIGHT source Who truly CAN answer? "Oh, but Terri, I'd rather pray to someone other than God, someone who can't help you, because I would rather hold onto my false beliefs than help you live."

You have diagnosed yourself correctly, a "sick, weak sheep." But I am not picking on you or going in for the kill. You are a sheep, one of the flock of Christ if you belive in Him. But your upbringing and teachers have taught you wrongly, and it makes you weak in your thinking and actions.

I had leaders who taught me wrongly, and had years of wasted falsities in my life. Wrong teaching does not give us the strength and health we need. Only right doctrine, used by the Holy Spirit, the Word of God applied to our lives to teach us. ( 2 Tim.3:16).

Rather than feel defensive, be open and feel how much He loves you as He continues to reach out and teach and guide you!

"If you came to my door and started talking to me like that and wouldn't leave me be, I would call the police on you."

But I did not. People come here to, among other things, discuss ideas.

Sharing my views on a public forum is not quite the same as trespassing on private property while trying to force someone to enter a discussion against their will.

"Maybe you should write to the Vatican and all the catholic bishops if you think they are teaching so wrong."

I do not go looking for someone to reprove. If they are interested in discussing these issues with me, I would be happy to. (Since I am not anyone important they might not be interested.)

"But it is easier to pick on a sick, weak sheep and try to isolate it from the flock before you move in for the kill."

I am not trying to pick on you. I do not want you to be cut off from the True Shepherd or His flock. I certainly have no desire to kill you.

If you feel weak, I implore you to call to God for help and strength. Ask Him for wisdom. Ask Him to reveal the truth to you. Read His word and meditate on it.

Proverbs 2:3-7 - Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures; Then you shall understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom: out of His mouth comes knowledge and understanding. He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: He is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

James 1:5 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, Who gives to all men generously, and reproaches not; and it shall be given to him.

I am not trying to talk down to you either. This is something I must do frequently.