You said — Don’t bother with this crowd.
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You’re basically saying...
“Don’t bother with the crowd who adheres to the Gospel, according to the Bible. Instead, stay with the crowd that adheres to the Catholic Catechism.”
That’s very enlightening...
As for me..., I’ll leave *any church* in an instant, the second they start departing from teaching God’s inerrant and infallible Word, which is the Bible. And so should any other Christian.
If one doesn’t, then one should be questioning whether they are truly a Christian or not — and are (rather) simply a “member” of a particular “church”...
Much agree.
Very well put.
However, defending the indefensible on such threads seems to be a cottage industry in some households.
I was just reflecting a bit ago . . . in my own current congregation . . .
From the Pastor on down, there’s a persistent fight, struggle to resist, avoid, lay aside,
RELIGION
in all it’s pervasive insideous flavors and inroads.
IT’s a never ending struggle. It is human nature to make of
every practice, behavior etc. related to God
a RELIGIOUS experience . . . a ritual, a manipulation, a script, a canned tidy little box.
Of course it’s worse for organizations 1600 years old as the Vatican et al . . . but it’s there in every congregation.
As for me, I will not leave the Church founded by Christ just because they depart from teaching your own personal interpretation of God's inerrant and infallible Word, which is the Bible.
A distinction without a difference.