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Posted on 10/19/2020 1:10:58 PM PDT by pgyanke
No. 10% of Catholics would be huge in itself. There’s a reason the Democrats keep running Catholics on their ticket... Kerry, Kaine, Biden. They respect the power of the Catholic vote while disrespecting our priorities.
Disclaimer: There is no such thing as a baptised Catholic becoming anything but Catholic. Ever. It's simply not possible.
You can call yourself a Baptist or a Jew or a Voodoo practitioner or whatever you wsih, but you will DIE a Catholic.
I'm so happy I fled - FLED - your cult!
An honest question… And I mean no offense… But why do catholic Freepers post such long, wordy articles? Who is possibly going to read through all that?
Wrong. The root of the problem with abortion is sex outside of marriage and selfish, career oriented couples who view children as a huge inconvenience. When these attitudes decline, abortion will decline with them, no matter what the bishops do.
Not you, apparently.
I will die a Christian, who accepted the fact that without the sacrifice of my Lord Jesus, for payment of my sin, I would be going to hell.
I was not born a Catholic.
I was baptized into the Catholic church as an infant and then took the steps as a young person.
Having never, ever, heard about why Jesus died for me.
The mere act of following a faith’s protocol without true knowledge will not enable one to gain the Forgiveness one needs.
I truly do not know where the Lord God stands with the formal protocols of a church. Does He reject out of hand your faith simply because you know belong to a church which leaders and church administrators, almost as a whole, rejects Christ and the need for the gift of Salvation?
That is so far above my brain and heart. I hurt for those who believe that simply *doing* acts will get them to Heaven. I do know there are those in the Catholic Church who do not believe Jesus was even the Son of the Lord God. Yet, that said, I also, in my heart accept that there are Christians within the Catholic Church. I am simply to simple minded to understand how.
What I do know is the Bible instructed me to confess my sins, to confess my acceptance of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The walk I have with Jesus now.... I trip, and I fall, and I behave badly....and yet, He is still there, for me.
I die as a Christian, paid for by the blood of the Redeemer.
Amen.
I am, AAABEST, grateful you spent your time, which once spent cannot be returned, to read my comment and respond to it.
‘Speak the truth and let Christ, Who is Truth personified, go forth in defense of His Bride, the Church!’
has something been preventing this to date...?
‘The vengeance of God is due.’
and it is being held back by...what, exactly...?
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"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!" |
The Trump administration blessing Israel would be my guess.
Thank you for your testimony.
I also was baptized into the Catholic church as an infant and went through Catholic Christian Doctrine (CCD) classes and Confirmation.
I accepted Christ as my true Savior four years later. By the grace of God.
I remember having been taught the elements of salvation in the Catholic church, about Jesus Christ's sacrificial death for us on the Cross and His resurrection, but it never "hit home" for me until the Holy Spirit started working in my heart.
The closest I can recall, was one day during class (on a Saturday) something happened that still sticks in my mind.
I was reading a bible (no way to know where it came from, because there wasn’t another one in the whole room).
There was something about Jesus... The nun teaching the class came over and asked me what was I reading... I told her and was trying to ask a question.
She closed the Bible on my hand and told me I didn’t need to read the Bible as the church teachings were all I needed.
To this day, I’m not 100% what I asked...fairly sure it was about Jesus dying...for what....
My spirit wasn’t quickened until decades later, after accepting Jesus during a church service held at a Baptist church.
Turned my life upside down. Faced stuff after the fact, that were it not for Jesus, I’m sure I wouldn’t have made it through....or at least made it through...intact.
It all goes down to where the Word is spoken and if it’s not spoken to where God leads one to find it....
I’m so sorry the nun did nothing to help you find Christ. Yet a seed was planted and you were searching. You asked, why did Jesus die? Thank God you found Him (He found you) years later.
You are absolutely right.
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