I am curious to know how a priest who uses a rubber hose somehow negates the fact that Christ established a Church 2000 years ago that would be called Catholic...
Regards
Actually, I don't think I even brought that up. However, I'm certain that my father believes that it proves that that is not the church that Jesus would have built.
But, you asked what good reason the priest could have had for beating my, at the time, 9 year old uncle with a rubber hose.
Tell me what you would accept as a good enough reason for a rubber hosing.
To repeat . . .
While we do disagree . . . and do NOT believe that Christ really established the edifice known as the RC church . . .
EVEN IF HE DID . . .
The ANOINTING on that organization has LONNNNNNNNG ago been lifted wholesale.
This is not surprising. I don't know of many Protesty congregations with an enduring anointing on the ministry beyond a year and a half to a few years.
Humans like sameness; ruts; predictability. All kinds of traditions and customs of men quickly get built up and folks stop trying to hear God moment by moment and rely on traditions and customs--even take comfort IN THOSE
INSTEAD OF IN GOD. And the rot deepens from then on.
Holy Spirit usually just quietly walks away in terms of any significant PRESENCE.