As for sacrifice, it is a deed to please the church, in keeping with the traditions of men. It is not pleasing to God, no more than vain repetitions of "Hail Mary":
And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. Matthew 6:7
The bible and Catholicism contradict each other. I'll stick with the bible, thanks.
XD yes, they contradict eachother. That’s why the Catholics kept it, still keep it, and held it together so that other Christians can now use it.
It’s STILL a choice. Priests choose not to be married when they choose to be priests. Otherwise, they wouldn’t become priests. It is part of the choice, to devote yourself entirely and be married to God or to choose a different vocation. Either is a celebrated choice.
I didn’t say the bible said, “Don’t eat meat on Wednesdays and Fridays guys, during lent, because it’s not cool!” I said that lent is not in contradiction with Timothy. It’s not a deed to please the church. They’re not keeping tabs of who’s doing it, and they’re not arbitrarily going, “Do this you guys it’s cool!” I personally get a lot out of lent and feel closer to God during that time because of some of the things I do, but if you’re not Catholic, cool for you.
If you think structured prayer is a vain repetition, then you might not understand how to do it properly. Perhaps you were once Catholic and whoever taught you never explained it, or perhaps you’ve never tried it. Either way, I agree that a vain repetition does nothing, but that doesn’t include structured prayer.
You’ll notice I never once tried to convert you or knock your religion. Or maybe you don’t notice that, I’m not quite sure. Bottom line though, choose to interpret the bible how you wish to interpret it, and if you choose to read the words to decide Catholicism and the bible contradict, that is how you’ve chosen to interpret it. As for me, I’ll stick to the bible myself as well. It hasn’t steered me wrong so far.