Please, I did not post on this thread to get into religious arguments with people, I just wanted to express that there are not a big bunch of people out there waiting to "come home", any more than the Heaven's Gate people's spaceships were coming from the other side of the sun to pick them up.
There are countless "ancient books", and there are also many names for the deities found in their pages. You reject all of them except one, I add that one to my list. That's all.
Merely trying to point out the truth. Sorry you think it is argumentative.
A thought to ponder:
God in His infinite goodness sometimes sees fit to test our courage and love by depriving us of the things which it seems to us would be advantageous to our souls; and if He finds us earnest in their pursuit, yet humble, tranquil and resigned to do without them if He wishes us to, He will give us more blessings than we should have had in the possession of what we craved.
— St. Philip Neri
I disagree with you hunter112. I was a fall away Catholic for over 20 years before I was called back home and I know of many others such as me.
BTW, the Roman Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ and has been around for over 2000 years. How dare you compare our Church with the insanity of Heaven's Gate...