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No truly born-again Christian could become a Catholic.

...and no true Catholic ever becomes a so-called born again.

23 posted on 04/05/2009 4:52:27 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (Reagan is back, and this time he's a woman.)

John 3:
1. Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council.
2. He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him."
3. In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."
4. "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!"
5. Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
6. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
7. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'

In a related story,

Researchers found that 18 percent of Catholics consider themselves born-again or evangelical

30 posted on 04/05/2009 5:08:30 PM PDT by smokinleroy (Eccl. 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)

That’s not true. I know several born again Catholics who love the Church, have chosen to stay in it. Born Again means you have chosen to ask the Lord Jesus Christ to come into your life and save you. What’s the problem with that? Only born again believers will enter the Kingdom of God.

41 posted on 04/05/2009 5:28:33 PM PDT by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)

...and no true Catholic ever becomes a so-called born again.

Every true Catholic is born again at his baptism, which is what John 3:5 is talking about.

48 posted on 04/05/2009 5:42:11 PM PDT by Campion ("President Barack Obama" is an anagram for "An Arab-backed Imposter")

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