Your reply has drawn a stark silence here from among the RC crowd. It just doesn’t fit their paradigm of the RCC being the center of the universe...nearly their god.
Jesus Christ is the Truth and Full of Love for us.
Don’t you want to know more and follow His teachings through the Universal Catholic Church that He established for us?
Wouldn’t you want to receive the Body and Blood of Jesus through the Sacrament of the Eucharist and Honor God in His House each Sunday?
If you loved God as much as he loved you wouldn’t you want to do everything possible to show your love?
I hope that you see the Catholic Church as the pathway to God. Perhaps, there are others, but this is the one that Jesus established for us.
What. Where in the world did we say NOT to do these things. I just made the point that not doing them has nothing to do with eternal life. Maybe less jewels in your crown but nothing to do with being saved. I’m beginning to believe that a good Bible study is actually better than most church sermons. Bible doctrine in the soul is a must for true Christians. If you study the Bible for yourself the Holy Spirit will open the meanings up to you. Standing up and kneeling down several times and saying hail Marys and thumbing a rosary if just meaningless ritual.
I hope that you see the Catholic Church as the pathway to God. Perhaps, there are others, but this is the one that Jesus established for us."
Sorry, I see only error and tragedy in the Catholic Church. I see the Roman Catholic Church has saddled many, many folks with a burden that they cannot carry: The implication that something, anything can be done to secure their own salvation in some kind of association with Rome. Do this, say that, genuflect, take this wafer, drink this cup, etc. All for naught, my FRiend. All is death and destruction...unless Christ Himself rescues you. That is not found in an organization, or a sacerdotal group, a sacrament, a ceremony, an attendance, an amulet, a bone, a building or anywhere or anything.
It is only when He finds you and chooses you. And according to the letter to the Ephesians, this has all happened before the foundation of the earth and the rebellion of Rome is that they don't like this truth.