I understand your frustration with Catholics who do not follow the teachings of their church, but you must understand that the churches that lead their flock astray are a problem too.
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I never said it wasn’t. And there are Catholic priests who lead their congregations astray as well. All I was doing was pointing out there are problems on both sides, whereas you seemed to be claiming that it was a Protestant problem, while the Catholics had ‘clean hands’.
Neither side has clean hands on this. Both are guilty of promoting unbiblical things.
Also, I do not support any mainline Protestant groups, I think “Churchianity” has taken too much of a hold and as an Ex-Mormon, I am not in favor of any group that puts an organization above Christ.
I am an Evangelical who doesn’t believe in denominations but rather the Church Universal - the Body of Christ which is ALL true believers in Christ.
One last thing, don’t assume that people who don’t have children practice contraception. My husband and I have two children (both deceased - miscarriage) and have been battling infertility. I am constantly amazed at how many think I don’t want kids or believe in birth control.
‘All I was doing was pointing out there are problems on both sides, whereas you seemed to be claiming that it was a Protestant problem, while the Catholics had ‘clean hands’.’
No, quite the opposite. I explicitly said that people who claim to be Catholic but do not follow Catholic teachings is an issue for the Church.
Opposition to contraception as an explicitly Catholic doctrine, is an issue for the protestant church.
“Neither side has clean hands on this. Both are guilty of promoting unbiblical things.”
Who’s we? The Catholic Church, or this professor that you knew that claimed to be Catholic?
“think “Churchianity” has taken too much of a hold and as an Ex-Mormon, I am not in favor of any group that puts an organization above Christ.”
Except that biblically, Christ established his Church and his organization. Organization isn’t evil, but the bold truth is that he build His church, and there’s just one. Paul even teaches this in Ephesians, just as you have one husband, so the Church has one head, that of Christ. There are not two heads, just as there are not two husbands.