Actually I left for theological reasons in addition to personal reasons. I follow God’s word (the Bible) rather than man’s word (the Catechism/the Catholic church’s interpretation). And just for your information, I’m now much more active than I ever was when a member of the Catholic church and certainly not taking the “easy way”.
So, now you’ve heard of an “example to the contrary”!!!
Sorry, but I guarantee that you operate just as much with an interpretation of Scripture as do Catholics. There is no such thing as a Christian who does not depend on an interpretation.
The issue is which interpretation is true and how does one know. Catholics believe Jesus gave the answer when he authorized the apostles to teach and bind and lose (govern), thus the apostolic teaching office is the guideline for interpretation.
What’s your guideline for interpretation? Pastor Bob? John Calvin? Your local assembly of Christians? (If so, just who decides within such a congregation when two members disagree on interpretation? Do you vote? Or do you have elders or a church council that decides? Everyone has a mechanism—although for some the mechanism is simply that the two disagreeing parties divorce and presto, two congregations where once there was only one).
I guarantee you have a set of interpretations. No one does not.
Thanks for the confirmation. My classification still stands 100% accurate.
And just for your information, I’m now much more active than I ever was when a member of the Catholic church and certainly not taking the “easy way”.
I see. So being an active member of a social club makes up for leaving the Faith, is that right? 2am, you are fitting right into the stereotypes.
So, now you’ve heard of an “example to the contrary”!!!
To the contrary. You fit right in to the second largest religious group in America.