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We are not Guaranteed Salvation; We Hope For Salvation Says the Catholic. For Catholics, they only feel saved for about 5 minutes after confession, until they commit another mortal sin, which with Catholics usually means taking God's name in vain. I know, I used to be a lost Catholic myself.

never did understand your Catholic religion did you???Confession saves noone...Catholics all know that, repentance does the saving and somewhere in the Bible it says (as you were taught in your Catholic upbringing)whose sins you shall forgive are forgiven and whose sins you shall retain...they are retained.

Confession aside, it is one of the seven sacraments, all of which have very strict requirements, Catholics are saved with Baptism and by accepting Christ as their savior......sound familiar??? HOWEVER Catholics realize that '"you shall know them by their works"....will your works get you through the pearly gates???NOPE but they will go a long way to pointing out that you accept Christ and therefore follow His EXACT teachings.

seems to me that you can claim to accept Christ and ignore His teachings at your own peril. While salvation is a gift from God....it is certainly possible to reject that gift by ignoring the teachings of Christ.

Christ established the Eucharist for your benefit, and since "leaving" the Catholic church, you have rejected his gift....not wise.

the reason that I put the word leaving in parentheses was to point out the fact to you that you cannot leave the Catholic church. You can be non-practicing, fallen away whatever, but you are still a Catholic. All you have to do is repent of your admitted foolishness and be welcomed back to the fold. Anglicans are doing so in droves as we speak!!!

WELCOME HOME!!!!!!