"But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more." Luke 12:48
>>The gift of free will doesn’t mean you can pass the buck for your own mistakes.
Where did you get that idea from my post?? I said that if the shepherd leads them astray, they will go astray. If the shepherd stops leading them, they will wander off to wherever they want to go.
What I meant was that, in many cases, the priesthood of the RCC has led them astray with liberation theology and such. In other cases, the shepherds have let the people just wander off because he doesn’t want to round them up anymore.
So, if you are in a denomination where your free will steers you, then wandering off is entirely your own fault. But, if you are in a strongly hierarchical church like the RCC, then that hierarchy has some responsibility in your wandering.