Joh 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
It doesn't bother me at all that you guys don't believe God...What does bother me as a born again Christian is that you guys steal our name...
Jesus says, 'you MUST be born again'...You say no...And then you call yourselves Christians...
When I was a wee lad, Catholics were more honest and would quickly correct you if you called them a Christian...They would tell you in no uncertain terms that they were NOT Christians, they are Catholics...Wish you'd give our name back...
As Hillaire Belloc has so brilliantly explained and written in his book “Heresies,” all the rest are heretical beliefs, some more so than others. This occurred even in the early stages of Christianity. But the curse of the Reformation (35,000 Christian sects) and the heresies of Henry VIII continues to this day.
35,000 eh??? I'd guess that there about a dozen, or less...I'll tell you how you can really tell how many Protestant denominations there are...
Every time you come across a Protestant, ask him/her what he/she is counting on to get to heaven...Each different answer will tell how many different denominations there are...
This is the sad aspect of being non-Catholic. Everyone and their grandmother down to your local corner street FourSquare Church pastor and Rev. Wright and Rev. Sharpton each supply us with their “own” understanding of sacred scripture rather than follow the teachings of the Church established by Christ with Peter being given the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven and the Great Commission given to Peter and his disciples to go forth and teach...... That means ONE teaching and ONE truth for two millennia in an unbroken tradition of scriptural interpretation, tradition, revelation, worship and veneration, and counting until the end of times where the gates of hell shall not prevail against her. No need for born again. The “born again” are those baptized in the Catholic Church and who keep the Sacraments. No wonder leading Protestant theologians, pastors, and Bishops have converted to Catholicism including a former Chief Rabbi.