[redleghunter]

The Romeo and Juliet analogy is invalid. Shakespeare did not have to explain his own work. To use this analogy one would conclude the Roman Catholic church inspired the scriptures and not the Holy Spirit.

So for your analogy to work, you would need to find the foremost expert on Shakespeare and not Shakespeare himself.

So yes one can love Romeo and Juliet, love Shakespeare but closely examine the “experts” on his works.

[fabian]

The real problem in most churches today is that they are part of the cult of Christian apostasy...
http://youtu.be/BHnXvpPRHrE

[Salvation]

Pope says its “absurd to love Christ without the Church, to listen to Christ but not the Church"
Why Do Non-Catholics Want So Desperately for the Catholic Church to Change Its Teachings?
Catholicism For Protestants
History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium
The Adventure of Disruption

In Defense of the Papacy: 9 Reasons True Christians Follow the Pope
The Four Pillars of the Christian Life
Fragments of Catholic Truth: Yes to Christ, No to the Church?
The Uniqueness of Christianity: 12 Objections Answered
The Church – The Bride of Christ
Catholic Identity Once Again
Essays for Lent: The Church
Woe to the Solitary Man – A Brief Meditation on our Need for the Church
Jesus and His Church Are One
How Old Is Your Church?

[PeterPrinciple]

I think we should be more attentive to what Jesus says about the church. It is not a good report in Revelations Chapter 1 and 2. For those of you who won’t take the time to read it, the essence of the message is repent and change or He will leave.................................

But the bad news is it applies to us as individuals too since we are the church.