I don't believe a word of the above. Sorry, I've been here too long. I know what happens...and I know that a significant amount of what Romanists call "truth" is not truth, but instead is distortion of it---as I (and many others) have taken pains to lay out in some detail on these pages, as to the how and why of it all...
Otherwise --no questions please...until you provide answer for why you tell Protestants (and others, anyone within earshot, actually) what they should believe.
Then, after that is taken under consideration, turn it around the other way, and tell us why Protestants (whoever the heck those people are) cannot do just as you, yourself do.
Blue,
Simple basic truth..
they changed the sabbath..
they changed the calendar (and darn near the whole world follows it)..
they use a Greek/Latin transliteration and pawn that off as a real name for the Jewish Messiah.
if we are truthful and speak English, Joshua, a name in our bibles is His English transliterated name.(actually a name for an important Jew in the old testament) but hey, what’s in a name?
And if we want real truth, more protestants go right along with those ‘truths’ of the roman catholic church and accept them as their ‘truth’ because the whole world and our church fathers who came before us accepted them as their truth...
If the catholic church is what the reformers and many protestants believe it is in scripture, how is being an offspring and daugter of their foundation a good thing?
How much of that foundation do you feel comfortable standing on? I am not comfortable with any of it anymore..
With those basic truths they share, protestants in large numbers are right beside their mother on that foundation, never even contemplating or thinking about it- those are just worldwide ‘givens’ and their ‘truth’ too.. some protestants have made changes but they share one of those three usually..
Just some thoughts that can unify Catholics and Protestants...against me if nothing else :)