Posted on 04/01/2016 12:41:08 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
I am letting you be among the first to know. It is true. I am leaving the Catholic Church. I want you to know that this has not been a decision made in haste or without serious and intense research and consideration. But I can no longer remain in a church that I no longer believe in.
Let me explain.
I will be writing more about this soon, but for now let me just say there are five main reasons why I am leaving the Catholic Church:
1. I believe the sole rule of faith for Christians has to be Scripture. The Holy Bible is the only unchanging and definitive word of God that a Christian can build his or her life upon. Everything else, including the Catholic claims to authority, in the end, amount to ever-changing and ultimately sinking sand.
2. I believe works or any sense of salvific cooperation with God’s grace as constitutive to a Christian’s eternal life is unbiblical. “… not of works” (cf. Eph. 2:8-9) means not of works.
3. The idea of Mary and the saints being involved in the salvation of a Christian is tantamount to a denial of the sufficiency of Christ’s redeeming work on Calvary’s cross.
4. #3 can also be said of Purgatory, the “sacrifice” of the Mass, the Catholic view of salvation/justification, and more. These and more of the elements of Catholic teaching result in a denial of the sufficiency of the sacrifice of Christ. More to follow in a more detailed post.
5. What Catholics call the “veneration” of Mary and the saints is actually idolatry.
These are just for starters here. Many of you know that for the last 28 years I have defended the above teachings and more from the Catholic Church. I can no longer do so in clear conscience.
And by the way, just so you know…
April fools!
My wife got me this morning too: Bernie dropped out of the race. Even while I was marking dates on the calendar.
well I was leaning forward toward the RC church but now I am leaning backward
Its the pope
and no Aprils fools
Dropped my pants. Good one.
Not funny imo.
Are you fooling about ever being Catholic, or leaving the church?
Too bad it’s a joke. All of the reasons are completely sound!
aprilfool; boffo; buffoonery; funnyhaha; funnyqueer; hoax; induhvidual; joke; jokeyjoke; mockery; parody; sadoevangelism; satire; satiricalsatire; stupidlystupid; travesty!
This is really not something to make jokes about.
Just when I thought there might be some action on the Religion Forum...
He got everything right until the last line.
I joined last Easter. Popes, like presidents, aren’t permanant.
My understanding is that Catholics ask these Godly people to pray for us to the Lord our god. You don't pray TO the saint. But then, the dead know nothing and will remain that way until the resurrection. Maybe they'll intercede then.
the Lord our God.
Typo lower case.
Meh. Must have watched the rerun of Wolf Hall.
Well clearly he understands the issues protestants have with catholics. He missed the priest with young boys thing though. That would have rounded it out a little bit more.
You can tell this is for 4/1. There’s no mention of higher criticism or evolution.
Best reason - eternal life by entrusting yourself to Christ alone. The rest you realize later.
Dumb. Not at all amusing.
“1. I believe the sole rule of faith for Christians has to be Scripture.”
That’s not what scripture says though now is it?
“2. I believe works or any sense of salvific cooperation with God’s grace as constitutive to a Christian’s eternal life is unbiblical.”
James 2:24 is biblical.
“3. The idea of Mary and the saints being involved in the salvation of a Christian is tantamount to a denial of the sufficiency of Christ’s redeeming work on Calvary’s cross.”
Anyone who prays for the salvation of someone else is involved in that person’s salvation. We are all members of the same Body. Colossians 1:24
“4. #3 can also be said of Purgatory, the “sacrifice” of the Mass, the Catholic view of salvation/justification, and more. These and more of the elements of Catholic teaching result in a denial of the sufficiency of the sacrifice of Christ. More to follow in a more detailed post.”
Nope. Nothing in Catholic teaching denies the sufficiency of Christ’s sacrifice because it all exists because of Christ’s sacrifice.
“5. What Catholics call the “veneration” of Mary and the saints is actually idolatry.”
Nope. Idolatry is to worship someone or something other than God as if he or it was God. Veneration is not that. Thus, veneration is not idolatry.
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