Why Catholics are leaving the faith by age 10 – and what parents can do about it

cna ^ | September 5, 2016 | Matt Hadro

[metmom]

Mind control; simple as that. Pouring water on any one's head makes them a part of nothing. There is no authority for it. It is a creation of men who seek to keep other men in bondage.

And not one shred of Scripture to back it up.

You are absolutely correct. Bondage is the word.

The Catholic church does not own me and has no claim to my soul nor any mark on it.

[metmom]

Now I realize you are serious and I have come to two possible conclusions: 1).You are totally NUTS or 2).You are an attention seeker. A lot of people that claim they are victims fall into this category.

And there are more. You missed at least one.

That he was correct.

But Catholics seem to be singularly incapable of comprehending that someone could learn all there is to know about Catholicism and still decide to reject it.

[metmom]

Ha! They’ve been saying that for 2,000 years. I’ll defer to Scripture on this one. Jesus told St. Peter he would be with him until the end of the age. And I’ll leave it at that.

Then you are saying that Jesus is with your current pope?

Explain that one away.

[OrangeHoof]

I agree. Our pastor and many of our members are former Catholics who saw the Catholic religion as a stern taskmaster and only knew of a personal savior of grace and forgiveness later.

Yet, I have met so many truly nasty people who seem to have been raised in the Catholic Church and think they understand Christianity because of what they experienced as children instead of being exposed to a living and loving Lord.

It’s a scar that God grants the opportunity to heal for those who will “give Him a second chance” but, for others, they are hopelessly lost to rebellion and sin.

[metmom]

So true.