[metmom]

Last but certainly not least, the Roman Catholic church claims it alone is THE ONE TRUE CHURCH of Jesus Christ and no one can be saved outside of her if they know this to be true and either leave or refuse to join. Do any other Christian churches make that same claim?

Certainly none that I know of.

And if I attended a church that made that claim, I'd be outta there so fast they wouldn't know what happened to them.

On these threads, we constantly see Catholic pushing Catholicism, a denomination, rather than Christ.

We preach Christ and Him crucified. Everything else is secondary, including the name on the church you attend.

I have not seen ONE Christian FReeper tell anyone else that they must belong to their church or they are going to hell.

WE consider that the mark of a cult. Just saying.......

[boatbums]

So true! Jesus Christ is who saves - not a "church". In fact, the called-out ones/assembly/church IS the believers in Christ. We are what makes up His church, we are each one living stones being built up into Christ's spiritual house and HE is the chief cornerstone.

I get the impression from some of what gets said on topics like this thread that if it has ANYTHING to do with the Catholic church, it is off base for anyone to either post a thread or comment on one if they aren't Catholics in "good" standing. That, to me, if way off kilter especially when the thread is on the OPEN Religion Forum. Yet, it doesn't stop some from posting negative threads about Protestants! I appreciate the moderator's efforts to establish rules and support the idea that those who see anything negative about their religion as "bashing" and personal, shouldn't be on the forum anyway. I'm not thin-skinned, I happily defend what I believe and why I do. All glory to the Lord!