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..."It looks like the same old slanders you see from a Jack Chick tract. Is that correct?"....

No, it from the Bible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_hills_of_Rome

Rome is built on 7 hills and is known over the world as that city. You are going to argue over a few hundred feet over a river? I'm not going to spend all my time arguing with you because you just want to argue and not study what I'm saying. It's your salvation, not mine. I have asked questions that you never answered. The answers are in Scripture, not some man's paper written in the 11th or 12th century.

The RCC didn't start until the 4th century under Constantine. Many Christians including Peter were killed by Rome before Constantine. One question to answer about Peter was why was his church chosen for a pagan obelisk in it's courtyard? The Obelisk was a pagan symbol from Egypt and moved to Italy for Nero, another pagan and then erected at Peters church. Why are there satanic adorned rooms under the Vatican and what are they used for?

Sunday Sabbath- council of Laodicea 326 AD, relic worship-337 AD, rosary-366 AD, the mass-394 AD, indulgences-799 AD, Mary worship-850 AD, forbidding the Bible-1299 AD, infant baptism-1311 AD, and tradition above Scripture-1563 AD, are all un-Biblical rulings by the RCC that have no basis in Scripture and are "Traditions of Men". Almost everything you do in church is from wrong interpretation of Scripture. Ask yourself if the RCC looks anything like a Messianic Jewish church of today or the Christian church Jesus and the Apostles started at around 100 AD?

WWJD?

Jesus followed every Law, every custom, every calendar day mentioned in Scripture because He wrote it. He died sinless because He followed every Law written in the Torah. The prophets foretold of Him for thousands of years before and after He came. Jesus was told His mother and brothers were waiting for Him outside and He said the people in the room were His family, yet RCC's say Mary was somehow worthy of worship and Jesus had no brothers because that would mean Mary would have had sex with her husband. From a Protestant Bible Readers point of view, The RCC is bizarre to even contemplate what is clearly written in the Bible.James is clearly shown to be in charge of the church after Jesus ascended and Peter is never mentioned. James nor anyone else is mentioned as a pope in Scripture.

If you read Revelation 17-18 it jumps off the pages that the RCC is the Whore of Babylon. Who wears red purple and gold? Do you drink from a Golden cup? Who has killed more Christians than the RCC? They have wiped out millions that dare to disagree with some pope that was born a bastard child of some king fornicating with the church. Some of your popes were children born out of wedlock.

Pope Benedict IX was the Pope three separate times between the years 1032 and 1048. The circumstances surrounding his papacy have been said to be unorthodox as he was given this post through an act of bribery. His father bribed the people at the Roman Empire so as to allow his son take charge. He was ordained to become a pope at an age between the age of 11 and 20. He is documented as the only pope who held the post on three separate occasions. His legacy as pope did not end well as it is believed he sold his papacy to his successor.

Pope John XII this young man became pope at the age of 18 years. He reigned as pope for the period between the years 937 and 964.

Pope John the XI who became pope at the age of 20. He reigned from 931 until his death in 935. No one really knows the father to John the XI as two men claimed paternity to him. His mother was regarded to be very powerful in Rome.

Pope Gregory V began serving in the church as a chaplain at very tender age before even become pope. He took the mantle of papacy in the year 996 and ruled until 999 when he passed away. He was aged 24 years when he was conferred the title of pope. Just like most of his predecessors, he too hailed from the royal family of popes which may explain why he was pope at such a young age.

The shaping of the RCC started with Roman paganism and was molded by sexual connection to kings and bribery and corruption.

Look at the Jewish life of Jesus and His Apostles and compare it to the marble and granite palaces we have today in modern churches. Almost no one worships on the same day Jesus and His people did. Almost no one celebrates Passover and First Fruits. (BTW, Today is Passover. When is Easter? Never the same day.) Where did eggs and rabbits come from on Easter? What chapter verse is that? Jesus was born on Tabernacles, yet we somehow have Christmas and Santa, elves, and reindeer.

Jer 10:1 Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.

Jer 10:2 Thus says the Lord: "Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven, For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.

Jer 10:3 For the customs of the peoples are futile; For one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.

Jer 10:4 They decorate it with silver and gold; They fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will not topple.

Jer 10:5 They are upright, like a palm tree, And they cannot speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot go by themselves. Do not be afraid of them, For they cannot do evil, Nor can they do any good."

That's what the Bible says about Christmas trees.

I'm not picking on just the RCC for the break off churches of the RCC took much of the Biblical error with them. If your church leader wears a robe and collar, chances are good that they don't observe Biblical wisdom. God told His people things to bless them and to avoid curses. It's up to you to read and follow what God said, not what some carnal man said that lived 1000 years ago. In the spiritual language of the Bible, women are churches/denominations, and they're break offs are called daughters. Luther broke off from the mother church because he saw error, but Luther was also one of the most antisemitic people that ever lived. He most likely learned that from the mother church.

You can just peruse the available churches that are out there today and know that if Jesus came in and set down, most of them would probably throw Him out. In the Bible it states that they tried to throw Him off a hill. What we have invented and spread is NOT what Jesus brought to the earth. He said we are saved by faith through His grace and that's it. If it got anymore complicated than that no one would be saved at all. Knowing Scripture teaches how to gather treasure in Heaven and for blessing from God. It really gets down to wanting to be a street sweeper in heaven, or be a leader and highly venerated guest at the table of God. He tells us to sit lower on the table and He will move us up. If you set too high at the table you will most likely get moved down. We all think more highly about ourselves than we ought to. The RCC is so far off, IMO, that many may not even make it. Jesus told John they must "come out of her" in Revelation. If you treasure being a Catholic more than being a born again blood bought believer, that is idol worship. You won't make it because you joined a certain denomination. That is a cult.

I've met many Catholics that believe they are going to heaven because they are a Catholic. We see baby killers in congress and Mafia murderers that get the whole Magilla at their funerals from Catholic priests, even Bishops. Being a Catholic won't save you, and in fact it could cloud your thinking where you may never get saved. If you can't read what the Bible clearly says, you may have scales on your eyes and ears that will never hear.