10 Great Excuses For Not Reading Your Bible

We get it. It's hard to read the divinely inspired word of the creator of the universe. He's so judgy! But, since your salvation might depend on it, you better get some great excuses ready to share on Judgment Day.

1. You just went to church last month and don't want to overdo it: You don't want to be an extremist!

2. It's not as encouraging as Your Best Life Now: Joel Osteen's prose is to die for.

3. If you take your eye off the Hot Pocket you're microwaving for one second it might burn: And then you'd be hungry! God wouldn't want that.

4. You already watched The Chosen: It's so hard to get into a good book if you already know how it ends.

5. Those 900 Korok seeds in Zelda: Breath of the Wild aren't going to collect themselves: Finding Korok seeds is a metaphor for finding Christ probably.

6. You're Donald Trump and don't need forgiveness: He has never done anything wrong, ever.

8. You misplaced your copy and new ones are so hard to find: You have to walk all the way to the back of Barnes & Noble.

9. The Jordan Peterson lecture on Genesis you watched has you covered: Up yours woke moralists! We'll see who cancels who from paradise!

20. It's not like the Bible is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work, or anything like that: 'Cause if it were, you'd definitely meditate on it day and night.

So long as Dallas stands behind the sadly deluded vision for the character of the Blessed Virgin Mary that he now holds, and that, holding it, he has diligently labored to bring to the screen and perpetuate in current and, presumably, all future episodes in which she may appear, I would say he is unreachable. He can always be the subject of charitable outreach, of course. But the farther he goes with this deflated, tired, worn-out, elderly-looking portrayal of the very Mother of God, the future Queen of Heaven, the more he marks himself off as a stranger to the Church founded by Christ, and to the One True Faith which his Churc embodies here on earth.

“Adam ate fruit, not necessarily an apple.”

Right. My mom mentioned that to my cousin, and my cousin got all upset about it. Mom was a preacher’s wife for 50 years. My cousin hasn’t been in church since her wedding in the ‘70s, but she knew for SURE it was an apple! LOL ...

I was watching RAV a day or two ago and Mercedes Schlapp was on, talking about her husband’s tweets that can be abrasive. “I told him that before he sends a tweet he needs to talk to ‘Our Lady’ about it.” Oy! (But they don’t pray to Mary, right?)

I found seasons 1 and 2 of The Chosen both entertaining and inspiring.

It’s treatment of Mary Magdelene, however, is bound to fall short of the inspiring echo that her example has sounded through the centuries as the most magnificent example of human penitance, and unbounded love for and appreciation of and earthly devotion to God.

And of course, the actress playing Jesus’ mother Mary hasn’t the physical beauty and distinct appearance of youth that marks her as perfectly sinless and worthy of her future queenship.

Some, and I believe Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was aming them, have been inspired to the pious belief that the Blessed Virgin Mary was crowned Queen of Heaven immediately upon Christ’s magnificent Ascension into Heaven, even prior to the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Spodtles and Mary on Pentecost, by means of a miraculous bilocation, so much more would she then be prepared and strengthened to fulfill her remaining duties here on earth, nurturing her Son’s fledgeling Church. If true, what an inspiring gift that would have been, primarily to her, but also, by extension, to all of the other faithful souls in the Church Militant

Here's one that my family experienced (when I was young, a devoted RCC, and not yet saved) --

11. The "Priest" said that I shouldn't read the Bible because it can only be properly interpreted by a "Priest."

My sister followed his directive (with some frustration) but "Thank God!" she eventually ignored his instruction, was able to learn the Truth, and came to Christ as an adult.

THAT "church" misled her, but now she is saved. Proving that God is merciful, full of grace, and ready to receive all those whose names are written in His Book of Life.

Proof of His judgement will become evident later to those who ignore His Word, His plan, and His Son.

Some thoughts from a Catholic priest Fr. John Bartunek, LC that may explain why, in MM’s case, the number “seven” reflects that hers was the deepest and most comprehensive form of demonic possession:

Not all psychological difficulties can be classified as mental illness. Some are linked to changeable patterns of behavior or basic human maturity issues. These can be remedied by healthy living, sense of community, human and spiritual formation, the discovery of a mission in life, and other fruitful activities. For example, sometimes mild but persistent depression or problems with anger management are really rooted in patterns of sin that have torn apart a person’s interior balance.

It also must be said, however, that mental illness is a reality. Mental illness goes deeper; it is a dysfunction or disorder rooted in the structure of the personality. Mental illness in these cases is not always caused by direct demonic activity. Many (probably most) times, it is caused by traumatic physical or psychological experiences, or genetic/physiological imbalances, or a combination of any of these factors. In these cases, sometimes medication can help a person lead an almost normal life. Other times, good psychological counseling or treatment (“good” means in harmony with the Christian understanding of the human person) can help a person lead an almost normal life. In some cases, however, the illness is so deep that even medication and sound treatment can only help contain the problem, they cannot completely solve it. This is a life-long cross for the person and their family. Nevertheless, in all cases, from mild to extreme, a healthy spiritual life (prayer, sacraments, Catholic fellowship) should be developed. Discovering God’s love, and learning to live in its’ light, is the only path to full healing for all of us.

We also have to reiterate that demonic activity is real – the Church teaches this clearly, and it is obvious in the Gospels. The devil normally works by stirring up temptations in the areas of the seven deadly sins (greed, lust, anger, sloth, pride, envy, gluttony). Sometimes, the devil and his buddies work in more supernatural ways. This can be through “obsession,” by which a demon will bother a person from outside, causing chronic physical, physiological, or psychological pain. This can also be done through “possession,” by which a demon takes temporary control of a person’s physical and bodily capacities from within (but not their soul). Why God permits these demonic manifestations is a bit of a mystery. In either of these cases (obsession or possession), the devil has to work his damage by disrupting human nature, the normal functions of the human person. This is why mental illness (a natural disruption of human nature) often has characteristics that also appear in the case of demonic activity (supernatural disruption of human nature).

The foregoing was excerpted from:

https://catholicexchange.com/differences-demon-possession-mental-illness-depression/

...the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God is already irretrievably stuck in time because 1) she needed to be the most beautiful woman one can posdibly (sic) imagine with an apparent age no greater than 33 but is played by an actress made up to appear every minute of 50 and barely as attractive as worn shoe leather, and 2) she is unavailable for a gradual and grace-filled elevation above all other humans before our very eyes leading up to Pentecost because Mr. Dallas, the author producer director, is an apparently unreachably separated brother who can’t afford to confess Mother Mary’s utter freedom from all sin by means of a singular grace of Christ crucified, reaching back in time to the moment of her miraculous conception in the womb of her mother Anne (circa 14BC or so).

I took the liberty of highlighting the lies.

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You make Mary CRY!!