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I assume you are not Catholic as it is part of our religion teachings.

You are correct, I am not RC, I am a Christian.

I agree that Rome has no problems with teachings that are fully contradictory to the Scriptures because Rome has Holy Tradition as the Bible's antithesis.

The Scriptures teach that the natural man hates God, hates righteousness, loves his Sin, doesn't seek after God, considers the Gospel as foolishness and couldn't understand the Bible prior to regeneration anyway. So if Rome says "Free Will" then Rome must deny the fallen nature of man, must say that man doesn't need the Paraclete to open his eyes, and that the natural man doesn't need a new heart to respond to the Gospel. These are not debatable elements within Christianity, being that Rome has denied them simply is further reminder that Roman Catholicism is Roman Catholicism, not Christianity.

Now that you have revealed your interpretation template and allegiances, I apologize for taking you to task on this matter.

So if Rome says "Free Will" then Rome must deny the fallen nature of man, must say that man doesn't need the Paraclete to open his eyes, and that the natural man doesn't need a new heart to respond to the Gospel. These are not debatable elements within Christianity, being that Rome has denied them simply is further reminder that Roman Catholicism is Roman Catholicism, not Christianity."

Ahh... you got that backwards from a historical point of view.

Before there was any Protestent, Episcopalian, New Age, Born Again, etc Christian; there was the Catholic religion.

These sects or off shoots of Christianity are modern interpretations of a 2,000 year old religion.

To claim Catholicism is 'not Christianity' simply shows you don't know history. If anything, your beliefs are the 'antithesis' of the true historical bible as you chose to follow a new one. A bible that was created because a murderous English king could not get a divorce from Rome so he created a whole new religion.

As an American, you are free to believe what you wish, but to denigrate other religions is not nice. Now, I have no problem with your belief system, its your life, but don't go around pompously labeling different regions as you will get a snoot full of history to contradict you.