“That has always bugged me. Is is NOT between Ryan and the church, it is between Ryan and the Almighty”
NGZ -
Think of it like this. “Being a Catholic in good standing with the Church”.
There are explicit things that one has to do in order to be a Catholic in good standing that are not required of other Christians. One of which is to attend mass every week. Then there are things like confession, etc.
You do not have any of these requirements, but we do.
“It is the individual that decides for him or herself to be a good one.”
Not in the Catholic church. Everyone who chooses to become Catholic also agrees to obey the Church and her teachings in full, not in part.
This is exactly what I mean. Does the catholic church say it’s okay for catholic’s to seek fortune tellers, or those whom “speak to the dead”?
Ecclesiastes 9: 4-6
Psalms 146: 3-4
Deuteronomy 18:9-13
Galatians 5: 19-21