An argument was made suggesting that it doesn't LOOK like the Church. I addressed that argument.
I'm a Catholic. Of course I think the Catholic Church is "The" Church (speaking loosely). You're not a Catholic, of course you don't agree. Your post merely restates your disagreement. That disagreement lies at the heart of many of these conversations. Restating that there IS a disagreement doesn't move the argument along.
That's how it looks to me, anyway.
All I was stating was that even though an oak tree does not look like an acorn, it still has acorn DNA in it.
If the Catholic church still has the ‘DNA’ of the church Christ built, then why didn’t you realize that my statement could reiterate that point?
The Catholic church is not measured based on looks, but theological merit.
Just as the relation of the acorn and oak tree can be found in the DNA.
The fact that the Catholic Church claims to be “The” church is arrogance. The fact that because other Christians are not acceptable because we members won’t kowtow to the Pope is arrogance. The fact that the Catholic Church bears no resemblance to the first century church or the beliefs and practices they espoused and observed is damning in and of it’s self.
Don’t toss Calvin or the others at me, I don’t care what they say. I can read and understand much and what the Catholic church is today is nothing I want a part of.