I am making up christianity as I go? Did I not say that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life? Is that something I made up?
I do not make light of salvation. Which is why I question being baptized as a requisite to being saved.
Now the original messengers of the gospel were almost all Jewish, so they could hardly be Catholic. Now can they?
Believe what you want and I’ll believe what I want.
A little note about the “inspired word of God”.
II Tim 3:16 “All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching”.
II Pet 1:20, 21 “Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit”.
You wrote:
“I am making up christianity as I go? Did I not say that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life? Is that something I made up?”
No. That is not all Christianity is, however.
“I do not make light of salvation. Which is why I question being baptized as a requisite to being saved.”
If you don’t make light of salvation, then don’t ask me to “lighten up” on the subject either.
“Now the original messengers of the gospel were almost all Jewish, so they could hardly be Catholic. Now can they?”
No, they were ALL Jewish in origins - the original Apostles and Disciples - and they were all Catholic. Their Jewishness was their race and religion. After Christ they were all Catholics, they were Christians.
“Believe what you want and I’ll believe what I want.”
That’s the point - you will believe what you want. I do not believe just what I want. I believe what is true. Isn’t that what Christ wants? Doesn’t He want us to be people of belief even when it seems impossible to believe and sometimes easier to not believe?
“A little note about the “inspired word of God”.
II Tim 3:16 “All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching”.”
I know. And I NEVER questioned that all scripture was inspired. I asked YOU how YOU knew from THE BIBLE ALONE that Matthew’s gospel was actually written by him or that it was indeed inspired. You, of course, never even attempted to answer that question just as you never responded to what I posted about Purgatory, etc. Why is that?
“II Pet 1:20, 21 “Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit”.”
Yes, and don’t forget chapter 2, verse 1. And don’t forget 2 Peter 3:16.