And that's all Catholics concern themselves with is the *how*.
Gotta keep a running tab of the do's and don't's and hope the good outweighs the bad. Otherwise, how would you manage going to confession if you didn't keep a tally?
The Catholic church has made getting to heaven far too complicated.
When a prod approaches the Lord in prayer to ask forgiveness of sins, how does s/he remember all of them? Do prods need a tally? Do they have a list? Do they just use a generic "all my sins" and not embarrass themselves by specifically remembering each and every one and apologizing to Christ for each one? Does the Holy Spirit speak to prods and tell them they are forgiven? Is that in words, or just a vague "feeling" of being ok with Jesus?
Gotta keep a running tab of the do's and don't's and hope the good outweighs the bad. Otherwise, how would you manage going to confession if you didn't keep a tally?
The Catholic church has made getting to heaven far too complicated.
And uncertain. Some days they're saved; some days they're not. They walk out of the confessional booth forgiven their sins; they enter the confessional booth condemned by their sins.
In/out/in/out. Even on their death bed, Roman Catholics do not have the assurance of God's grace.