I will post my final post to you, say whatever you like after this.
I have met many genuine followers of Christ in many place and many denominations. I did NOT impulsively, or on a whim, choose the Catholic Church. When I had a very disruptive, challenging, and wonderful experience of the Touch of Almighty God over a four day period, after becoming Catholic, it was the Cistercian monks who helped me get my feet on the ground and encouraged me to fall in love with God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They also taught me the Rosary, which I had ignored until then, and how to use the Lectio Divina.
I was not made into a perfect person, and I don't care about that. Critique me and my Church however you wish, it is completely unimportant. As are you and your rude, hostile, uncomprehending, repetitive, unreasoned remarks.
I, am in the Loving, Saving Hands of God Almighty, and I just can't take all this baloney seriously. Occasionally it's interesting, occasionally I learn something, but the basics never ever change. I belong to Christ, and I love Him above all else, and in Him I find life, happiness, warmth, peace, humor, hope, and salvation and The Dance.
All the unpleasant remarks of the reformed, to me, over several different subjects for YEARS, have indicated to me that this is the favored method of communication of all of you. If they get from me what they dish out, tough.
Are you saying you did not ask for and receive the free gift of salvation from God prior to this Touch of Almighty God??? This Touch of God apparently happened at least a year after you chose the Catholic religion...
No one suggests that there are not saved, born again Christians in the Catholic church...And as you have observed, there are Christians who are not connected with the Catholic church...
I would suggest that this Touch of God, if that is your salvation experience, had nothing to do with your particular denomination but had everything to do with YOU...
God has been seeking you and knocking on your door for a long time...You finally asked Him to come in...
That was worth a good chuckle.
Was Blessed and even encouraged to read of your spiritual experiences.
I think matching dialogue intensities is great.
Brazen hypocrisy is not so great.
I have learned over the decades that God dwells with lots of unlikely candidates . . . I see one in my mirror daily.
Which being interpreted is another way of saying, I’m happy to hope and pray . . . and even trust a bit more . . . that your assertions are true as you stated them.