***Yes you can...you can make a choice to do otherwise***
No, I can’t.
Defense of the faith is rooted in Scripture and it is important that all Christians know their faith and be ready to give defense of it or explain it.
***.and then confirm those teachings with the only source of truth...thru Christ and His word He gave us to do so with.***
It is what I have done for years now.
****false teachings and traditions of men. ***
I do not find the teachings of the Church false.
**** for truth and falsehood will always be in conflict one against the other...until Christ comes. It has been so since the enemy of God was cast to earth.****
Yes, it has, from the very beginning, and that is why we have Scripture and why we have the Church to guide us to the truth found in it.
***Keep in mind those who are in Christ are doing what they’ve been instructed to do.. defend the truth by refuting falsehoods and that by His word...just as He did...and that was against the falsehood of religious teachers of His day who were putting heavy weights on the shoulders of people they were never intended to carry...so too does catholicism today.***
I have no problem with those who defend what they believe. But, here, that is not what is done. Falsehoods are given against the Church as if they are truth and they are not.
Please, give me examples of what you think are heavy weights on the shoulders of people put there by the Catholic Church.
****Catholicism teaches to defend their Pope/Leadership and their denomination, it’s rituals and practices.****
Catholicism teaches about Christ. Those who defend what is taught are apologists and MOST Catholics haven’t ever engaged in such practice much less been taught how.
****Catholicism remains in the dark and therefore it’s membership for the most part.****
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But this is where Catholicism and Christianity separate....Catholicism teaches defense of their church and what it's heiarcky determines because they are taught by it's leadership to defend them..from the priesthood to the Pope, Bishops etc. and this is because Catholicism teaches it's the source of truth as determined by their leadership and claimed authority.... which it is not....
....They forfeited that authority when their leadership brought in all manner of pagan rituals to appease the pagans they invited into the church...further the leadership desired money and the power it welds...along with additional requirements and all manner of obedience to it's leadership/laws and the Pope. While abusing the name of Christ by stating these were permissible and even required.
Whereas Christians defend Christ and His word with His word and by His Spirit. Because they see the church as the body of Believers.. and accountable to Him rather than a man-made institute and leadership claiming what was never given it.