[CynicalBear]

The Catholic Church specifically states that they have adopted pagans practices and use them in their worship of God. That is in direct contradiction of what God said.

Deuteronomy 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God:

[SampleMan]

That’s a stretch of a parced verse if I ever heard one. Pagans had temples before Solomon built one, and pagans had animal sacrifice, so were the Jews wrong?

I note you ever answered my question to you concerning treating all souls as living souls.