Based on how Catholics are obsessed with suffering and how God wants us to suffer and how we are to offer up our suffering to Him for whatever reason it is that none of them can ever make clear, their God is a cruel God.
Based on how Catholics are obsessed with suffering and how God wants us to suffer and how we are to offer up our suffering to Him for whatever reason it is that none of them can ever make clear, their God is a cruel God.
I recall reading in “Pilgrim’s Progress” about people not being able to “get past” the cross. Once “Christian” made it past the cross his “burden” fell from his back.
They don’t feel worthy of His sacrifice, and they’re not. He didn’t take on our sins and punishment because “we’re worthy,” He did it because He’s awesome and He loves us even though we aren’t particularly lovable.
The biggest insult to Jesus is the belief we need further “purging” to remove our sinful nature so we are “purified.” It’s like someone has prepared the most incredible feast and you bring along a pizza because “that’s great but it’s not enough to get the job done.”