Posted on 10/08/2014 11:39:09 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
Why would intelligent, successful people give up their careers, alienate their friends, and cause havoc in their families...to become Catholic? Indeed, why would anyone become Catholic?
As an evangelist and author who recently threw my own life into some turmoil by deciding to enter the Catholic Church, I've faced this question a lot lately. That is one reason I decided to make this documentary; it's part of my attempt to try to explain to those closest to me why I would do such a crazy thing.
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He can do anything...He just doesn't want to do those naughty things....
I have the guidance of the ultimate teacher, the Holy Spirit.
Scripture is often posted here that Catholics have clearly not seen. In addition to that is the fact that the scripture Catholics do see are often a far cry from the Hebrew and Greek.
Genesis 9:4 But you shall not eat flesh with its life , that is, its blood.
Leviticus 3:17 It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.”
Leviticus 7:26-27 Moreover, you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places. Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.”
Leviticus 17:10-14 “If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.
“Any one also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth. For the life of every creature is its blood: its blood is its life. Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.
Leviticus 19:26 “You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not interpret omens or tell fortunes.
Deuteronomy 12:16 Only you shall not eat the blood ; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
Deuteronomy 12:23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life , and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
Deuteronomy 15:23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
Acts 15:12-29 And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. After they finished speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me. Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name. And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written,
“‘After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things known from of old.’
Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood. For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers, with the following letter:
“The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings. Since we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions, it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”
Hebrews 9:22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
Not the eating of blood, the SHEDDING of blood.
So did Jesus cause His deciples to break the law by drinking blood?
False premise. Therefore any conclusions drawn on it are by default errant.
if you are posing that as a question, the answer is no.
Then why was the Cathic Church so concerned they made owning a Bible illegal? After all, they couldn't have afforded one nor read it if they could. Oh, wait, they even went around confiscating from those who couldn't afford them nor read them!
Do Catholics so blindly follow they don't think?
1) Are you referring to Luther's abridged Bible? Do you see the irony of your question?
2) Who will hear more of the Bible at church in a three year period, a Catholic or Protestant?
3) If the Bible is the SOLE or ULTIMATE rule of faith, by what authority did Luther remove books from the Bible? Did the Bible tell him to do it?
not even remotely close.....re-read that post yourself....pathetic!
Discuss/explain
Do Catholics just make up stuff to try to defend their beliefs in hopes people are too ignorant to study for themselves?
James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
What was that you were saying again?
Please find “denomination” or the need to identify with one in scripture. I can only find the ekklesia.
Please don’t accuse me of deceiving you.
Outstanding work Daniel. Thanks for posting. :)
Peace,
SR
So, supposedly, the thousands of various protestant denominations, most of which interpret them differently than you do. The Holy Spirit is, of course, the inspiration for the validity of scripture...however, He does so through the teaching authority of the Catholic Church....if everyone assumed that their personal interpretation of scripture was the only true one....people would just go out and start their own religious denominations......oh, wait..or they would sit at home, read the bible, and just assume that they pretty much had it right.....sad!!
I told you being Catholic was hard!!
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