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You passed all right. Passed right by what ekklesia really means

I have a different perspective, come at it from another angle, so to speak.

כל ישראל חברים – All Israel are brethren.

There is one holy catholic and apostolic church. If one declines to identify one's affiliation while attacking the Catholic Church, I assume subterfuge, barring some compelling reason otherwise. There are do many denominations, sects, and cults. Take Marc Driscoll; take Bill Gothard; take Jim Bakker; take Ernest Angeley; and we have not even started with the prophetesses yet. None of the antiCatholics seem willing to openly share their denomination as an alternative. They freeze up and recite cultic like answers to deceive the listeners. You don't get to know what you bought until later when they indoctrinate you in home Bible studies and/or get you on the donor list.

Local non-denominational evangelical Christian fellowships are not quite big enough or flashy enough or old enough...are they?

I assure you that we are members of the Church founded by the Lord Jesus Christ based on His word, His Father’s promises, and the leading of and sealing by The Holy Spirit.

There’s not any way to convince some who are determined to have the mindset that the RCC is the it and the only it...is there?

Except for the many former RCC members who are yet even today part of the Body of Christ worshipping in our fellowship locally.

>>None of the antiCatholics seem willing to openly share their denomination as an alternative. <<

Why would they? Christ didn't start an organization. He surely didn't start any who incorporate pagan practices. He simply converted individuals who became part of the body of believers. The ekklesia, those called out, chosen by God to be part of the body of Christ.

>>They freeze up and recite cultic like answers to deceive the listeners.<<

Adhering to the teaching of scripture is not "cult like". Demanding membership and obedience to a fallible earthly leader is "cult like".

>>You don't get to know what you bought until later when they indoctrinate you in home Bible studies and/or get you on the donor list.<<

Yeah, that's why we have those here who want to go private. True followers of Christ search scripture only. It's Catholics who keep telling us to go to the " classes" to be taught the "catechism" rather than to simply study scripture. It's Catholics who tell us we must be "taught" because only their leaders can understand. You talk "cult like"? Catholicism is not only " cult like", it matches most of the definitions of a cult.