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"NO way any organization with men like this allowed to be in charge is the actual body of Christ."

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With that kind of reasoning, there would be "NO way any group with men like this [see below] would be allowed to be in charge of starting the Church of Jesus Christ (also called His body, and which He was the Head of - Colossians 1:18), or of writing the New Testament, the Holy Written Word of God.

(All of these guys who wrote the "books" of the New Testament or who helped to begin and build the Catholic Church of Jesus Christ, were sinners.)

St. Peter the First Pope (who had denied Jesus three times)
The other 10 apostles (minus Judas Iscariot) of the initial "twelve" (who had all abandoned Jesus Christ at His crucifixion, except for John)
St. Paul (who helped persecute Jesus Christ and His followers in His Church)
Every man who wrote any of the "books" of the New Testament

That kind of reasoning just does not hold up under scrutiny.

(By the way, Jesus allowed Judas Iscariot to stay in His closest group for most of His public ministry, right up till the end, even though Jesus knew Judas was a wicked thief and betrayer.)

With that kind of reasoning, there would be "NO way any group with men like this [see below] would be allowed to be in charge of starting the Church of Jesus Christ (also called His body, and which He was the Head of - Colossians 1:18), or of writing the New Testament, the Holy Written Word of God.

You're getting it!

No organization, or denomination is the body of Christ.

The body of Christ is a spiritual body comprised of all born again believers throughout the church age, encompassing 2,000 and the entire world.

It is not located in one geographical place, headquartered anywhere, run by anyone.

There is the body of Christ in every denomination and there are tares in every denomination because the body of Christ is PEOPLE making an organism, not an organization.

BTW, if you're going to address what someone said, please have the courtesy to represent what they said correctly.

What you seemed to claim is my reasoning, this statement, which is not and I did not even imply it, and started with the quotation marks was not what I said. What I said was this No way any organization with men like this allowed to be in charge is the actual body of Christ.

What you stated here With that kind of reasoning, there would be "NO way any group with men like this [see below] would be allowed to be in charge of starting the Church of Jesus Christ (also called His body, and which He was the Head of - Colossians 1:18), or of writing the New Testament, the Holy Written Word of God. is NOT *my kind of reasoning.

Are you also equating the men who started the body of Christ, the writers of the gospels, are peers with those men of debauchery whom you guys own as popes?