Both Catholic and Mega churches are just one big cheap plastic feelgood moneymaking clusterfrick. Sure, the one and only true church is probably the East Elm Creek Church of the Holy Father and Communal Baptism, Reformed Chapter.
Been attending Catholic Mass for 24 years and I've yet to hear a feelgood homily or anything suggesting an easy path to Heaven.
Been attending Catholic Mass for 24 years and I've yet to hear a feelgood homily or anything suggesting an easy path to Heaven. There's your problem. Salvation is neither easy nor hard for the man, it is quite simply impossible for him. It is entirely out of his power, but in God's alone who makes us both to will and to do of His good pleasure, who brings to us the beginning of faith, forgives us our many sins and flaws, and causes us to persevere. To speak in terms of having a "easy" or a "tough" way to heaven is to speak in meritorious terms, as if a man might earn his way to heaven, which is repulsive to the Gospel.
Why do so many Catholics here think anyone not Catholic is the same or hellbound
You got good and bad Catholics too
JPII or Croatian Ustachi....one a dang good Pope..the other Nazi collaborator murderers of the Pol Pot school
But both quite Catholic
Would I lump them together?
No...never.
So quit doing it.
That’s a bull from the bathtub redneck reverend of Williamson County TN
So you better do right or I’ll send out emmisaries in Carhartt and force you to whistle Dixie and listen to freebird 24/7 ala Noriega
Sure, the one and only true church is probably the East Elm Creek Church of the Holy Father and Communal Baptism, Reformed Chapter.
I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said, "Stop! Don't do it!"
"Why shouldn't I?" he said.
I said, "Well, there's so much to live for!"
He said, "Like what?"
I said, "Well...are you religious or atheist?"
He said, "Religious."
I said, "Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?"
He said, "Christian."
I said, "Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?"
He said, "Protestant."
I said, "Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?"
He said, "Baptist!"
I said,"Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of GOD or Baptist Church of the Lord?"
He said, "Baptist Church of GOD!"
I said, "Me too! Are you Original Baptist Church of GOD, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of GOD?"
He said,"Reformed Baptist Church of GOD!"
I said, "Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of GOD, reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of GOD, reformation of 1915?"
He said, "Reformed Baptist Church of GOD, reformation of 1915!"
I said, "Die, heretic scum", and pushed him off.
-- Emo Phillips