[cuban leaf]

“Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH.”

So we know, just from that, that Our Lord does have, in fact, a Church, and that He has ONE Church, because he used the singular form of the noun.

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Yep, it is made up of the believers. And unlike man-made religions, the Christian church is about a personal relationship between the believer and God Himself.

It is why YOPIOS is a GOOD thing. Others can counsel me, but I am personally responsible for choosing Christ. And that IS, by definition, YOPIOS.

And when a church organization so twists the bible to try to convince me of stuff like Mary being ever-virgin, that organization is seriously misguided.

[shove_it]

“YOPIOS”

Good call. This has been going on for quite a while:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/772074/posts

[infool7]

It is why YOPIOS is a GOOD thing. Others can counsel me, but I am personally responsible for choosing Christ. And that IS, by definition, YOPIOS.

You want to talk about misguided? I don't see how anyone can assert your untenable position with a straight face. The concept is absurd and has obviously led to serious error already and continues to sprout new bizarre and dangerous communities as extreme as the cults of the Branch Davidians, Jim Jones and Heavens Gate. If you can site a more valid authority than the Catholic Church that isn't also ultimately "Man Made" for your position be my guest but so far there are none as convincing to me.