Is amazing how evasive Roman Catholics can get.
I mean, if they were so sure that their works were earning salvation, wouldn’t they come out and proudly say so? And when you ask them what good works they’re doing, they actually do go and brag about it. On this board at least.
But compare their works to God’s Commandments, especially pointing out that their works fail to do even the bare minimum of God’s commandments, and suddenly they’re all ‘I never said’ and ‘Prove to me I said.’
I can't help but try to understand more fully WHY they get so adamant and automatically resort to the "you Protestants don't even try to lead good lives because you will go to heaven no matter how much sin you indulge in" meme. Do they really believe we are advocating licentious living with no need to lead holy lives through Christ out of gratitude and love for God? Something tells me they DO know the difference and want to provoke arguments. Perhaps hoping one of us gets so bent out of shape we get the zot? Or they can get the thread closed? Or they can smear someone the next time? Or they can cast aspersions (asparagus, as my hubby says) on non-Caths? Whatever it is, I know there are some very knowledgeable and strongly rooted in the faith genuine Christians here and I hope Free Republic remains the place where we can edify and sharpen each other's iron through the Religion Forum. We should ALL be generous supporters of this site.