[Iscool]

Your loss> My humble opinion is that you have turned your back to Jesus and His Church and now follow man made doctrine that is contrary to God’s Truth.

You can clearly see by his continuous testimony that Mark has not turned his back on Jesus...

Call no man father
Must be the husband of one wife
No food is to be avoided, even on Friday
Watch out for those religious looking people who wear long robes

We can all see which religion has created man made doctrines that are contrary to God's Truth, and it is YOUR religion...

[Mark17]

I was a catholic. I went to catholic school, all the way through high school. I was never a self satisfied catholic, who thought, that somewhere along the line, I would work it out and be saved in the end. Nope. I was always scared to death, that I would never be good enough to attain Heaven. In that, I was right. No one can do it. Not me, not you, not anyone. I had resigned myself to the thought of eternal hell fire. I didn’t like it, but I knew I was going there. I reached a level of despair, when, at the tender age of 21, an Air Force Officer, 1st Lieutenant Ted, told me the truth about the REAL Jesus, not the Jesus of the cults. 👍 I knew he was telling me the truth. How could I turn down the free gift of eternal life. I became born again, and the rest, as they say, is HIS-story. 👍

[Mark17]

Salvation, I have asked you previously, at least once, maybe twice, to stop sending me freep mail. Whatever you want to say to me, you can say it publicly, in front of God and everyone. The confirmation and baptism are not on my soul. I don’t need any questions answered, and I will NEVER swim the Tiber. I will not give up eternal life in Heaven, for a religion of dead works. Have a nice eternity. I plan to. 👍😁☝️

[ADSUM]

While I do wish Mark 17 well and I do not judge him, everyone can make their own decision about how to worship God.

My comments are defending the Catholic faith using the Bible and reason and logic to help others understand God’s Truth.

While there are errors and sins that the Catholic Church and its members have committed that we have acknowledged and attempt to change our ways to follow God’s will. Our human nature stills commits sin and some will continue to follow the ways of the world and not the ways of Jesus. This is part of the history of the Catholic Church and all other organizations.

Many do not agree or want to believe that Jesus established His Catholic Church and the Sacraments to help all of us attain eternal life with God. Many do not follow God’s commandments or wish to follow the precepts of the Church. Many have left the Catholic Church because the path is too hard and have joined heretical religions formed by man with doctrines ignoring the Truth of God and most of the Sacraments.

God knows the path is difficult that leads to life and recommends the narrow gate. (Matt 7:13-14). Jesus gave us the Sacraments to help us on our journey that includes His Body and Blood for food for our life. Like Jesus tested Peter, our life on earth is a test by God to see if with our free will our love of God and neighbor is strong or weak. We should be humble and obedient to God’s will so that we will have life with Him.

Jesus is the Word made flesh. His word is the Truth that we should follow. So why are there so many different doctrines among christian churches that proclaim His Truth?

From my point of view all other christian religions left the Catholic faith and adopted their man made truths. They all blame the Catholic Church but they are unable to substantiate their doctrines as God’s Truth. Yes, they play with the meaning and change their interpretations of the Bible to their doctrines. Unlike Jesus who was obedient to God the Father, Luther and many others were not obedient to Christ’s Church and instead of allowing the Holy Spirit to change the Catholic Church from within, they chose to create their own religions and doctrines that were not God’s Truth.

We have a choice to be members of Christ’s Catholic Church through Baptism, the Mass and the Sacraments and follow God’s will as Jesus was obedient to the Father or to select an alternative that may follow some of God’s Truths but not all.

Many can make false claims about the Catholic Church (and some true - our sins and errors over the centuries), yet the Catholic Church was established By Christ, members authored the Bible, selected the books of the Bible, defended God’s Truth, went out and preached the Good News and Baptized all nations. Will all men and women become Catholic? No. Will all Catholics attain Heaven? Probably No. Do non Catholics attain Heaven? Some will and some won’t. I do believe those that have left the Catholic faith will probably not attain Heaven unless they repent before death.

Everyone can thank Pope Pius V and Our Blessed Mother and all Catholic Europe praying the Rosary for the defeat of the much stronger Turkish navy at Lepanto in 1571 that saved western civilization or we might all be muslims.