Roman Catholic Church (RCC) very often tries to eliminate and defame every person who expose RCC's pagan roots and that its origin is in pagan religions, not in the teaching of the Bible. In the matter of fact, RCC has mixed up Biblical and pagan doctrines. This combination makes from its anti-Christian sect and cult, which doesn't represent Biblical Christianity. RCC has systematically tried to distort evidence that shows clearly wrong doctrines of the RCC and its undisputed connections to paganism. See yourself clear connection of paganism to Catholicism. The site contains also pictorial material: http://www.kotipetripaavola.com/catholicchurchbabylonianpaganroots.htm
This anti-Catholic nutcase was banned from another forum in pretty short order, so now it seems he is trying it on over here. There does not seem to be a Report function yet, hence this is sent as a response to the OP.
According to the teaching of the Bible there is only one way of salvation, which can obtained by faith in the Lord Jesus. The Lord Jesus is the only Mediator, Saviour and way of salvation to God. This means that we can't keep beside Jesus no other ways of salvation and if someone do like this he is not in saving faith, because saving faith works only by faith in the Lord Jesus. If we don't understand what the Bible teaches about the salvation, so we can be deceived to think that the Catholic Church is the Church of God, although it is not. We can't despise the way of salvation. A believer can err doctrinally and still is in saving faith, unless doctrinal error do not place beside Jesus other ways of salvation. What comes to the official doctrine of the RCC, so there is no question about doctrinal error, but wrong doctrines with many ways of salvation beside Jesus. RCC has distorted the Biblical salvation. For this reason RCC is anti-Christian sect, because it distort Biblical way of salvation. If we don't understand this, so we can astray to ecumenical trap that leads straight into bosom of antichrist. RCC sets beside Jesus several ways of salvation as water baptism, Mary as Mediatrix, holy mass and inguldences and so on. Because RCC has many ways of salvation. so it means that a Catholic who believes the whole doctrine, in other words RCC's official teachings can't be in saving faith. RCC teaches that every Catholic must believe all the teachings of the RCC and according to RCC a Catholic can't be a Catholic if he don't believe the whole doctrine of the RCC. A catholic must believe all the teachings of RCC that he can be a Catholic. If inside of RCC is a person who sets the salvation alone by faith in the Lord Jesus, so he is in saving faith, but he can't be anymore a Catholic, because if he would want to be a Catholic he must set beside Jesus all Catholic ways of salvation. RCC doesn't recognize such person as Catholic who don't believe in all official teachings of RCC including many ways of salvation. If you are inside of RCC and believe that Jesus is only way of salvation, so escape and leave RCC and pray that God lead in the Church that walsk in the truth byt he power of the Holy Spirit and loves God. Do not to think erroneously that I place myself in the place of a judge or that I'm condemning Catholics to eternal damnation, that I'm not doing, but I bring out the truth of the Bible. According to the Word of the Bible a Catholic can't be in saving faith if he believes in all teachings of the RCC. I pray in my heart that many Catholics will find the salvation alone by faith in the Lord Jesus.
Well if you are interested in the truth, Christianity has pagan antecedents/ roots as well. Judaism and Islam do also. It's not just the Roman Catholic church with its hand in the pagan cookie jar. Further, religion is not of God but of man. An omniscient omnipotent God has no need of religion, man does and is neither omniscient or all powerful.
Reminds me of the joke our parish priest told us when we were kids. A Catholic priest and a Protestant minister were going to an oecumenical conference together and were waiting for the train. The minister got out his watch and said " This train is very late: it should have come five minutes ago." To which the priest responded by getting out his watch and saying, "No, look, it isn't due for another two minutes". The minister said, "Oh dear I have relied on this watch for twenty years, but now its timekeeping seems to have become unreliable." The priest replied, "Well that just goes to show that faith alone, without good works, is not enough." This is a footling argument between pedantic Catholics and Protestants that is not worth wasting any time on at all.
This is the sort of argument over which thousands of people of all varieties of faith were once murdered in the name of God. Some people would love to carry on the madness.
Er, at the risk of appearing pedantic, Catholicism is actually an ancient form of Western Christianity.
And? That doesn't change the fact Abrahamic religions have borrowed from pagan antecedents. This notion of one pure, one true religion - while prevalent - is just not consistent with reality. If a particular religious belief system works for someone and it doesn't harm others, we should honor and respect it. This religious finger pointing is silly and in some cases deadly. One can find good and bad in all religions. I am not Catholic, the theology doesn't work for me. I am a Free Mason. But I do like Catholic charitable endeavors and I donate to their charities. I have great respect for the current pope. There are some really good Catholics. I don't donate to protestant charities as I don't support their political ideology. The bottom line here is we shouldn't be throwing stones at each other thinking we are somehow better than the other because of our religion.
I get it, the Roman Catholic Church is wrong. So start your own church. Oh, wait, that's already been done about ten thousand times. They all think the other sects are misguided. More to the point, all religious faith is misguided.
A Catholic priest, a Protestant minister and a hooker walk into a bar. The bartender says "what is this, a joke?"
Quite so, quite so. It was just your "as well", which seemed to imply that you think Catholicism and Christianity are two separate religions.
What you are doing is posting like a tool. Your posts are preaching and very offensive and downright rude. It is also not welcome here and against the rules of this site.
your a protestant aren't you? that would explain the holier than thou attitude. please explain to me how the protestants are the official bearers of what the bible says when came about 1600 years after the bible? wouldn't I don't know the roman catholic church being like the 3rd oldest continually existing christian denomination have a better claim to that? god i love protestant ignorance and arrogance.
