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I am so blessed to have been able to spend even small amounts of time around you and the band. I love what God is doing in and thru you. I also love being able to hear your worship on the fish 104.7 and continually pray for peace, protection and increased territory.
Blessings and Peace
Stephen and Marie Day

TO GARYD:

You wrote, "The first problem I have with the Catholic church is the anti Biblical notion that Christians who were called by Christ and Paul a nation of Priests need a priest or than any intercessor other than Jesus Christ is necessary.".

Have you ever thought that your problem might be with God and the fact that God doesn't fit into the box that you want Him to fit into?

Sincerely, Thomas Paul Moses Baum.

GaryD, Gideon,

You do believe Jesus is the son of God? You do believe the Bible is the foundation of religion? Can you read?

Matthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

How many churches did Jesus start? Who started all the other churches?

The devil makes them do that.

I cannot speak for Gideon of course by I can certainly speak for myself. The first problem I have with the Catholic church is the anti Biblical notion that Christians who were called by Christ and Paul a nation of Priests need a priest or than any intercessor other than Jesus Christ is necessary.

Gideon,
How can you say that Catholicism has nothing to do with Christianity? Do you have any understanding at all about Catholic history or theology? I assume you are a protestant. What are you protesting, in particular?

Gideon why then did Jesus not tell the disciples to rid themselves of those swords?

Odd this Jesus was crucified so our sins, violations of God's laws can be forgiven dogma, don't you think? God alone is happy to have His son, only son to boot tortured and killed. Anyone else would be screaming for justice, in the news all the time. Human nature has a long way to go before people become God like, don't you think?

Could it be the pope doesn't really represent God? Was that really God in the famous burning bush? That's the supernatural being the pope represents isn't it? How about the angel that would be God, Lucifer? Would He sacrifice His only son to trick folks into worshiping Him? The pope does advocate the worship of the being in the burning bush?

Catholicism has nothing to do with Christianity, except that it claims to be Christian.

The Roman Catholic Church is drenched in the blood of thousands of Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Perhaps worse yet, it has led countless millions into perdition.

Jesus never killed anyone, neither did he advocate killing anyone, nor did he sanction killing anyone. He laid down his life rather than kill and commanded his disciples to follow his example. A Christian, by definition, follows the example of Jesus Christ.

Simply believing that JC was the Son of God avails nothing. The devils believe and tremble.

It ain't Peter's Chair. And Peter would be appalled at that very Sobriquet. The Rock the church is founded upon isn't Peter but the faith Peter had that was imparted to Him by the Holy Spirit.

Faith is the Church's foundation, not Peter, not Paul, but God given faith. Do you know why Peter had to go through that experience in the Court yard? For the purpose of humility so that Peter could learn at long last that he could not depend on his own strength on his own will and that he must ever depend upon God for all of those.

I was raised as a Catholic, left the Church to become an atheist for the past 30 years and
I am now in the process of returning to Catholic Church actively embracing its sacraments
and doctrine. Why did I return? In general, it was a realization that there is a Supreme
Being called God and that the Catholic Church, with all its flawed history, is the
institution established by Jesus Christ to guide me how to best worship and obey the will
of God his Father.

Basically the way I came to this realization was a gift of faith and a feeling of spiritual
emptiness in my life. There are specific events and people I read about that I believe
helped inspire and reinforce this faith. These include:

-- what happened at Fatima on Oct 13, 1917
-- the image on the Guadalupe tilma particularly the supernatural reflection of the right
eye
-- the miraculous spring at Lourdes
-- the lives of people venerated by the Catholic Church such as:
Padre Pio, Father Solanus of Detroit, the Little Flower Saint Therese, Mother Theresa, St Francis of Assisi, John Paul II and many others.

Yes, there have been many flawed popes and other clergy in the 2000+ year history of the
Catholic Church and I am not always in total agreement with all its teachings, but Catholic
Church has existed longer than any other institution in the history of mankind and will
continue to do so simply because it is the true Church of God.

Nearly every time Ratzinger opens his mouth, he tells some vicious lie about secular and non-religious people. He attacks me and mine. Religious people often don't perceive these insults and deceptions because they live their lives in worlds where science and secular approaches are constantly attacked and belittled.

He inspires nothing in me but contempt. If he would just shut up and stop insulting my way of life, I would be more than happy to live in peace with the man.

Worth repeating for the new guest:

The Crises in the contemporary Catholic Church:

The inappropriate conduct of many priests, the emotional stress on the victims and the resultant billion dollars in lawsuits.

The lack of talent in the priesthood.

The lack of Vatican response to the historic Jesus movement.

The Church's continuing cling to original sin and the resulting subsets of crazy ideas like limbo.

The denial of priesthood to women.

The restriction of priesthood to single men (unless you are former Episcopalian priests),

And the continued chain of Vatican "leadership" by old European white men.