Knowing God's Truth does save.
Never knew that. Don't know if I could believe it either.
The infighting has been constant throughout the thread, but mostly seems to be most vehement from fundamental KJV types for some reason.
I genuinely did start off the thread wanting to hear opinions, but by the end of the first page or so had heard so much anti-Catholic rhetoric I may as well have been back in Belfast during the troubles. Catholics and Protestants killed eachother everyday.
Debating wise, we are still doing the same as Belfast, except this time it is Protestant attacking Protestant who might become Catholic, but who becomes more Catholic as more Protestants post the same old topics over and over and he discovers most of those topics when researched (not all, but most) to be false claims based on misunderstanding and rhetoric.
Was refreshing to read your post though. People listen when they aren't told they are joining the whore of Babylon from page 1. (I've actually been to Babylon in Iraq anyway lol)...or to be told they deserve to go to hell, are cursed etc etc etc....
Anyway, the Catholic Church has warts, but so does the Protestant Church. Maybe I should just go and live with a tribe in the Atlas mountains for a few months like I did a few years ago, helped me understand humanity and respect those with various beliefs...not to mention no rat race, just contentment to be alive and well.
Thanks for posting
We venerate (honor) the bodies of the Saints, but we do not pray TO the body. Rather, we ask for the intercession of the saint whose body we venerate. Again, get your facts straight.
Straw Man Fallacy. Try again.
Why in the world would you assume that one's subjective comfort (or its lack) would have anything whatsoever to do with whether or not Catholicism is in fact true?
TRANSLATION: "I'm emotionally uncomfortable with this because my chosen man-made non-Catholic sect has conditioned me to perceive it in a certain (decidedly distorted) way. Therefore, it must be inappropriate and wrong!"
We'll have to alert the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary that Wizard says the concepts of "inability" and "refusal" are identical. :doh:
In some cases, absolutely. I'm not here for a brunch party where we can all sit around drinking tea, giggling, and gabbing. This is a theological forum where information is shared and debated. There are times when it is a more prudent use of my time to cite a source which accurately represents my own position on an issue, rather than spending a half hour composing a post that contains essentially the same information. You can do with the information whatever you like. That's between you and God. But whining about having to click on a citation strikes one as disingenuous at best.