I've officially left the Church

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thecoach said:
nor do I care what he wrote. Prayer warrior huh? I doubt He can hear you…that ego is pretty thick to try to launch prayers through
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You don’t care what panoikei wrote, or what St. Ignatius of Antioch wrote?
 
onetimeposter said:
So, I just, in great detail, explained to my wife why I no longer consider myself a RC and why I have left the Church. She totally understood and supports my decision.

I feel great, like the chains of bondage have been removed. The RCC is a fine institution and if some people can find God within that particular Church, then it is a very good thing.

The Church was holding me back, for years, this is an exciting time. I no longer have the distraction of the all the Catholic requirements that are necessary for any hope of my salvation. Those distractions also prevented me from forming any relationship with God.

When someone asks, ’ are you a Catholic’, I will respond, nope I am a Christian! 👍
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This reminded me of a story about St Benedict and one of his Monks, who told St. Benedict he
was leaving.On the way home a Dragon appeared on the road causing the Monk to run all the way back to the Monastery.After that event St. Benedict said that Monk became the best Monk in the Monastery.
 
thecoach said:
nor do I care what he wrote. Prayer warrior huh? I doubt He can hear you…that ego is pretty thick to try to launch prayers through
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yes, we can all see what a great minister you are rev john.

hope God hears my prayers cause i’m going to pray for you to see the Truth.

when you calm down maybe you can explain to us WHY in the world anyone that considers themselves to be a Christian would NOT want to read the writings of the early Church fathers. why?
 
jen_fla said:
yes, we can all see what a great minister you are rev john.

hope God hears my prayers cause i’m going to pray for you to see the Truth.

when you calm down maybe you can explain to us WHY in the world anyone that considers themselves to be a Christian would NOT want to read the writings of the early Church fathers. why?
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because they were not relevant at this time…they were used to try to browbeat…I am quite calm.while you seem to be ranting a bit…
 
jen_fla said:
yes, we can all see what a great minister you are rev john.

hope God hears my prayers cause i’m going to pray for you to see the Truth.

when you calm down maybe you can explain to us WHY in the world anyone that considers themselves to be a Christian would NOT want to read the writings of the early Church fathers. why?
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Please pray for yourself…I dont need misguided prayer.
 
thecoach said:
because they were not relevant at this time…they were used to try to browbeat…
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And yet, they are also extremely important for understanding how the early Christians interpreted the Bible. There is a great deal of consensus on a number of important issues…
 
Rolltide said:
And yet, they are also extremely important for understanding how the early Christians interpreted the Bible. There is a great deal of consensus on a number of important issues…
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This thread…however…was not the time or the place for it.
 
I do hope I’m not responsible to setting the nasty tone. I didn’t intend it.
 
What in Catholicism did you find distracting?
onetimeposter said:
I knew that was going to come.

I don’t subscribe to those rules any longer. I respect Catholicism, but for me, it is hollow, restrictive and contains too many distractions.

So no, I no longer subscribe to the beliefs of Catholicism, including having to continue to meet the imposed requirements of an institution, by writing a letter to a man employed as a Bishop of the RCC.

Seriously, I really have left…letter or no letter…it matters not and God doesn’t care if I write a letter to a Bishop. If God did care, wow, talk about a legalistic Deity.
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thecoach said:
Funny thing is he assume much, not knowing I won and have studied the Rhiems translation. its sad really…if one day it turns out that its true about the RCC being the only true church, I guess they will have much to answer for, as to how their arrogance drove so many away…

Nah…
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😃 😃 😃 :rolleyes:
 
jen_fla said:
yes, we can all see what a great minister you are rev john.

hope God hears my prayers cause i’m going to pray for you to see the Truth.

when you calm down maybe you can explain to us WHY in the world anyone that considers themselves to be a Christian would NOT want to read the writings of the early Church fathers. why?
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People, we have to remember that some non-Catholic Christian churches have “ministers” of just about everything. We Catholics assume that minister means something. In some other churches, a minister may be a person who teaches Sunday school, is in charge of snacks after church, in charge of music, etc.

In other churches, the title minister doesn’t nec imply theological education.
 
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