Egg4christ:
hey epower, come on. Can we try and convey our opinions and still be civil?
I see nothing uncivil here. No less civil than you were.
I’ll agree with him Villagefool. All Catholic churches are the same in their theology. Good if the church is pure all the way through, bad if it’s not. this policy works well in keeping the church pure in ideas, keeping it from being swayed by simple fads and trends.
however, this harder stance makes the church less flexible.
The Church is not suppose to be flexible. Read further down.
If at any point the Catholic church is wrong, it is that much harder to correct it.
The Church is not wrong in its doctrines. The behaviour of the Church has not always been it best, that is because of the falliblity of men, not the doctrines.
Protestant churches sprout from any place where a larger group of individuals disagrees with the Catholic church, and finds themselves unable to change it.(note, some Protestant churches can be formed through similar ways off of other protestant denominations)
This is where flexibility is not a good thing. I have known some Protestant churches that have broken away because they don’t like the music that is played at their services.
Some Protestant denominations can go too extreme and lose God entirely because of their lack of moral rigidity
The flexibility thing again. The doctrines of the Catholic Church are like the calm in the storm. When there is so much pressure to go with the trends of society (abortion, same-sex “unions”)
we can go to the doctrines and Traditions and know we are on the right path.
while others flourish because their openess to scrutiny keeps them pure.
Please name one Protestant church that this applies to.
In the end, however, our moral doctrine matters little if you don’t first understand that God is real. So many people come to churches because they feel a “need for religion”, while completely ignoring the fact that God is real, and wants to make a real impact on their lives.
God is real, and he wants to make a real impact on your life. He wants to teach you, change you, love you, and show you divine plans for your life. God even says in his word, that the plans he has for you are good ones. He wants you to prosper.
Agree