Yes, and when my physical brother remains obstinate in fallacy, I bust on him too. There’s more than one way to skin a cat. To caveat that, the Mainstream Protestants are moving farther and farther away from the Gospel truth. The stand at the brink of destruction, and only being bluntly told of their errors will save them from the abyss.
Also some of the responses were HILARIOUS!! Lighten up Richardols. Geez! Isn’t there some famous saying about real saints don’t look constipated all of the time? Or how about, smile and the world smiles with you, scowl and people ask “Are you a Baptist?” It’s not necessary to be the frozen chosen.
I was thinking of one of those brethren being invited to drop by the Forum to chat with knowledgeable orthodox Catholics (with the hope that he may be inspired to think about conversion) and then he comes by and sees this pi**ing on his faith.
And the Pharisees were pretty pi**ed off too when Jesus kicked the money changers and animal peddlers out of the temple, and he wasn’t very cordial about it.
Yes, we were Missouri Synod for a brief time after leaving the Episcopal Church and before joining the Catholic Church. Our former minister put it this way. He said that out of all the Protestant denominations, the Missouri Synod tradition of the Lutheran Church is probably closest one can get to the beliefs of the Catholic Church. What floored us, however, was that their official statements still identify the pope as the anti-christ. After we read that, we all but ran to the Catholic Church! Still, they are our allies on the important social issues of the day.
Non-Catholics who might be interested in our faith are to be consider the same as Pharisees? Surely not.
You are right. And we should do so without making fun of their Burger King or McDonald’s churches, as some put it.
I think the fast food analogy is perfect for our “separated bretheren”. Custom ordered theology served while you wait. I mean why go to the Catholic church where there is only one item on the menu and you can’t change it. At least with the protestant sects, if you don’t like the trappings of one denomination, you can go “church shopping” until you find a pastor and congregation that “feels right”. I was never under the impression that Jesus cared whether His teachings sat well with potential disciples. In fact, in John chapter 6, many are driven away by what he teaches, and he makes no attempt to call them back and re-explain himself. He, in effect, said, this is the Truth, take it or leave it. I ain’t changing it for anyone.
Or if you want, you can rally the troops, find a minister and establish the “Church of What’s Happenin’ Now.” My husband was raised in what was literally the fourth generation of a Protestant church established by Swedish immigrants. Last I heard a group from that church got mad about something and hightailed it to another building where they’ve established yet another new denomination. I dunno, that’s not very appealing. A church established by ticked off humans doesn’t have a lot to build on.
That’s a real difference. When I told my pastor I was leaving Methodism because they kept ‘changing all the rules’ he said he agreed and it was a major frustration to him as well.
You can do the same with Catholic churches.
I should have included doctrine in my laundry list.
And as far as I can determine, that’s all prot churches since a ticked off Martin Luther threw the baby out with the bathwater.
Good point! The history of the church of the ticked off is long and distinguished!
We aren’t talking about excrement, we are talking about doctrine, unless of course you believe that Protestant doctrine is just as good as Catholic Doctrine. If so, why bother staying Catholic?
Some of it is. E.g., Protestant doctrine about an omnipotent triune God, about Jesus Christ as Redeemer and Saviour, about an afterlife, Heaven and Hell, about conforming ourselves to the will of God, is just as good as our doctrine. Indeed, we share those beliefs with them!
There is a difference between homosexuals and homosexuality…so as a Catholic…I don’t exclude the ‘person’…Things are moving this way for sure! In fact, I would say the majority of Catholics I know don’t have a problem with homosexuality. I would not exclude someone because of their sexual orientation! What will happen to you lot if the new Pope does proclaim that it isn’t inherantly disordered? Oh no!
What will you do???