What you should know!

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Ahhhh…now I get it. You are on a mission to save the souls of us lost Catholics. This will be the last I read of your posts.

I doubt you were ever even a Catholic.
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It is possible as often seems many ex-catholics don’t know what the Church teaches and why. I ( a convert ) was the one who had to tell my Catholic raised husband that the Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary and not Jesus.
 
excatholic said:
What every Roman Catholic should know…

Dearest Ex Catholic,

Thank you for giving us here an opportunity to sharpen our two edged swords of the Word of God, the Truth, our apologetics. I am certain that God wanted you to do this so that we would have more practice of being able to give the Truth in all seasons. I pray that God will continue to bless you, and that you will progress from formerly Universal Truths to fully Universal Truths.

Love,

:angel1: Angelina
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jeffreedy789:
sigh…

what do we do to our enemies? we love them.

so we obviously should love our friends, too. 🙂

how do i express the love of Christ to someone who is misguidedly trying to ‘help’ catholics out of their ‘false teachings’ and into the ‘truth of the Bible alone’?

tough question.

i know that i will pray for you, ‘ex catholic’. i pray God’s blessings to you. i’m sorry that you have such a beef with the church. as a convert from the baptist faith, i find so much truth, beauty, love, and above all, i find Christ in the catholic church. the ‘things i should know’ that you posted i’ve been through so many times from both sides. and i can tell you, as someone with a degree in baptist theology, that it makes alot more sense (perfect sense, more sense than i can grasp, actually) from this side of the tiber.

i know that you probably feel it your duty to come save us from our ‘delusions’. in this, i hope you come to see the truth of the things you attack. and i hope you receive love from those here, so that you might know that we are His.

may God richly bless you.
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I enjoyed reading your post jeffreedy789. God Bless…
 
Sing a new song of praise to the LORD.

I have no idea how to respond to this use/list of scripture. :confused: It doesn’t seem to want to be responded to. So, when in doubt, sing.
 
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excatholic:

In all honesty, I am getting a little tired of people joining this forum in the attempt to get us to negatively question our faith and ultimately leave Christ’s Church. I find this to be extremely arrogant. How dare you come here…
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I’m sad to report (as if you don’t already know) that most of these types you’re talking about are being taught this behavior in their churches. They concentrate on “Thou shalt not” and accusingly point at Catholics. They are happy to believe that Catholics are on the hell express.

I’m glad the dominant themes of Catholicism are the two great commandments.
 
mark a:
I’m sad to report (as if you don’t already know) that most of these types you’re talking about are being taught this behavior in their churches. They concentrate on “Thou shalt not” and accusingly point at Catholics. They are happy to believe that Catholics are on the hell express.

I’m glad the dominant themes of Catholicism are the two great commandments.
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I agree with you Mark, on both points… Annunciata:)
 
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jeffreedy789:
sigh…

what do we do to our enemies? we love them.

so we obviously should love our friends, too. 🙂

how do i express the love of Christ to someone who is misguidedly trying to ‘help’ catholics out of their ‘false teachings’ and into the ‘truth of the Bible alone’?

tough question.

i know that i will pray for you, ‘ex catholic’. i pray God’s blessings to you. i’m sorry that you have such a beef with the church. as a convert from the baptist faith, i find so much truth, beauty, love, and above all, i find Christ in the catholic church. the ‘things i should know’ that you posted i’ve been through so many times from both sides. and i can tell you, as someone with a degree in baptist theology, that it makes alot more sense (perfect sense, more sense than i can grasp, actually) from this side of the tiber.

i know that you probably feel it your duty to come save us from our ‘delusions’. in this, i hope you come to see the truth of the things you attack. and i hope you receive love from those here, so that you might know that we are His.

may God richly bless you.
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such an example of a *binary opposition *of attitudes between two converts…

hehe… i know my English stuff… should be fine with 2mrrow’s exam :cool:
 
Funny how people can build an entire denomination and theolgical outlook on a verse here and there out of context.

The catholic church has been studying and reviewing the Bible in its entirety for 2000 years. Do you think your going to find something we don’t already know about and that there is no answer to such calumny?

I have never met one catholic who worshipped statues.
THis is a total fabrication of the evangelical mindset.
In the times of early Jewsih history yes people actually worshipped statues and graven images. That’s a big difference in how catholics view pictures, icons and statues. I find it funny that nativity scenes have become more popular than ever in evangelical circles yet I don’t here anybody accused of worshipping the Jesus, Mary and Joseph in the set. OF course this is a catholic tradition started by Saint Francis as is the very concept of Christmas and Easter both catholic holidays. Yet to hear you talk you wrote and canonized the bible. Well catholics did that and we worshipped Jesus for 1500 years before the movement of protestant was even a thought of a bad priest mind.
 
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excatholic:
**The gift of eternal life is given freely by God through Jesus Christ. It cannot be earned or worked for.

**

There is no purgatory, Jesus purged our sins already.

The grace of God which imparts salvation is received by faith in Jesus Christ, not by works.

Water baptism is not a requirement for salvation otherwise Paul would have been sent to baptize.

Holy Communion is a remembrance and is not the actual body and blood of Christ. Partaking is not a requirement for salvation.

Christ is the only Mediator through whom we can pray to God.

Christ is the one to whom we are to confess our sins.

Jesus Christ is the only way to God.
No other name can save.
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Self iterpretation of the Scriptures, without the guidance of the Church, mainly EL PAPA !!! :whistle:
 
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Stephen-Maguire:
Self iterpretation of the Scriptures, without the guidance of the Church, mainly EL PAPA !!! :whistle:
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The Church: 2000 years old, still intact, produced the Bible, been digesting it for equally as long.
the others: at most 500 years old, hi-jacked the Bible, doesn’t even believe many of the tenets of their forefathers.

It’s clear which one is the One for me… :rolleyes:
 
For those of you who consider youselves faithful to the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, I recommend you put excatholic on ignore. He is in broadcast mode and is unreceptive to rebuttal. Do yourselves a favor.
 
Ex-catholic,

I will pray for your soul and hope that someday you see the light and return to the one true catholic and apostolic church. But in the mean time I have been reading your post for days now and I think it is time you move on to a protestant site if all you are going to do is bash my faith. I am a convert from the baptist faith and I have learned more in the last few years about Christ that in 48 previous years as a protestant. It is your right to have your own beliefs but this is not the place to go on and on and on. Once said is enough. Thank you for visiting and now please move on. You are beginning to remind me of the mother in law jokes where she moves in and will not leave.
 
Excatholic seems to be awfully quiet… :whistle: Maybe he’s a hit and run poster like our old friend Homer…
 
No, he’s just over on the thread with “the pope kissing the quran” that he also started. . .his “green light” is on, so we know he’s on-line.
 
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RNRobert:
Excatholic seems to be awfully quiet… :whistle: Maybe he’s a hit and run poster like our old friend Homer…
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Maybe his IS Homer…
 
ExCatholic is posting most likely as a man who is hiding out there and gets some twisted pleasure from reading responces to his attack.

In his profile he says he has no religion! So whats his authority? I reguard him as a trouble maker. I will ignore him starting now.
 
I recommend that anyone who has a problem with excatholic’s hit-and-run tactics report him to the administrators. Maybe he needs a vacation to cool his jets and gain some perspective.
 
EX CATHOLIC AND ALL:

Preach the Gospel Always … and if necesarry USE WORDS … Even Jesus knew when to walk away from a situation …

I have been dealing with Ex-Catholic like personality (my Baptist Mother Inlaw) for over 20 years and I have come to the realization that there is a reason for this … and I offer up my cross daily (they live with us 1/2 the year in an inlaw) … it will make me a better Catholic …

My husband is not Catholic — but attends mass with us weekly and on holy days … he hasn’t walked into a Baptist Church in over a year - when we were visiting my inlaws church and the pastor was preaching to the congregation about annihilating catholics in equador …telling them that we think Mary is more important than Jesus … and the list went on. It was then - he said to me … take a look around - we will never be back … I told my inlaws … in 20 years that my husband and I have been together … he has NEVER heard a sermon like that and NEVER will …in a Catholic Church.

Prayer is the only thing that I know of that will change the thoughts and hearts of Anti-Catholics … although my mother inlaw will never change, I truly feel she sees a RED C on my chest everytime she sees me … she is just totally against us Catholics …

One day I truly believe my husband will convert … but it will have to be in our Lord’s time … and not mine.

Remember always, everyone, charity always …

Peace and have Blessed Thanksgiving! 👍
 
This thread is a perfect example of:
  1. Quoting out of context with little understanding of scripture
2. Total misunderstanding of the Catholic Faith

3. Why there are over 33,000 different Protestant Faiths that continue to divide as we speak.

**I strongly urge this Christian to watch EWTN, The Journey Home, Life on the Rock, and the series “Household of Faith”, as well as the many, many high quality Catholic writers. I sense a lot of animosity, pain, and frustration. God Bless you in your search for the truth. With all the problems the Catholic Church faces in today’s secular world, the Dogma has not changed and will not change. It can be verified all the way back to the earliest church fathers- Keep exploring the actual church teachings and don’t judge the Catholic Church by the Catholics who have let you down and the inconsistent US Catholic policies or lack of. **

excatholic said:
What every Roman Catholic should know…

**I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. - ISAIAH 42:8 **

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; - EXODUS 20:4-5

The gift of eternal life is given freely by God through Jesus Christ. It cannot be earned or worked for.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. - ROMANS 6:23

Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. - ROMANS 4:4-5

And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. - ROMANS 11:6

There is no purgatory, Jesus purged our sins already.

when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; - HEBREWS 1:3

The grace of God which imparts salvation is received by faith in Jesus Christ, not by works.
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