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re: Attended Catholic Church for the first time in a while and it wasn't the same
Posted on 12/27/18 at 9:15 am to troyt37
Posted on 12/27/18 at 9:15 am to troyt37
I disagree with the idea that an organization with over a billion members can be written off by the perverse actions of the few.
That's our failure as humanity, and the choice we were given. These sins are all minor compared to the big picture. Perhaps we should judge less and focus on ourselves.
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As with many other constructs of man, over time corruption, pride, greed, and all of the other failures of man, make what once was beneficial to all mankind become so corrupted and wicked that it becomes the exact opposite.
That's our failure as humanity, and the choice we were given. These sins are all minor compared to the big picture. Perhaps we should judge less and focus on ourselves.
Glass houses, ya know.
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 9:45 am to Scooba
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That's our failure as humanity, and the choice we were given. These sins are all minor compared to the big picture. Perhaps we should judge less and focus on ourselves.
Agreed. I get my dander up when it comes to one denomination declaring all of the others heretical. I was raised a Baptist, being taught several untruths, one of them being that other denominations thought they were the only ones going to heaven, meaning I was going to hell, by implication. Imagine my surprise in finding out that many of those denominations teach the same about us Baptists!
So as an adult, I decided that there was a distinct possibility that none of the established churches were really about teaching the Gospel of Jesus, as much as teaching their self-serving version of that Gospel. And sadly, in my roughly 30 years of admittedly pitiful research into the word of God, I have found that to be true in every sense, and every case.
I find church doctrine and dogma to be the things that church hierarchy uses to divide the people, and therefore a perversion of the teachings of Jesus. Doctrine and dogma are a construct of man, as are the various and sundry religions themselves. Jesus ascribed to no such religion, and made no provision to a particular religion in order to receive His salvation. As such, I see doctrine, dogma, and the bureaucracy of the various religions themselves as a hindrance to my salvation. Catholicism is simply the all-time worst in that regard.
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