You say this like you can't both do the practices and have the faith.
Which of course is total nonsense. There are millions upon millions of Catholic who follow Christ's commands ("Do this in memory of me") and have faith in Christ Himself.
Protestants have thrown out Christ's command and rejected the Church he set up ("You are Peter and upon this petros (rock) I will build my Church.) If you have faith, that's great...but so do Catholics. Christ demanded much more from his followers than just faith. As it says in Matthew Chapter 7:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
Christ has called me to HIMSELF. I have a personal relationship with Jesus, just like the people in the NT. The fact that you are arguing for a church instead of Christ is something you might pray about.
A few things you might know about me:
I have a degree in theology. I read Greek and Hebrew. You are correct the Peter means Rock. I am correct in that the Bible was written as letters, not with chapters and verses. When you pull out a single line and turn it into a rule, it’s no different than what the Pharisees did. The Rock was the confession that Jesus is the Messiah and that is what the church is built in. Peter was renamed in honor of that.
I read the Bible from cover to cover every year and have done so for many years. Communion daily. I listen to sermon a day. I am part of a prayer community that meets twice a day online to pray.
I don’t say this to boast. I say this because sitting my butt in a Catholic Church pew wouldn’t suddenly make God pleased with me. I am a broken human. Your insistence that Protestants are saved or Godly and have an inferior faith is problematic.
I encourage you to think about why you use the word propaganda so much. You also set your self up as Judge in your comments. A precarious place to be when we are all saved by grace.
You say this like you can't both do the practices and have the faith.
Which of course is total nonsense. There are millions upon millions of Catholic who follow Christ's commands ("Do this in memory of me") and have faith in Christ Himself.
Protestants have thrown out Christ's command and rejected the Church he set up ("You are Peter and upon this petros (rock) I will build my Church.) If you have faith, that's great...but so do Catholics. Christ demanded much more from his followers than just faith. As it says in Matthew Chapter 7:
Christ has called me to HIMSELF. I have a personal relationship with Jesus, just like the people in the NT. The fact that you are arguing for a church instead of Christ is something you might pray about.
A few things you might know about me: I have a degree in theology. I read Greek and Hebrew. You are correct the Peter means Rock. I am correct in that the Bible was written as letters, not with chapters and verses. When you pull out a single line and turn it into a rule, it’s no different than what the Pharisees did. The Rock was the confession that Jesus is the Messiah and that is what the church is built in. Peter was renamed in honor of that.
I read the Bible from cover to cover every year and have done so for many years. Communion daily. I listen to sermon a day. I am part of a prayer community that meets twice a day online to pray.
I don’t say this to boast. I say this because sitting my butt in a Catholic Church pew wouldn’t suddenly make God pleased with me. I am a broken human. Your insistence that Protestants are saved or Godly and have an inferior faith is problematic.
I encourage you to think about why you use the word propaganda so much. You also set your self up as Judge in your comments. A precarious place to be when we are all saved by grace.