I must strongly diagree with you on so much fault finding and setting youself in the place of God in judging all to be luke warm. (Apparently you judge all non-Catholics.
I do not want my children (now grand-children) to worship statues, nor set Mary the mother of Jesus to be equal to God and even above Jesus Christ.
I do not want to follow a man that has been declared infallible, nor to be praying to the dead nor for the dead.
About the 7th grade, the Catholic children began to attend our public schools. I was shocked that they could curse so often and so good, especially using God’s name in vain.
The Roman Catholics owned all the Liquor Stores, night clubs, and beer joints at that time.
So I’m not easily persuaded for and in the Roman Catholic brand of Christianity.
Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour, and I know He was weithout sin, and I know He will present Me and all true believers.
No Church saves, no Priest saves, no Pope saves,no preacher saves, no Evangelist saves, salvation is of the Lord.
John 1:12 says: “To as many as receiced Him[Jesus] to them gave He the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.”
Romans 10:13 says: “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
1 Peter 1:23 says:” Being born of the Spirit, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth forever.”
1 John 5:12 says: “He that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.”
Ordinances and man made rituals will not give salvation to man, Only our Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ, who was made sin for us, who had no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
And...I am willing to bet that there was a HUGE difference between the generically Protestant worldview of our socialist-entitlement K-12 schooling and that of a truly Christian Baptist K-12 school of that era. ( wintertime)
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Respectfully, I hope that you did not miss the sentence that I wrote above.
I would also encourage you to find a person of your generation who attended a Christian private school of **your** denomination. Compare and contrast the differences in the quality, quantity, and specificity of religious practice of the Christianity present within the entire curriculum and school experience of the religious school and socialist-entitlement K-12 school.
I would suspect that you would find great differences between your secular socialist-entitlement experience and that of a fellow church member who attended a church school of your denomination.
Next, I am **not** Catholic. Although I have differences in belief with Catholics, many of which you stated, I still respect them as believing Christians. Our nation would be, in my opinion, far stronger if all Catholic children received a truly Catholic and conservative education.
Finally, I urge you to prayerfully approach all issues that I addressed in my previous post to you.
Greetings, LetMarch.
There are some big differences between Catholic and Protestant beliefs, but certain Catholic beliefs are misunderstood. First of all, Catholics honor Mary but do not place her as equal to God or Jesus. Secondly, we do not pray to statues. There are many other misunderstandings about the Catholic faith; you might find many of your questions answered right here.
Ironically, my experience was the opposite of yours: I tried the protestant Christian churches but was disappointed by the bad behavior I witnessed. Then, at one church, another woman and I were accused of bigotry because we believed in traditional marriage. That is when I decided to come home to the Catholic Church. Fortunately, I kept an open mind and have met some very nice protestants since then. But, if I'd based my opinions on my earlier experiences - and if not for some of the nice people here on FR - I probably would never have been open to meeting and trusting them.