Think again. Jesus wasn’t married and neither were many of the Apostles.
and disobeying clear scripture always causes problems.
Agreed.
The HIDING of the rampant homosexual problem among Catholic priests by Catholic hierarchy for decades is disgusting.
Agreed
I am neither CATHOLIC nor PROTESTANT in the eyes of the Lord
Got it. Just you, your bible and the Holy Spirit. Sorta defeats the purpose of Christ establishing a Church and then commanding his disciples to go forth and teach all nations doesn’t it?
BTW, you never answered my question, “Please tell me what is to be believed.”
Which is worse? The rampant tendency among the Protestants to practice “musical divorces and remarriages” or the hypocritical practice among the Catholic hierarchy to declare marriages of long duration as “annulled” so the Kennedys and others can legally dump their wives and children in order to remarry their latest mistresses?
Musical divorces and remarriages is worse. It clearly violates God’s word. There have been abuses in the annulment process but that does not invalidate the teaching.
“Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God . .”
Christ = The Word of God
The Holy Spirit in the inner man, provided we have believed Christ and asked our Heavenly Father for the Holy Spirit to guide us.
The written Word . . which is needful for all men.
I did NOT say that NOT BEING MARRIED is abnormal. I said that DISALLOWING (as the Roman Catholic Church does in the case of its priests) marriage forces men, who MAY have made youthful choices for the wrong reasons, to live in a state of abnormality, homosexuality and hypocrisy or else the shame of forsaking the priesthood. REALITY has produced the revolting developments that have cost RCC members (ordinary hard-working people) millions of dollars.
No, you don’t actually “get it”, you can’t really “get it” from the vantage point of any other person until you walk a few steps in their shoes.
Tell you what is to be believed? - The Roman Catholic Church hierarchy and mans’ tradition have already done that.
You’ll have to research that yourself if you still have questions. We all have to do that for ourselves.
The standard Roman Catholic’s answer to any comment on the centuries old trails of rivers of blood and “abuses” is just the standard “oh, yes, there have been abuses - but, oh well, they ALL have done it!”.