>> and/or in a certain caricature of Mary . . . usable later to manipulate the masses even more skillfully, seductively and . . . destructively-to-their-souls. <<
Now THERE’s an argument based on reason! (Sarcasm) Why don’t you spare yourself a lot of trouble and simply paste “CATHOLICS ARE GOING TO HELL!!!!” on every thread.
Because I don’t believe that
all
Baptists, Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians, Roman Catholics, Pentecostals, Charismatics . . .
are going
to
Heaven or Hell
God looks on the heart regarding whether we have accepted Christ as our personal Savior, or not . . . and have we earnestly endeavored to walk with Him.
However, idolatry of
AN INSTITUTION
A DOGMA
A LEADER
AN ORGANIZATION
A SCHEMA
A FANTASY
AN IMAGE
. . . OR ANY OTHER THING
OTHER THAN LOVING GOD ALMIGHTY SUPREMELY
is VERY hazardous to one’s spiritual health.
The hypothesis about the maiden/personage claiming to be ‘Mary’ at the Fatima UFO event quite likely being a long planned very skillful hoax from hell is very reasoned and based on considerable data points . . . particularly compared to the biased hostility I’m responding to.
However, I don’t expect a lot of worshippers of the Vatican Institution to be remotely influenced in the slightest by my perspective.