[OneVike]

You may very well be speaking of the catholic church, but did you know that every Pope since the reformation, and still does today, that ALL men of the cloth, regardless of Christian faith, should be celibate.

After all, the Pope and the Catholic Church itself still believe they are the ONE TRUE faith, and all the rest are fakes.

I was raised a Catholic, I took catechism classes every Wednesday at 2 pm for 6 years. I know for which I speak.

I must admit, it truly taught me many things, and it was great to get out of School early every Wednesday.

[terycarl]

After all, the Pope and the Catholic Church itself still believe they are the ONE TRUE faith, and all the rest are fakes.

should have paid closer attention in class....the Catholic Church is indeed the one, true church......BUT, the others are not "fakes"...they have relinquished some Catholic teachings and are therefore incomplete, not wrong, just incomplete.

[Salvation]

Do you really know about what you are speaking?

If you were baptized a Catholic, got out of school early on Wednesday to attend catechism classes — you are and always will be a Catholic.

That mark of Baptism (and I wonder if you were confirmed too) will always be with you.

You will always be a baptized Catholic.

[Salvation]

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[Cronos]

all the rest are fakes.

Sorry, but that is false "The Church knows that she is joined in many ways to the baptized who are honored by the name of Christian, but do not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or have not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter."322 Those "who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized are put in a certain, communion with the Catholic Church

So your statement is false -- the groups outside orthodoxy are in a certain communion and hence cannot be fakes.

Of course, the Christian groups should believe in the Trinity -- so Mormons etc. are not in communion with us -- I can respect them and their conservativeness, but don't consider them fellow Christian brethren, as I do Lutherans or Methodists etc.

[Cronos]

onevike: I am sure there are Catholics who's walk with Christ are probably in to upper 90% as apposed to my 75% or at least around there, but understanding the truth, and living it are two different things....,I do not look to the Catholic Church as a cult as many evangelicals do, however I do think the teachings of the church is very detrimental to one growth as a Christian. That being said, I also see the teachings of many evangelical Churches as detrimental to one's Christian growth.

Fair enough -- I respect your difference of opinion. I disagree with you :) but I respect your way of putting things in an aim to express your belief rather than denigrate others'...