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No, no, not you! I don’t feel any hatred from you at all! Quite the contrary, you seem urgently concerned, not angry or hateful. Don’t misunderstand, please. I am not referring to you, Smvoice. But there are many other Freepers who display such ugliness.

So let me understand—when you say “the Catholic Church follows another Christ, another gospel,” do you mean that you and we have a different perception of Who Christ is, or do you mean something else?

And by the way, if a Catholic tells you that the Roman Catholic Church is the only way and that Protestants are going to hell, he doesn’t know his own Church’s teachings. This is not what the Church says at all.

I don't feel any antagonism from you at all, ottbmare. What I am saying is that when a non-Catholic tells a catholic something from Scripture, it is NOT the non-Catholic who is saying it personally, it is God who said it in His Word. If there is a problem with it, it should be taken up with God. He said it. And put it in His Word for ALL to see. IF they would just READ IT. Usually when a catholic says something to a non-Catholic, it is from his church's teachings and writings and doctrines, not from the Word of God. That's where the trouble usually begins from both sides. Non-catholics refusing to accept the RCC’s words, and catholics refusing to accept anything that the church has not approved. I don't know if there is any answer to this. Other than coming to a clear understanding of just WHO will be the final authority. God or the RCC.