Blue,
Simple basic truth..
they changed the sabbath..
they changed the calendar (and darn near the whole world follows it)..
they use a Greek/Latin transliteration and pawn that off as a real name for the Jewish Messiah.
if we are truthful and speak English, Joshua, a name in our bibles is His English transliterated name.(actually a name for an important Jew in the old testament) but hey, what’s in a name?
And if we want real truth, more protestants go right along with those ‘truths’ of the roman catholic church and accept them as their ‘truth’ because the whole world and our church fathers who came before us accepted them as their truth...
If the catholic church is what the reformers and many protestants believe it is in scripture, how is being an offspring and daugter of their foundation a good thing?
How much of that foundation do you feel comfortable standing on? I am not comfortable with any of it anymore..
With those basic truths they share, protestants in large numbers are right beside their mother on that foundation, never even contemplating or thinking about it- those are just worldwide ‘givens’ and their ‘truth’ too.. some protestants have made changes but they share one of those three usually..
Just some thoughts that can unify Catholics and Protestants...against me if nothing else :)
Simple basic truth..