[terycarl]

Incidentally, the first time I read the Bible completely through I had it on a computer screen parallel with Strong's Concordance and Matthew Henry's concise commentary. I was about 33 years old, I had left Catholicism at about 21 and had never actually read the Bible. I was very annoyed when I learned how far the Catholic Church strayed from the teachings of Jesus and His apostles.

let's see now...you conducted a private study of the bible and some other related books and came to the conclusion that your interpretation of the bible was correct and that of the 2,000 year old Catholic and hstorical church was wrong.....Pathetic.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

terycarl wrote -

let’s see now...you conducted a private study of the bible and some other related books and came to the conclusion that your interpretation of the bible was correct and that of the 2,000 year old Catholic and hstorical church was wrong.....Pathetic.

- Making it “personal?”

Is this about the topic or about a poster?

[metmom]

let's see now...you conducted a private study of the bible and some other related books and came to the conclusion that your interpretation of the bible was correct and that of the 2,000 year old Catholic and hstorical church was wrong.....Pathetic.

Wide is the road and broad is the path that leads to destruction and many there are that find it.

Jesus told the pharisees that they erred because they did not know Scripture. The same can be said for the Catholic church and the VAST majority of practicing Catholics.

Longevity does not by default equate to being correct.

It just means they've been wrong for a LONG time. Because it's whether they are close to Scripture that determines whether they are correct or not, not how long they've taught or believed something.

[Religion Moderator]

Discuss the issues, do not make it personal.