If he was a born again Christian, he would know that he knows that he knows.
Instead, he wonders as he wanders around wearing dresses and breathing incense, mumbling in a dead language and celebrating graven images of gold. He has his reward, in religious rituals instead of eternal relationship.
Catholic Christians, just as born again, I assume, feel that because of God’s love and mercy and the grace of the Holy Spirit, that we are “born again” with every action of faith that is directed toward God. I’m sorry for you that you don’t feel we are all together in this fight for Religious Freedom and Christian beliefs. But, God bless and have a nice day.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Using the word “genocide” to describe the persecution of Christians in the Middle East risks downplaying the courage and witness of those who boldly profess faith in Jesus Christ even in the face of death, Pope Francis said.
“I want to say clearly that I do not like it when people speak of a ‘genocide of Christians,’ for example in the Middle East,” the pope said, responding to questions June 18. Calling the persecution “genocide,” he said, is using a juridical and sociological category to speak of “something which is a mystery of the faith: martyrdom.”
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said Pope Francis “was not speaking about the use of the term ‘genocide’ on a political level, but on a level of faith. When applied to the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, the dimension of faith is essential,” particularly when victims are murdered for not renouncing faith in Christ.