[Mark17]

They're so wrapped up in Roman Catholic doctrine they seemingly have lost the ability to think.

Ouch, another one that’s going to leave a scar. What you say certainly describes me. I was, however, not so wrapped up in Roman Catholic doctrine, that I was unable to think. It was as more like, I knew, as a Catholic, I had no chance of going to Heaven, so I was busy eating, drinking, and being merry. Then I got saved, and the spiritual blindness just melted away. Obviously, things are different now. 👍😇

[Luircin]

It’s so sad that the OP went all stompyfoot off the thread last night instead of answering whether he believed in the plain words of St. Paul and Jesus.

I guess he was afraid of having assurance of salvation.

I suspect that there are Catholics out there who don’t want assurance of salvation because it means that all the works that they’re so proud of are just the filthy rags that the prophet Isaiah calls them.

[ebb tide]

It was as more like, I knew, as a Catholic, I had no chance of going to Heaven, so I was busy eating, drinking, and being merry.

Sounds just like Martin Luther, another ex-Catholic.