The only one true Religion

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I'm currently under the impression that most leaders and members in this forum think that the Landover Baptist Church, and the Christian religion per se, is he only one true religion.

I am a proud Roman Catholic and what many of you may not realize is that our two religions have a lot in common. For example

1) We believe in the same God/Jesus
2) We believe in heaven, hell etc.
3) We believe that the 10 commandments are the roots of life morals
4) We believe that Jesus will come again
5) We believe that Jesus died for our sins
etc. etc.

If all of these things are true, why is the Roman Catholic Church looked upon as a cult? Just because there were some dark times in our faith dosen't mean that our religion is a bunch of Satanic bozos.

The same goes for Islam, just because a group of terrorists takes their holy word wayyy to seriously, does not mean that the entire religion is total garbage. Islam worships the same god in a different way.

The only reason that each religion has its differences is because of the lack of human communication between empires while these societies were devoloping. As each empire grew, religions went along with them however the religions had no influence from outside areas, therefore there was no change in the development.

If you truly believe in Jesus' grace and love, than you must believe that he is willing to save and forgive those who worship him, no matter the color of your skin, your customs or traditions, Each of the 6.5 billion people of this world are his children.

[Rev. Jim Osborne]

Re: The only one true Religion

Please lurk around this site more because your question has already been answered.

But, allow me to further comment on this matter. We, Landover Baptist Church are indeed True Christians™ because we follow all of the Bible and just the Bible. We don't insert any extra-Biblical teachings in our doctrine. We are as pure of Christians as they come.

The Roman Catholic Church, on the other hand, is a perversion of God's teachings. It's nothing more than a huge Roman mafia that seeks nothing more than to increase its wealth and power. Catholic beliefs are ancient pagan religions wrapped to look like genuine Christianity. Goddess worship became Mary worship. Ancestor worship and polytheism became the saints. The high priest performing magical rituals over the altars became the priest performing Eucharist. And so on.

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wow you must have never studied global religion. When a priest at mass prays over the Eucharist, it isn't meant to be taken literally. it is a human reminder that Jesus himself gave up his life to save us all from sin. When we take Mary into account, we absolutley do not worship her. we believe that she was chosen by god to be the mother of Jesus. we only worship god and jesus, mary is simply a figure, an important person within Catholiscm. We d not worship anyone else the same way we worship god.

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another thing that is totally wrong with your statement is that we are only called the Roman Catholic Church because the religion was prominent in the Areas controlled by the Romans. The majority of the Roman government actually persucuted christians and catholics until much later when emperor Constantine and Theodsious felt that it would make citizens happy if more freedom was offered.

[Lycia The Repentant]

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Indeed they did. The heathen Romans persecuted many early Christians until they realized it would be easier to co-opt their religion to suit their own nefarious purposes. Constantine saw the writing on the wall. He knew that the corrupt Roman pagan faith didn't have a chance against Christianity, so rather than try to exterminate it, he decided to corrupt it instead. Indeed, the Roman emperor Constantine was probably one of Satan's most successful servants.

[Rev. Jim Osborne]

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wow you must have never studied global religion. When a priest at mass prays over the Eucharist, it isn't meant to be taken literally. it is a human reminder that Jesus himself gave up his life to save us all from sin.

You must have never studied your own religion. Official Roman Catholic belief believes that the bread and wine literally become Jesus's body and blood. This is from your official catechism.

1376 The Council of Trent summarizes the Catholic faith by declaring: "Because Christ our Redeemer said that it was truly his body that he was offering under the species of bread, it has always been the conviction of the Church of God, and this holy Council now declares again, that by the consecration of the bread and wine there takes place a change of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord and of the whole substance of the wine into the substance of his blood. This change the holy Catholic Church has fittingly and properly called transubstantiation."206

When we take Mary into account, we absolutley do not worship her. we believe that she was chosen by god to be the mother of Jesus. we only worship god and jesus, mary is simply a figure, an important person within Catholiscm. We d not worship anyone else the same way we worship god.

You pray to her though. Isn't prayer worship? You don't pray to Allah or Vishnu, do you? Of course not, because you don't worship them.

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Yeah that's called transubstabtiation. once again its symbolic your taking it too seriously. Also I found out that Freehold, Iowa is a fictional city. We believe that mary can be prayed to for intercession to Jesus. I don't know how to stress this enough , we don't worship her, we revere her as the mother of Jesus' human form. she is no where near considered a goddess.

[handmaiden]

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In the Epistles, men in leadership positions in the early church were expected to be married. Some 400 or 500 years after that the whole priest/celibacy thing was enacted.

Much of the Catholic Church's history has been about juggling earthly power through false accusations, bleeding people of their wealth through the promulgation of superstition and acquiring more and more property.

The Catholic Church barely existed a spiritual entity at all. Jesus's Blood is the cover for sins, not "magic" water so called because a priest mumbled a prayer over it. Human priests do not have the power to grant absolution of sins, (week after week) since Jesus offered a one time atonement.

Mary is referred to as the Queen of Heaven over and over again in Catholic liturgy and iconography. God didn't even establish any Queens over Israel, why would He need one for heaven?

The Pope is said to be infallible. This means he cannot make a mistake or misjudgment in matters of faith. But Popes are constantly correcting pronouncements from earlier Popes.

The Bible says that Jesus is the Author and Finisher of our faith. The Bible says not to add anything to its Holy words. The Catholic Church keeps adding and subtracting stuff to what its believers are to accept as being directly from God.

You admit that were some "dark times" in the Catholic Church's past. But you insist that it is a true Christian church now. The Catholic Church made the same claims of authority each and every year, decade and century for nearly 2,000 years. We are from God. We are of God. What we do is of God and is His direct will.

They made that claim when they tortured and burned and went to war and sold salvation back then. Now, they admit that those actions were wrong. And they claim that their modern, enlightened ideas are also of God and what they do today is His direct will.

Little hint, here-- when you admit that you were a liar, and then ask people to start believing you, you pretty much destroyed your own defense.


Non Apologetically Yours,

Handmaiden

[Jo Freddie]

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1) We believe in the same God/Jesus

These people don't believe in Jesus!

[Lycia The Repentant]

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These people don't believe in Jesus!

Would you care to explain how you reached that conclusion Jo Freddie?

[Jo Freddie]

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Would you care to explain how you reached that conclusion Jo Freddie?

Do you or do you not claim that the ONLY valid version of the Bible is the King James 1611 version?

[Lycia The Repentant]

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Do you or do you not claim that the ONLY valid version of the Bible is the King James 1611 version?

I think you know the answer to that question Jo.

What exactly are you getting at?

[Jo Freddie]

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I think you know the answer to that question Jo.

What exactly are you getting at?

There is no mention of Jesus in the 1611 version.

[Lycia The Repentant]

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There is no mention of Jesus in the 1611 version.

You have got to be kidding me.

[Jo Freddie]

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You have got to be kidding me.

Show me a quote from the 1611 version that mentions Jesus.