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Hey, Aunty Jane! Couple of things here to consider: 1. I don't subscribe to the man-made, erroneous doctrine of Sola Scriptura, nowhere supported in Scripture. But, yes, I can defend the Church's doctrines from Scripture. Not as you personally interpret them, but as the original...

We either worship God His way, or our way. A relationship between man and God or between perceived equals? Religion: The moral virtue by which a person is disposed to render to God the worship and service He deserves. It is sometimes identified with the virtue of justice toward God, whose...

There is so much to disagree with here, based on your ideological anti-Catholicism, rather than objective truth, that it would take far longer than I have the energy or desire to address. If Iwere a younger man with more energy, and I thought that you might be open to objective truth, perhaps.

Correct. God doesn't tempt man. He allows demons to tempt man, so that he will grow in virtue. Virtues are special graces given by God to the soul for the accomplishment of particular objectives. They inhere in the soul and are subject to strengthening or weakening. Demons usually use three...

Constantine stopped the persecution of the Church. He didn't change the Church, nor did He create a new Church.

When God allows demons to tempt us, it is for our own good (so that we may grow in virtue). Without temptation, there is no virtue.

Demons can do absolutely nothing without God's express permission each and every time, and only to the degree He allows them.

Demonic influence is increasing steadily. Not only demonic possession, but oppression and obsession, as well. Demonic oppression is when the demons make your life miserable. One bad thing after another happens for no obvious reason. Someone loses their job, their home, their wife, their car...

Yes, history. I would begin with the first part of the Church's history, Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Our Lord. Then, there was St. Peter, the one He chose to first lead His Church after He ascended to heaven. Peter denied Him three times. And the rest, except for St. John, deserted Him...

Remember, the truth is not a mean between two extremes. It just is.

Quick Civics lesson: The office is President, not king. It is the Legislature Branch that creates laws, not the Executive Branch. The first part of Trump's presidency, a great part of the Republican legislature didn't trust him because he was an outsider, i.e., hadn't been bought off by...

Keep in mind that the descriptions of hell are lacking, because they can only be described within the ability of what we see and know on earth. As Scripture says in 1 Cor 2:9, "But as it is written: “What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what...

Thank you! 1. Scripture is one of the two main transmissions of the Word of God. Strictly speaking, it is not the Word of God. The Word of God is not a book, but Someone, namely, Jesus Christ. The beginning of the Gospel of John says, "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God...

Hey, Tulipbee! I support your right to disagree with me. It's okay. I'm getting ready to go to Mass, so quickly... IF, as you say, the Catholic Church has corrupted God's message, WHERE did any corrections come from 16 centuries later? ALL of God's message came FROM the Catholic Church...

Then you deny history. We can agree to disagree. What a great country we have where we can speak our minds, rightly or wrongly. For now, anyway. The doctrines of the Catholic Church are the original doctrines given mankind by Christ. There was no other Church for the first 1000 years of...

So, you disagree with St. Paul when he puts oral tradition (oral teachings of Christ) on the same level of authority as Scripture, right? (See 2 Thes 2:15)

Hey, Tulipbee! On whose authority do you claim that the Bible has 7 uninspired books? It was the Catholic Church, at the Councils of Rome, Hippo, and Carthage, that set the canon (list of books) for the Bible, especially the New Testament. If you accept the Church's authority to tell you...

Is the goal "diverse" beliefs, or true beliefs? The truth doesn't contradict itself. Christ' teaching (doctrines) are immutable (unchanging). Unless there is proof that Christ came down Himself to make corrections, why would you consider something that strays from the original beliefs...

We could take out Iran's Air Force and Navy in a day, maybe two, tops. Not a problem. Then, we take out their electrical infrastructure (power plants, etc.) and blockade any oil shipments from the country. They revert to a 3rd world, deindustrialized nation in less than a year and stop...

Why not look into the original Church, founded by Christ, the Catholic Church? The Catholic Church is not a “denomination” (which means “to take a new name”); it is the Church. Those who are in schism, who break away or subsist apart from it are denominations or sects. The Catholic Church is...