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Rome is just a place. The Church started in the Middle East and spread. St. Peter, the first Pope, went to Rome, where he was eventually martyred for the faith by the Romans. The Roman Empire persecuted the Church unmercifully until Constantine legalized it and they stopped persecuting it.

Well, then we have no more to say. Similarly, there were Jews in Jesus' day that said they would never believe that He was the Messiah! They "knew" better. There is not one teaching of Christ that the Catholic Church has changed from the very beginning. Not one. Good luck!

If you've ever looked at the Near Deat Experience (NDE) studies, you can get an idea of what it's like to die. The people in the studies, usually in hospitals, clinically die. No heartbeat, no EEG (brainwave), no breathing, no gag reflex, pupils fixed and dilated. Dead in every sense of the...

The Coptics left, came back, and now they are split, with one Coptic group following the Orthodox and the other being in full communion with the Catholic Church. They're a relatively tiny group, and certainly not there from the beginning. And if they split from the Catholic Church, that...

The Catholic Church's teachings are Christ's teaching. The Catholic Church received the entirety of Divine Revelation from Christ through His Apostles, who passed it on to their successors the bishops, who have done likewise for 2000 years now. The challenge to you, since Protestantism didn't...

Sadly, you think you can reinvent the wheel when it comes to Christ's message. The Catholic Church does not claim the authority to correct Christ. a. The term "Catholic Church" is not in Scripture. So, what? Neither is the term Trinity, that most Christians believe in. b. Again, the term...

Are you aware that it's only been very recently in history that we have had universal literacy in the world? Before the Industrial Revolution, there was no interest at all in universal literacy, and vast, vast majority of the world's people were illiterate. Most work was manual labor and...

Every one of those were Catholic. They weren't separate from the Catholic Church. Those were Catholic churches in specific locations. You, like the Pharisees, are greatly misled. You miss the obvious truth before you. The Pharisees couldn't imagine that Jesus was the Messiah. You cannot...

Evidently that doesn't work because everyone can twist Scriptures to mean whatever they want, claiming to be led by the Holy Spirit. Example: Baptists claim that infant baptism is invalid. Lutherans and Episcopalians claim it is valid. Both sides read the same Bible and claim to be led by...

Stan, just a side question, please. Are you, by any chance, self-educated? Just wondering...

Stan, don't take this wrong, but someone could probably train a parrot to repeat Scripture. That doesn't mean the parrot knows what it really means. Read 2 Peter 1:20-21, where St. Peter warns against personal interpretation of Scripture. Without the Church, you're wide open to error. That's...

Stan, even when a baby is born, it is 100% incapable of surviving on its own. It is not a part of the mother's body. It is connected by the umbilical cord to get nourishment so it can continue to grow. The baby has its own separate DNA, blood type, heart, lungs, brain, etc., separate from the...

I don't think the Bible was ever meant to be a do-it-yourself kit. I think it was a tool of the Church founded by Christ, and assembled by that Church. A good tool, absolutely! But not a do-it-yourself kit. If it were, there would be one Protestant denomination with one set of beliefs, not...

Stan, that's a swing and a miss. Not all living things are humans. Other animals and plants are living, also. Humans, however, are special. We're made in the image and likeness of God. We have been given an intellect and a free will by which we can think and choose. Every human being...

In order to call something a living organism, it has to be able to breathe, grow, eat, reproduce and develop. That disqualifies crystals. (Science lesson of the day. You're welcome!)

How would they know they're infertile before they get married? They're not supposed to be having sex until they're married.

That's a good point. The devil has a saying, "Anything but God."

Of course it's living! Living things grow. Look up the term "fetus." A fetus is not a clump of disorganized cells. A fetus is an "unborn young." A human fetus is an unbor young human! And by the time many women find out their pregnant, the baby has its own DNA, blood type, etc. It is a...

Maybe so. I'm assuming you wouldn't pray for me if I asked you to do so, correct?