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Yes. If the Blood of Jesus is not efficacious to cover a baby who is not only incapable of believing, but incapable of sin as well, then what hope is there for the rest of us?

Yes--I wouldn't be prepared to call it a cult either. It has some cultish characteristics but then, so do some Protestant churches--especially some of the mega churches formed around a charismatic pastor. I think the biggest danger is the emphasis on learning Catholic dogma in preference to...

Yes--Luther was a priest and theologian but he had some pretty odd ideas on occasion--probably gathered from at least some of his training. I agree that some priests are likely saved (I read a book by Fr. John Powell and he certainly seemed saved). But, I think many, many of the RCC clergy are...

I consider the saints who were raised with Jesus to be the "First Fruits" of the Harvest/Resurrection to Life. That is why those included in the First Resurrection (which will include those raised to immortality in the Rapture and those believers raised to immortality during the...

Yes, there's been more than enough accusations from "Bread of Life"--that's why I have him on "ignore". Many things with which he disagrees, he calls "a lie" instead of trying to get evidence to the contrary. He only appears to know the pat answers with pet verses from the Bible. From what I...

bbyrd: "Agony of spirit is an emotional upheaval experienced by the ego, and imo Jesus said several things that make that unlikely..." So you say. But, I would like to point out that in Gethsemane, Jesus, in contemplating what was to come, "...took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee...

Yes, I agree. There are only two resurrections: the resurrection to life--i.e. "the First Resurrection"--even though it is a bit drawn out because the Two Witnesses are also resurrected as, I believe, all of the Tribulation martyrs are. They will help to rule the Millennial Kingdom. The...

Yes--I have a Catholic friend whose wife is caught up in a Mary cult. He worries a great deal about her and her affect on their children.

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I think you may have misunderstood what I meant. I think there are likely many Christians in the pews of RCCs--I have Catholic cousins who believe standard Christian doctrine. I just have a hard time thinking that there are a lot of Christians among those high up in the ranks of leadership...

My Grandma said that almost everyone gets to celibacy in the end and that it's way better than what the "foolish" young people do. ;) Definitely.

Yes--the type for the Rapture is likely the translation of Enoch. The Scripture says that Enoch "walked with God" and that he subsequently "was not, because God took him." If the criteria for being taken in the harpazo is walking with God, then it might not even be much noted as there are many...

That's what makes the RCC cultish. If they really felt that those in Christ who "believed doctrines of demons" were in need of teaching the "correct" doctrine, why would they ban them?

I think it likely that the pain to His soul and spirit was much worse for Him than the physical pain. He cried out from the Cross, "Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani." ("My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"-->Matthew 27:46) That was a quote from Psalm 22:1--a messianic Psalm of David's who was...

As Christians grow through "the washing of the water of the word" it seems nearly inevitable that they will leave the RCC. I know many former RC Christians who said that they felt stifled within the confines of the RCC after they had experienced the rebirth from above.

There are many Christians within the RCC. However, I don't think the Vatican contains a lot of Christians--and historically, it doesn't often appear to have been led by Christians--including the leadership today.

When a believing RC starts reading his/her Bible, the break with the RCC seems almost inevitable. I know a number of former RCs who, after they began reading their Bibles, would ask questions of their priests. They frequently got told not to read the Bible as it would "only confuse" them. The...

Forgive me, bbyrd, but you are pretty confused. If you would read and study the word more diligently perhaps the Lord would help you to understand. Jesus wasn't praying to have more time on the earth. He was clearly perturbed by the sins of the people and the conditions in the Roman Empire...

Yes--the Book of Daniel says that the Antichrist will stop the sacrifices (Daniel 9:27). There must be an operating Temple for him to do so and then stand in the Temple and declare himself to be God. Up to that point, there will be 3.5 years of the "time of Jacob's trouble" (Tribulation) but...

Per Ezekiel, the Levites were to be permitted to do a lot of work in the Temple complex but only the sons of Zadok, out of all in the Tribe of Levi, were to be permitted to minister before the Lord. (Ezekiel 40:46).