I have my doubts that Catholicism is Christianity

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Dan Clarkston

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Whoever eats my flesh and drinks will have eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day. NOT bread, NOT my word and NOT believe in me. I didn't say any of that. Please try to keep up.

And of course you are not eating the actual flesh of Jesus or drinking the actual blood of Jesus.

Wanna take your elements of communion in for scientific study to find out if it's the actual flesh of Jesus or the actual blood of Jesus???
 

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This is one reason why. My goodness they are deceived and lost! There is ZERO chance that God's humble and faithful servant would EVER say such a thing. These apparitions are demonic and this is coming from a 50-year Catholic that once thought that the "Lady of Fatima" stuff was great. That was before I picked up a Bible. View attachment 62742
All that I know is this- I asked Catholics here to help me to understand what they teach because I was just a toddler when my parents left it. The reply was 2 videos and both were all about Mary.
That said it all for me. Very sad.
 
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Whoever eats my flesh and drinks will have eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day.
And?

Stop being so Vague
Elaborate on your Point.

Describe WHAT Jesus’ Flesh and Blood…
Looks Like.
Tastes Like.
Color, texture, cooked, raw, etc.
How often do you “Have” to “eat”, for the “eating” to reap the “gift” of being “raised on the LAST Day”?
Are “ANY” who “eat”, Raised “BEFORE” the “last Day”?
Do you think “Tasting” and “Eating” means the Same Thing?
How do “You” personally KNOW, WHO among men, HAVE or Have Not ….Eaten and WHEN?
 

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Theres the difference between you and me
Yes.
I'm focused on the words of Jesus.
Ok.
Four times he says eat my flesh and drink my blood.
No debate, Words repeated, reveal significance..

NOT bread, NOT my word, NOT have faith. I couldn't care less about you.
* SIMILARITIES among men…
~ Hear words.
~ Solo Scripturally Read / Verify words said.
~ “Naturally” / secularly “conclude” meaning of words.

DIFFERENCES among men…
~ Hear words.
~ “Naturally” / “Conclude” what words mean “TO THEM”.
ALSO…
~ discuss, investigate, What “Those words” MEAN “to Other men”.
~ Weigh, balance, mull, TO “ADOPT” “agree” with “other mens meaning of “those Words”. ( or not).
~ SEEK, (the Source…the Speaker of “THOSE WORDS”…)FOR WHAT “Those Words MEAN”…according TO the “SOURCE”…ie. THE “SPEAKER”!!!

** In this Case…the “Source, the Speaker” IS JESUS.

** THE MYSTERY
Is
the “HUMAN man”…
Satisfied…??
* With “Natural / Secular UNDERSTANDING of JESUS” Words”spoken “AS” a man???

OR

Does
the “Human man”…
SEEK to Discover the “SPIRITUAL MEANING” of “those words”…”According TO”….
CHRIST JESUS…”WHO…IS SPIRIT”…(Unseen, and NOT “as” a man)???

And “WHO”… but the “Unseen Spirit of God”… CAN “give a human man” the Unseen Spirits “Spiritual Meaning and Understanding of JESUS’ Own Spoken Words”???

“Other men? Preachers? Clerics? Commentators? Books? Blogs? Exposes’?
No one!

DIFFERENCES…
* Many human men…have NO interest in WHAT JESUS SAID.
* Some human men … are satisfied with Natural / secular Understanding in what JESUS SAID.
* FEW human men…SEEK, SOLICIT, CALL on the “invisible” Spirit of God” ”AND ASK HIM FOR HIS SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING of JESUS’ Spoken Words”.!!!

“Many” Human men…encompasses a Majority of World Population in ANY given Era.
“Some” Human men …encompasses a MIX of World Population in ANY given Era.
“FEW” Human men …encompasses a Minority of World Population in ANY given Era.

My “standing” and “understanding” IS with and among the “FEW”.

You have Revealed…your “focus” IS ON “words JESUS Spoke”…

You have “not” Revealed…your “understanding”.
 

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Most Christians are sure of two things....

That God loves them special....
And
How wrong all other denominations are.
 

nedsk

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Yes.

Ok.

No debate, Words repeated, reveal significance..


* SIMILARITIES among men…
~ Hear words.
~ Solo Scripturally Read / Verify words said.
~ “Naturally” / secularly “conclude” meaning of words.

DIFFERENCES among men…
~ Hear words.
~ “Naturally” / “Conclude” what words mean “TO THEM”.
ALSO…
~ discuss, investigate, What “Those words” MEAN “to Other men”.
~ Weigh, balance, mull, TO “ADOPT” “agree” with “other mens meaning of “those Words”. ( or not).
~ SEEK, (the Source…the Speaker of “THOSE WORDS”…)FOR WHAT “Those Words MEAN”…according TO the “SOURCE”…ie. THE “SPEAKER”!!!

** In this Case…the “Source, the Speaker” IS JESUS.

** THE MYSTERY
Is
the “HUMAN man”…
Satisfied…??
* With “Natural / Secular UNDERSTANDING of JESUS” Words”spoken “AS” a man???

OR


Does the “Human man”…
SEEK to Discover the “SPIRITUAL MEANING” of “those words”…”According TO”….
CHRIST JESUS…”WHO…IS SPIRIT”…(Unseen, and NOT “as” a man)???

And “WHO”… but the “Unseen Spirit of God”… CAN “give a human man” the Unseen Spirits “Spiritual Meaning and Understanding of JESUS’ Own Spoken Words”???

“Other men? Preachers? Clerics? Commentators? Books? Blogs? Exposes’?
No one!

DIFFERENCES…
* Many human men…have NO interest in WHAT JESUS SAID.
* Some human men … are satisfied with Natural / secular Understanding in what JESUS SAID.
* FEW human men…SEEK, SOLICIT, CALL on the “invisible” Spirit of God” ”AND ASK HIM FOR HIS SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING of JESUS’ Spoken Words”.!!!

“Many” Human men…encompasses a Majority of World Population in ANY given Era.
“Some” Human men …encompasses a MIX of World Population in ANY given Era.
“FEW” Human men …encompasses a Minority of World Population in ANY given Era.

My “standing” and “understanding” IS with and among the “FEW”.

You have Revealed…your “focus” IS ON “words JESUS Spoke”…

You have “not” Revealed…your “understanding”.
Yes.

Ok.

No debate, Words repeated, reveal significance..


* SIMILARITIES among men…
~ Hear words.
~ Solo Scripturally Read / Verify words said.
~ “Naturally” / secularly “conclude” meaning of words.

DIFFERENCES among men…
~ Hear words.
~ “Naturally” / “Conclude” what words mean “TO THEM”.
ALSO…
~ discuss, investigate, What “Those words” MEAN “to Other men”.
~ Weigh, balance, mull, TO “ADOPT” “agree” with “other mens meaning of “those Words”. ( or not).
~ SEEK, (the Source…the Speaker of “THOSE WORDS”…)FOR WHAT “Those Words MEAN”…according TO the “SOURCE”…ie. THE “SPEAKER”!!!

** In this Case…the “Source, the Speaker” IS JESUS.

** THE MYSTERY
Is
the “HUMAN man”…
Satisfied…??
* With “Natural / Secular UNDERSTANDING of JESUS” Words”spoken “AS” a man???

OR


Does the “Human man”…
SEEK to Discover the “SPIRITUAL MEANING” of “those words”…”According TO”….
CHRIST JESUS…”WHO…IS SPIRIT”…(Unseen, and NOT “as” a man)???

And “WHO”… but the “Unseen Spirit of God”… CAN “give a human man” the Unseen Spirits “Spiritual Meaning and Understanding of JESUS’ Own Spoken Words”???

“Other men? Preachers? Clerics? Commentators? Books? Blogs? Exposes’?
No one!

DIFFERENCES…
* Many human men…have NO interest in WHAT JESUS SAID.
* Some human men … are satisfied with Natural / secular Understanding in what JESUS SAID.
* FEW human men…SEEK, SOLICIT, CALL on the “invisible” Spirit of God” ”AND ASK HIM FOR HIS SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING of JESUS’ Spoken Words”.!!!

“Many” Human men…encompasses a Majority of World Population in ANY given Era.
“Some” Human men …encompasses a MIX of World Population in ANY given Era.
“FEW” Human men …encompasses a Minority of World Population in ANY given Era.

My “standing” and “understanding” IS with and among the “FEW”.

You have Revealed…your “focus” IS ON “words JESUS Spoke”…

You have “not” Revealed…your “understanding”.
Jesus is clear

"Amen, Amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you." It's clear as a bell.
 

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Jesus is clear

"Amen, Amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you." It's clear as a bell.
Yet you still avoid answering by describing the look, texture, color, taste of what you “supposedly” have eaten.
 

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And actual Christians follow the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ which is something the Catholics do not do
The same can be said of Baptists, Methodists, SDA, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Church of God, Assembly of God, Church of Christ, and all Non-denominational and peculiar denominations.

Now if you claimed Mormons and JWs....might agree with you. But Catholics are not the enemy the way Atheists are.
 

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The same can be said of Baptists, Methodists, SDA, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Church of God, Assembly of God, Church of Christ, and all Non-denominational and peculiar denominations.

Now if you claimed Mormons and JWs....might agree with you. But Catholics are not the enemy the way Atheists are.

Actually, fake religious organizations are far more dangerous than anything the atheists are doing. They claim God does not exist and most people disagree with that and ignore them.

The fake religious organizations all claim to be speaking for the Lord claiming only they have the truth one needs to obtain salvation and if people ignores them they will go to hell and then they proceed to teach false doctrine that leads people to hell.

This was the problem Jesus had with the pharisees and the sadducees, that they claimed to be speaking for the Lord, claiming to be highly educated telling the people they know better than them and the people are required to trust and follow them because they are highly educated in all things related to being right with the Lord and obtaining salvation.

Turns out they were in fact speaking in behalf of satan, which is exactly what the modern fake religious organizations are doing.

Ain't nothing new under the sun.
 

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You need lessons in logic.
No. but you need lessonjs in common understanding.

four quarters is equal in value to a paper one dollar bill! The only different is the form that the value comes in. Both are equal! They both equate to 100cents.

So you said Bishops aree quivalents to Apostles and the Poppe is the Bishop of Ropme so and an Apostle so accordiong to your hypothesis all teh bishops are equal in value to the Pope.

And the foundation of the church is still being laid and the building has not yet started. Even those ruddy ancinets like Paul knew you cannot build a building until the foundation is finished.

But thank god that through the inspiration of the Holy SpiritPaul said this:

19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

sorry but the foundation was laid and finished over 1900 years ago and the believing church is building the building on that finished foundation.
 

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Yet you still avoid answering by describing the look, texture, color, taste of what you “supposedly” have eaten.
The body and blood of Jesus is what I have eaten but the taste, color etc has not changed. So what? You're suggesting Jesus can't give us his body to eat under the accidents of bread and wine? Jesus who raised lazarus from the dead can't turn bread and wine into his body and blood like he says in Scripture? It's amazing how committed some people are to heresy.
 

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The body and blood of Jesus is what I have eaten but the taste, color etc has not changed.
You answer the taste, color, texture of Jesus flesh and blood by saying it has not changed…

Weird.
You're suggesting Jesus can't give us his body to eat under the accidents of bread and wine?
I didn’t suggest anything.
I asked you a question, that you did not answer.
Jesus who raised lazarus from the dead can't turn bread and wine into his body and blood like he says in Scripture?
You making a Statement and punctuating with a question mark is just as weird as replying to a question with a non answer.

Public schooling?
 

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You answer the taste, color, texture of Jesus flesh and blood by saying it has not changed…

Weird.

I didn’t suggest anything.
I asked you a question, that you did not answer.

You making a Statement and punctuating with a question mark is just as weird as replying to a question with a non answer.

Public schooling?
I answered your question. You didn't like my answer. Not the same.

What I perceive has not changed but the substance of what I have eaten we changed. Now either God can do that or he can't? You are suggesting that because I still experience bread and wine it can't be the body and blood of Jesus. Can Jesus give me his body and blood to eat in the form of bread and wine? Only a dunce would say no.

When someone reverts to mocking grammer you know they are out of arguments.

Rodeo clowns are everywhere
 
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