Nighttrain writes:
were using the same dogma that captures you today. No essential re-writes took place in Scriptures to clean up Christianity.
No. This is not true. Catholicism, for instance, spent a long time hiding the scriptures from people -- they only allowed it to be printed in Latin, as I recall (not the language of their parishoners). My mother
was Catholic...when she was a child, they still conducted many services in Latin, which no one understood (except, presumeably the priest). Furthermore, quite an argument can be made that catholicism does not resemble biblical christianity in the least.
Catholicism is a political power (a kingdom of this world). God's church is a kingdom not of this world. How many world leaders (including Bush!) consult the Pope? How many world leaders consulted the apostle Peter?
(note I don't trust Bush, and I don't trust the Pope!)
Catholics do what their pope tells them to. If that command is to kill Indians in the new world, then Catholics will do it (though probably not American catholics...as they are rebellious catholics).
The Pope is not God. The Pope is not Christ. The apostle Peter was not a Pope.
Christians do what Christ tells them to do...His commandments are clearly outlined in the new testament.
--Jason
This message has been edited by TheLiteralist, 08-30-2005 06:04 AM
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