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@reformedhg @padraicmj Your issues isn't with Catholics Church it's with God himself. Your ego, identity or your own arrogance as yet to accept the truth of the church that Jesus founded. God didn't revealed himself 1500 yrs later through churches named after human man named after themselves.

“They’re not dead.” Physically, they’re dead. Scripture never commands believers to speak to departed saints. Being alive in heaven doesn’t authorize prayer to them. “They’re perfect intercessors.” The Bible never says glorified saints are omnipresent, omniscient, or capable of hearing millions of prayers. Christ alone is appointed our heavenly intercessor. “One mediator doesn’t exclude intercessors.” Earthly believers pray for one another because we are commanded to and can actually hear each other. Prayer directed toward heavenly saints is never commanded, modeled, or practiced by the apostles. “Mary is the New Eve.” Even if one uses typology, Scripture never concludes from that that Mary should receive prayers, devotion, or titles bordering on divine honour. “The Centurion sent servants.” He sent living people to a living Christ standing physically before them. That’s not remotely comparable to addressing prayers to departed saints in heaven. The entire system depends more on post-biblical tradition than apostolic teaching. So yea NO!

Imagine bypassing the perfect High Priest to ask a dead sinner for help.

@HowbertSteele @xmikemac @DefiyantlyFree If I disagree with Priest I ask him directly & get a calcification. But we give all students a Bible when they join Religious Education class.

@HowbertSteele @xmikemac @DefiyantlyFree Let me help you out R.C.C. means Roman Catholic Church.. I just wanted ti make sure you understood that Catholic Chuech does not endures what that Priest said he was 100% wrong. Priests are human and are also born of orginal sin. Conn..

Every now and then, somebody makes a theological argument so polished, so confident, and so flat-out goofy that you have to blink twice and make sure you read it right. This idea that Christians are “doing it wrong” when they confess their sins directly to God is one of those arguments.🤣 It sounds fancy because it comes wrapped in Old Testament priests, a dash of apostolic authority, a smidge of church tradition, and just enough religious smoke to make folks think something profound is happening. But once you open the Bible and read it without wearing medieval fog goggles, the whole thing starts falling apart like a cheap lawn chair at a Baptist picnic. Shout out Southern Baptists. The claim is basically this: the Bible never teaches confession directly to God, so if you bow your head, humble your heart, and confess your sin to the Lord through Jesus Christ, you are somehow out of order. Now watch this— if you’re a broken sinner crying out to God for mercy, you’ve now committed a procedural violation. Well, bless your lil heart. 🥰 But that ain’t biblical Christianity. That is religious bureaucracy with incense and better architecture. Fact: David didn’t get that memo. In Psalm 32:5, he says, “I acknowledged my sin to You… I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,’ and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.” That’s about as subtle as a brick through a stained-glass window (Baptist church windows only, not Catholic cathedrals - admission: cathedrals are the best buildings ever built!) David confessed to the Lord, and the Lord forgave him. No booth. No sacramental appointment. No spiritual customer-service desk. Just a guilty man and a merciful God. Then in Psalm 51, David does it again **GASP** after committing some of the darkest sins in Scripture. Adultery. Deception. Murder. This wasn’t no “I got a little snippy in traffic” sin. This was full-blown moral collapse! And what does he say? “Have mercy on me, O God.” He goes straight to God because sin is ultimately against God, and forgiveness ultimately comes from God. Jesus Himself makes the point in Luke 18. The tax collector stands there ashamed and says, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner.” And Jesus says that man went home justified. Not “pending further review.” Not “kinda forgiven after priestly processing.” Justified. Period. That ought to end the argument right there, right? Well, apparently I’ve got to keep explaining the obvious because theology sometimes attracts those who can complicate a glass of water. Now, does the Bible teach confessing sins to others? Of course it does.✅ James says to confess your sins to one another and pray for one another. If you sinned against somebody, go make it right. If you need accountability, talk to a mature believer. If your sin damaged the church, there may be a church issue to deal with. Nobody is saying confession is always private. That ain’t the argument. The argument is whether the Bible teaches that you must confess to a priest as the required ‘channel’ of forgiveness. And the answer is no, it don’t. That is where the argument kinda moonwalks right past the text. Yes, John 20 talks about apostolic authority. Yes, Matthew 18 talks about binding and loosing. Those passages matter. But they don’t cancel Psalm 32, Psalm 51, Luke 18, 1 John 1:9, Hebrews, and the whole New Testament truth that Jesus is our great High Priest. Hebrews says we can come boldly to the throne of grace. First Timothy 2:5 says there is ONE mediator between God and man— Christ Jesus. One. Not Jesus plus a mandatory middleman. Not Jesus plus a booth. Not Jesus plus a religious permission slip. Jesus. So yes, confess your sins directly to God. Confess honestly. Confess deeply. But DO NOT let anybody tell you that going directly to God through Jesus Christ is “doing it wrong.” That ain’t biblical. It’s just plain silly with a robe on. The veil was torn. Act like it.

@HowbertSteele @xmikemac @DefiyantlyFree In 300 yrs of worship the Bible was formed. Let me help you understand Catholicism we pray the gospel 24/7 around the world in all languages. So stop with Catholic don't read the Bible. Maybe you to young but there 50 verses in the mass.. Stop with R.C.C. is not Biblical

@HowbertSteele @xmikemac @DefiyantlyFree I never heard s priest say that in my 50 years going to mass "we should go through him.." when I taught catechism when handed out a Bible 1st day of class. But nice try with with foolish statement.. over 300 yrs Christianity was around with out a Bible. Conn..

@Sachinettiyil Did the BIY and I a great appreciation for the Catholic Church, especially the sacrifice of the Eucharist. Learned we worship God just like the Israelite of the old testament

Forbes, the world’s leading business media outlet, featured the “Bible in a Year” podcast hosted by Fr. Mike Schmitz, which has passed one billion downloads, highlighting it as a model of audience engagement and digital growth.

@Laoanyouhuashuo @Sachinettiyil Then why are you on this freed?

@Sachinettiyil I'd rather listen to Tony Robins 🤩🤩🤩😆 No father please 🦶🏻🦶🏻

@Ajl1959xy @adelethelaptop What did Christians do for 300 years without the Bible ?

@adelethelaptop You have to wonder what Christians did before the rosary was invented?

You know what strikes me about this post. I never see Catholics saying this about reading your Bible faithfully or praying to God. But somehow Mary is more capable of keeping you from straying than God and His word are. Mary is apparently the cheat code to never fall into error.

@rickbrennanjr Your issues isn't with the Catholic Church, it is with God!

Catholics often post stories of former Catholics returning to Rome and ask the rhetorical question: “If you became Catholic later in life, what brought you home?” The question invites converts to tell their stories, but it also assumes the conclusion: that sincere seekers of God’s truth will eventually become Roman Catholic. But what about the opposite question? Why do so many former Catholics who seek God’s truth late in life remain Protestant? This is a question many Roman Catholics seem unable to fathom because it disrupts the familiar narrative that sincere seekers eventually “come home to Rome.” That may be effective propaganda, but it does not account for those of us who left Catholicism as teenagers or young adults and, over time, found a fuller, clearer, and more biblically grounded relationship with the risen Lord than we ever knew as Catholics.

@adelethelaptop Yes you are not Catholic and thank god.. You are heretic

No evangelical has any business blessing a statue. We’re not Catholics, and we have no business doing what we call Catholics out for. I get that we’re not praying to it, but this is still an idolatrous display glorifying a human. It reeks of Nebuchadnezzar. God alone be glorified

@HonkHonkDrV @Rblv73 I did.. I am big fan of Fr Martins.. His podcasts has open up my eyes about this world

THE DIDACHE “The second commandment of the teaching: You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not seduce boys. You shall not commit fornication. You shall not steal. You shall not practice magic. You shall not use potions. You shall not procure [an] abortion, nor destroy a newborn child” (Didache 2:1–2 [A.D. 70]).

@The1ClearTruth @orthodox_33ad Please watch this and may help understand Jesus.. x.com/i/status/20528…

@orthodox_33ad Just a Question? Can you help with the answer

Most Holy Mother of God, save us ☦️

@The1ClearTruth @orthodox_33ad "ANGELS" he said the angels are at his disposal. Your profit submitted to a dark "ANGELS" so who is more poweful the God who can call on Angels or the a man who is deceived by an Angel.. God does this so he show his love and compassion. Our religion is for Adults not Children

@The1ClearTruth @orthodox_33ad Jesus acknowledges that he is the most poweful entity in the universe at that moment he allows himself to experience all the pain we suffer now in our world Mt 26:53 "Do you think I cannot call on my Father, & he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels"

@NpcCorrectness @SecretFire79 CDS Catholic Derangement Syndrome. Let it go man. Your issue isn't with Catholic Church.. your issue is with God..

@SecretFire79 Of course Catholics will now claim those were apparitions of Mary and other saints 🤣😅😂

That eery moment when you pull into a cemetery & TeslaVision picks up people walking where there are none…😳

@pkh7276_pkh @DavidAn1611 @KickPistons It does matter if you want real relationship with Christ x.com/i/status/20529…

@FiorilloRalph @DavidAn1611 @KickPistons It doesn't matter what your monks think or ECF it was in scriptures. It spiritual food. It's his teachings . How can you be so ignorant to believe that w/o investigating yoursel? Puppets being lead by puppeteers.

"The Catholic Church doesn't follow the Bible." According to whom? "Me." Why should we believe you? "Because I follow the Bible." According to whom? "Also me." How do you know? "It says so in the Bible."

@adelethelaptop This man debunks your statement about saints intercession and I am pretty sure he knows more than you do @adelethelaptop. So who should we believe a man who has wittness healing of the sick with St. Jude relic or social media poster on X for clicks. youtu.be/6rpooxd2Hsc?si…

This is a straw man. The difference is not proximity to God but proximity to the person giving the prayer request. The saint in heaven is alive, yes, but they are not omniscient and cannot hear the prayers on earth. God can hear prayer from us on earth, however, because He’s God.

@adelethelaptop This man debunks your statement about saints and I am pretty sure he knows more than you.. @adelethelaptop who should we be listening to a man healing the sick with St. Jude relic or social media on X youtu.be/6rpooxd2Hsc?si…

Praying to saints is just putting your faith in them instead of God.

@adelethelaptop How do you know saints can't hear prayers, seriously how ? You make statements that you can back up, who are you to make these statements. Do you know how many miracles are documented & verified around St Jude. Hard evidence, You're putting limits on God, we call that disbelief