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@WassonWatch John 14:6 “ “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” If you actually believe the bible you can’t be catholic.

Catechism of the Catholic Church 841 says, "The Church's relationship with the Muslims. 'The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day.'" The clear meaning here is, frankly, heretical. Essentially it is saying that Muslims worship the same God as Christians. This is, of course, false. The Islamic god is not like our God. He is not good. He is not just. He is not merciful. And he is not truly God. At best, he is simply the fake creation of man. At worst, he is a literal demon (if not Satan himself). There can never be "communion" between Christians and Muslims.

I’m reading Dominion, by Tom Holland, a much beloved book and their history of horrible heresies and violence, plus their attitude of suppression and enforcement of totally arbitrary (and often changing) rules, with no relationship to what Jesus actually said, is a big reason. It’s no coincidence that the scientific revolution happened almost instantly after the protestant reformation. Also catholicism doesn’t place much emphasis at all on building and examining reasons for actual belief, so it’s not a big surprise that so many catholics are ‘nominal’.

Top reasons not to be Roman Catholic: 1) Several points in their faith and practice explicitly contradict Holy Scripture (justification by faith alone, forbidding marriage, venerating and praying to saints, purgatory, requiring fasts, the priesthood’s perpetual offering of the sacrifice of Christ, etc.) 2) Their doctrine of the infallibility and supremacy of the bishop of Rome commits you to a faith and practice out of step with the Bible, and also commits you to a wild ride of doctrinal development, and you don’t know where it’s headed (C.S. Lewis’s reason). 3) Many points in their faith and practice contradict the early church fathers. 4) The last pope. 5) The corrupt college of cardinals, Vatican state, and the many gay priests you would have to submit to if you happen to be in their parishes. 6) The current pope. 7) You don’t get to be a part of the ongoing Reformation.

@AgainstAtheismX They have never been given all the reasons for belief, just told it’s blind faith. They don’t understand that it’s the most likely explanation. I’m going to give all the reasons to my young daughter, so she is informed.

Christians What do you think is the most common reason people turn Atheist?

@Mark_E_Noonan He could just say nothing. You don’t see Muslim Imams running to say all these pro Christian things do you?

Do keep in mind, guys, that if the Pope - or any senior Church leader - were to forcefully condemn Islam or even a Muslim action it would mean scores of Christians being murdered in retaliation. This does play a role in how things are presented.

Start by learning what the truth is first. You need to read “return of the God hypothesis “ by Meyer. Then join an evangelical church and make a sincere testimony in a baptism. But first comes true belief. That’s actually important to us and Jesus, although catholics don’t really care

Wow, y'all definitely turned me away from the Catholic Church real quick 😂 The orthodox bros were just as bad. I'm just looking to be in a denomination that isn't insane, but I don't know if that's really a thing. Many protestant churches are just as nuts. I suppose when the whole culture turns to garbage, the churches aren't spared either. Welp, I'm still a Christian, but I find little in common with most others anymore.

@RetardDecoder It’s all part of God’s plan.

Pope Leo is a woke nut job I have a feeling a whole lot of people are about to convert to Protestantism

@NewYorkGuy6 @Italian347 He’s always double minded and doubts himself. I don’t get it but his friends have always been in that lib world. I just don’t care in my life.

@MLJK87 @Italian347 Wants their approval? Lol he definitely doesn't, he actively tries to spite them if anything

I don't fully get Trump Like I get he's retarded, an egomaniac, a manchild and all But he's having the largest meltdown in history, it's almost like he's Actively choosing to burn political capital and support for no conceivable reason, not even a petty one

@Timcast Yes but go to an evangelical church

I am a lapsed Catholic. I dont consider myself Christian Recent events in the world have me very worried and considering going back to Church

@JoelWBerry I dunno, it’s really great for American evangelicanism, I hope he keeps tweeting.

Not since Donald Trump has there ever been someone more in need of his phone being taken away

@ChristopherHale I hate to break it to you but the vice president, unlike the Pope, is a politician.

NEW: Defending Donald Trump, JD Vance tells Pope Leo XIV to stay out of American politics. JD Vance spent last week campaigning for Viktor Orbán in Hungary.

@TonyGoldoni2003 @megha_lilly Well not in my house because we’re divorced lol. But anyway there’s no harm in just waiting 4 years or so

@MLJK87 @megha_lilly Well kids have these things called parents, so yeah, they kinda do.

Frozen was not just a bad movie, it’s actively a bad story for children. It perverts and twists romantic love by leading children to believe sisterly love can replace it (true love’s kiss is Elsa kissing her sister rather than a Prince kissing the Princess). It perverts and twists the Snow Queen fairy tale in which a sister rescues a brother FROM the evil snow queen in order to begin the era of “the villain isn’t evil she’s just misunderstood”. It mocks the love at first sight romance of all fairy tales (that end in marriage) in order to justify the five year long situationships that the modern west thinks is healthy somehow. It exonerates a character for being completely selfish and petulant. Just a ridiculous, stupid movie I won’t show my kids.

@TonyGoldoni2003 @megha_lilly Sure, when they are like 10 or 11. But she has nothing to contextualize romantic feelings with now.

@MLJK87 @megha_lilly Kids are adults in the making. Kids shows NEED to educated children on adult topics in a way they can understand.

For a few hours, everyone was attacking Trump, but the Pope can’t help himself but post some more woke nonsense. It’s great for all the RW bros lately who are getting into religion. It helps encourage them to become evangelicals. Even if it seems it’s not cool, at least it’s true.

Bruh make it stop

@megha_lilly Sure, capitalism does this best. For example, look how amazingly successful we have been at eliminating poverty over the last century because of capitalism.

We need to have a conversation about the fact that we can respect stewardship of the environment, wish for human workers to be treated with dignity and care for the vulnerable in society WITHOUT Marxism.

@levantophile @stealyoredbull Lol you have an ultra lefty pop shitposting John Lennon platitudes. Meanwhile all the growth in religion is young, very RW types. His shitposting is good for American evangelicalism, I hope it continues.

The mainline Protestants have faded into near-irrelevance, and Evangelicalism is too unintellectual and has overly politicized itself through its full alignment with right-wing politics, leaving the Catholic Church as the only viable choice of faith for most Americans. America will likely become a Catholic-majority country in the 21st century, and that will be one of the principal and most consequential legacies of the first American pope.

@SaltyGoodness1 @EWErickson What do you think Satan rejoices at most? Perhaps it is a conservative SC court that overturned Roe v Wade. Satan must really rejoice at thousands less being child sacrificed, right? Whatever I am probably arguing with a boomer.

@MLJK87 @EWErickson You don't think Satan would do everything he could to protect and promote his agent? OK.

Pretty much settles the issue of whether the President is a believer or not by him seeing that picture and thinking it was him as a Red Cross worker.

@SaltyGoodness1 @EWErickson You think Satan turned Trump's head at the exact right second to avoid him getting killed? OK.

@MLJK87 @EWErickson That's not God, but the opposite of God who is good at deceiving you into thinking he is God.

@AndrewOlding @watchingdaisies @ComeHometoRome Not for salvation, just for personal knowledge. I think it's good and something to be proud of that the historical christians focused so much on literacy.

@MLJK87 @watchingdaisies @ComeHometoRome Where is that written?

I was assured Catholic don’t read Scriptures. I never went to a Protestant service that read this much on one Sunday.