First of all, this article explains various things about conditions where the ACTUAL BIBLE STUDENTS were victorious in their walk of faith while denominational ideas were flavored with variant misinterpretations.
I have catholic family members and ancestry ties. I cried at funerals of loved ones who practiced the catholic faith (grandmother, uncle etc). Do I believe these people went to heaven? You know I don't know how all of that works in judgment of others, I just know I cared about them.
I can understand a few things in Catholicism that align with writings of Jesus and Paul (baptism, giving to the poor etc).
I care about people that are practicing Catholicism. I even think that some Catholics are actual students of the ACTUAL BIBLE (not just the Catholic version of the bible).
But I do not believe Catholicism as a religion causes people to be fully born again and repent of their sin. I do believe that things practiced in Catholicism are similar to idolatry. These idolatry practices (even self worship and glorification of works of the flesh academic and beyond) lead to much problems as described in Galatians 5. Gossip and other trends start to brew if the "fleshly works" are not contained and controlled (yes, I have seen and interacted with people who became extreme in their glorification). Unfortunately there have been wicked cases of pedophilia in Catholic circles and social gatherings.
Unusually, there are some people in the Catholic faith who are more "modest" and "conservative" towards scripture study. Unfortunately, these people are few and far between.
As far as priests and the corrupt things they have done to children, anyone who knows healthcare should know that these corrupt priests needed a background check before, a training (identify cause and effect) during practicing as priest, and a truly repentant heart to prevent these atrocities. No child should be forced to reveal evil things adult males (and females) do to them. (Informed people KNOW that racism was a part to this history as well)
Liberal Christianity? There are protestant groups that are in favor of the bible and many that are not. It all depends on the area and the beliefs.
Same as with Catholicism, the more a person was adherent to the scripture, the more godly fruit, the less adherent, the more ungodly fruit.
We are ALL only given two hands, two feet (unless an issue arose)....and four chambers in our heart. Use such resources wisely.
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