The Roman Catholic Church and its lies and its false claim to be the religion that has the truth.
The Pope being the Vicar as opposed to a Vicar of Christ is totally
unbiblical. When Christ told Peter he was the rock on which he would build his
Church that does not imply Peter was given any authority to be supreme authority
in the Church. A rock could mean biggest and best support and biggest friend of
the Church. It could mean a spiritual father but not a spiritual authority.
Roman Catholicism is scary in how it reads more into Bible texts than what is
there. Pope Francis's opinion on any matter be it religious or whatever means no
more than yours or mine. He has no right to speak in such a way that he hopes
people will do what he asks just because he thinks he is head of the Church. The
Church has no right to say he is its rock for that makes it as big a fraud as he
is.
The Church has no right to be taken seriously in its teaching or to require you
to take it seriously. It is pure evil how it says you should be damned forever
if you reject its teaching.
What this cult says and does
Capital punishment is never justified except in extreme circumstances to protect
lives
Why this is Bad
The Bible which you say is the word of God commands capital punishment by
stoning for adulterous people and gays and heretics and says God said it.
What this cult says and does
We believe that the worst thing possible is being part of a false religion
Why this is Bad
Then why do you pray with and “respect” other religions? You only tolerate what
you consider to be not too bad or what you don’t care much about.
What this cult says and does
We love Protestants and want them to go to Heaven.
Why this is Bad
Then why are they barred from confession? Protestants are religious free
thinkers and could hold that they need to go to a priest for forgiveness
What this cult says and does
Homosexual desire is disordered, but we are not saying homosexuals are
disordered.
Why this is Bad
Of course it is saying they are disordered and sick. If John has the flu and is
a sick man then the homosexual is disordered.
What this cult says and does
When we say the pope is infallible we mean not that God inspires him more than
anybody else but that God doesn’t let him err when he studies and comes to a
conclusion that he teaches officially to the Church
Why this is Bad
You say infallibility is not inspiration but inspiration must be involved if God
is able to help the pope reach the correct conclusion!
What this cult says and does
Sex is a language. It tells the person that you want to be with them forever and
give yourself to them forever. That is why sex outside marriage is wrong.
Why this is Bad
If so then why do you allow husbands and wives to separate or to remarry after
the husband or wife dies? When a husband has sex with his wife then he is saying
to her, “I give myself to you but only as long as we get along and you don’t
cheat on me”.
What this cult says and does
Divorce is an unnatural sin for husband and wife are closer than father and
daughter and you cannot divorce your father. Your wife is still your wife after
a divorce so divorce cannot dissolve marriage.
Why this is Bad
Then you let an unbaptised married couple divorce and remarry if one of them was
baptised after the wedding and they want to part.
What this cult says and does
We forbid divorce for the sake of the children
Why this is Bad
Then why do you consider unmarried couples to be free to go and break up despite
their children? Why do you say such relationships must end?
What this cult says and does
Divorce is sinful for you can’t promise to take somebody for life and then marry
somebody else before they are dead
Why this is Bad
Then why do you allow a baptised person who is married to an unbaptised person
to just leave and marry again though you consider the first marriage valid? Of
course you believe in divorce. Hate the sin but love the sinner. Our Lord taught
us that we should hate sin so much that we should gouge our eye out if it leads
us to sin - a metaphor to picture how bad sin was.
If you pretend that the sinner is separate from the sin then how can you be a
fair judge of character? Sin reveals the kind of person a sinner is. To hate sin
is to condemn the sinner and hate the sinner.
What this cult says and does
Jesus said if your eye draws you to sin gouge it out reflecting how much we
should hate sin
Why this is Bad
That’s bad for us. If we love our neighbours as ourselves we will soon be in the
madhouse with all the sin that goes on. Even if we do not judge our neighbour we
must live in terror at the thought that they might sin. If sin is as serious as
the Church says and as dangerous it makes sense to detest even a tiny chance
that somebody might sin.
What this cult says and does
For grave reasons the husband and wife may restrict sex to the infertile period
to avoid children but contraception is forbidden for it makes the child an
accident not someone to be welcomed
Why this is Bad
If contraception does that then so does this infertile period method
What this cult says and does
Jesus said that you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul
and mind which is the greatest commandment and the second greatest is loving
your neighbour (Mark 12:29-31)
Why this is Bad
So God comes first and loving neighbour second. Then why are Catholics not urged
to leave jobs that lead them into sin against God or to leave workplaces that
forbid them to pray? You are not putting God first if you sell condoms which he
forbids if you are an employee in a shop. Would it be right for you to support a
religion that says people will burn in Hell forever for using condoms and that a
rapist using a condom sins more than one that does not and that a man should
give his wife AIDS rather than use a condom and then sell them? You are vile if
you think it would be
What this cult says and does
Contraception makes adultery and fornication easier for it tries to avoid
conception
Why this is Bad
The natural method you advocate could do that too.
What this cult says and does
Conception must always be open to life, the infertile period method leaves it up
to God to create a life if he should so wish for conception is slightly
possible. Let God plan your family.
Why this is Bad
Then why bother with the method if God is trusted that much? Why are you trying
to make it harder for him if you trust him?
What this cult says and does
We allow natural family planning when it is necessary to protect the health of
the mother but contraception can never be allowed for it seeks to prevent God
creating life
Why this is Bad
If sex is for creating life then natural family planning is wrong as it is
hoping new life will not be made. When even you agree that family planning is
needed for human welfare, you should permit contraception for it is more
reliable. If it is all right to have sex while not wanting a child then it is
all right to use contraception. To say natural family planning is right and
condoms are bad is as silly as saying brushing your teeth with toothpaste is a
sin but cleaning them with lemon is not.
What this cult says and does
Abortion is wrong even to save the mother’s life because the baby is innocent.
Though you can kill in self-defence this is not self-defence and so not allowed.
The baby is not doing any harm.
Why this is Bad
We are allowed to kill unjust aggressors even if they are mad as long as it is
self-defence. They are innocent. The Church does not really believe this
argument about abortion. It is obviously stupid. Animals are conscious living
beings and should be put to sleep when they get too old or sick
Some human beings have so much brain damage that they have the same
consciousness as animals and the Church forbids their being put to sleep. The
Church says that one is better alive than dead for one has nothing in death. At
least when one is alive one has something no matter how much suffering is faced.
This reasoning is hypocritically not applied to animals.
What this cult says and does
We must be kind to animals
Why this is Bad
Then why do you gorge on meat from animals that lived in torment and died in
torment too?
What this cult says and does
The greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart and soul and mind
and strength and the second greatest is to love your neighbour as yourself
Why this is Bad
So loving a dying baby is not as important as loving God but is of secondary
importance. This clearly puts belief before people. The Church is not open about
this implication so it gets the loyalty of the people by manipulation.
What this cult says and does
Saying that God is good and will do what is right but that we must pray
Why this is Bad
Prayer does not change God for he does what he sees is best and we don’t always
get what we ask for. It does not change us either because what we need to change
is our bad attitudes. If prayer helps us change our attitudes, then it is us
that changed them not prayer for prayer is not necessary for that. Many people
are happy without prayer. If atheism didn’t make people happy it wouldn’t have
any followers. People can pray in vain for years to be delivered from feelings
of depression and hatred. It follows that prayer in itself is useless and so is
God. Many people have got false comfort from prayer and have ended up worse off.
God didn’t cause this comfort so the idea that God comforts you in prayer is
promoting self-deception. Modern psychologists and therapists have changed many
lives without advocating prayer while people praying day and night still haven’t
improved much. There is nothing better than a person who has made themselves
into an improved version of themselves. They might enjoin psychiatrists and
counsellors but they use them to help themselves. Religion by insisting on
prayer and fellowship with God to change you wants you to think that the end
result when you change yourself for the better has little to do with you. It’s
evil and not the way to proper satisfaction with your achievements. We must
believe in the Bible miracles but we are not required to believe in the miracles
of Lourdes and Fatima and others approved by the Church.
What this cult says and does
God hates sin
Why this is Bad
Then why did he protect the Virgin Mary from original sin in such a way that she
never sinned of her own free will and kept sin-free her whole life and not
protect us like that?
What this cult says and does
There is no place for violence in religion
Why this is Bad
Your Bible God commanded it a lot especially in the first five books. Jesus
caused a riot in the temple on purpose. He refused to walk away from the violent
death he knew was coming to him.
What this cult says and does
Venial sin does not mean a break with God but mortal sin does and deserves Hell
forever
Why this is Bad
The difference between the two is often arbitrary. Forbidden sexual thoughts are
mortal sins while not making a contribution to help the starving live is not
What this cult says and does
We are made holier the more good works we do and God enables us to really
deserve Heaven
Why this is Bad
The Protestant doctrine that we are saved once for all and do good works just
for gratitude is far nobler
What this cult says and does
Mortal or serious sin deserves everlasting torment in Hell. Those who die in
such sin will be punished forever.
Why this is Bad
It is only dying in mortal sin that condemns you to Hell not mortal sin. It can
be forgiven before you are dead.
What this cult says and does
The souls in Purgatory cannot help themselves – they need us to pray and
sacrifice for them so that God can accept this for their sins and let them out
quicker.
Why this is Bad
The spirits there are being abused for God is not letting them purify themselves
by doing good and by praying. He is ignoring their efforts.
What this cult says and does
Belief in Hell is not vindictive
Why this is Bad
They can’t explain how God and the saints can be happy with people suffering in
Hell but they say it is possible for it happens. This answer is a copout and
therefore uncharitable. No two people believe exactly the same thing for the
same reasons. There are as many faiths as people so why do Christians choose a
faith that teaches the existence of Hell? Does it not show that they want it to
exist?
What this cult says and does
Claiming that those who die in serious or Mortal Sin will go to Hell to suffer
forever
Why this is Bad
That is just plain hatred after the hypocrisy we have found this cult to be
guilty of. You need proof before you can accuse anybody of deserving a hellish
eternity and they have no proof and then they expect people not to slander! If
you can condone Hell you can condone anything. For that reason alone anybody who
defends the doctrine or believes in it is evil. That Christians find it
distasteful to try and condone God sexually abusing a child and acceptable to
have a God who lets a boy of eight years old pay in Hell for sexually touching
himself shows that there is an undertone of malice in the doctrine.
If you can't see how suggesting such a thing about a dying person is hate
then there is nothing more to be said.
