Catholics.

Freedom of religion is a great and honorable privilege, however; we as believers must look into the word of God in order to find out if any church or religion will do. I believe that one of the greatest threats towards Christianity is a so called Christian who does the teachings and practices that are contrary to the word of God. The Catholics believe that their church is the very first church, but it is not found in the bible. The word catholic is not found in the bible. The Roman Catholic church claims membership of about 620millions worldwide, in america its about 50millions. Once ur a catholic ur always a catholic, whether u leave or stay, whether ur dead or alive. Their members are always exploding b/c they count both the living and the dead. They operate skools, universities, hospitals, etc. throughout the world. So why is it that i disagree with them? Its ok to do good things, but there are alot of bad things that they do. I recognize that they believe in the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the virgin birth, the sinlessness of Christ, and the atonement of Christ. However, catholics have added to the scriptures over the years and have concocted rituals and traditions and piled them on top of the word of God. Their rituals and traditions are stacked so high over the bible that the bible is hidden from the average catholic. These traditions have kept catholics from knowing the simplicity of the word of God. They have gone so far as to write their own bible. -.- Thats b/c their church isnt in the bible. They believe that the church was built on Peter who is called the first Pope as well as the doctrine of purgatory. They believe in prayers to mary and dead saints as well as confessions to the priest. -.-They believe in holy water (nothings holy about that water than the water in ur house).-.- and the canonization of saints, that means u have to die and stay dead for a number of years; it use to be 50 but every now and then they change it and let u get into sainthood once ur dead for a number of years. If that was the case, it looks like Paul didnt know anything about it, he said "Im writing to the saints of Corinth." and they were living saints, u dont have to be dead to be a saint, you outta saint right now!!!! they teach false doctrine. they also say that a priest cant get married, and whenever a priest gets married they excommunicate him. they also believe in the rosary. All of these are traditions that men have concocted in the catholic church. In 1545, at the councel of trent, the Roman Catholic church declared its official position that tradition was equal to the authority of the word of God. -.- They added concepts like monks and nuns and holy week and ash wednesday and these are all contrary to the bible. -.-

The catholic church taught for years that it was a sin to eat meat on fridays and u only had to eat fish. But in the 60s the vatican councel too declared that it was no longer a sin to eat meat on friday.-.- Now think about it, the week b4 it was a sin, but the week after its no sin. Thats b/c its man-made doctrine!!! Christians should know better!!! But lets see wut the bible says,

1st Timothy 4:1-4:
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving."

In other words, catholics are wrong.-.- You can eat any kind of meat u want to. they taught for centuries that its a sin to eat meat on fridays, and in the 60s they change it.-.- Secondly, the doctrine of the pope, they claim that the pope is God's earthly representative and the head of the church. When pope john II became the pope in 1978, he was the 266th pope in the catholic church. 266 popes and not one of em in the bible!!!! Thats a shame.-.- The word pope comes from the latin word "papa," which means big papa/ big daddy. -.- They bow down and kiss his ring b/c the big daddy is in town and years ago they use to bow down and kiss his feet. When big daddy is in town everyone flocks out. -.- Roosevelt, the president of the U.S., refused to bow down to him and he wouldnt do it!!! its a shame that they claim that Peter was the 1st pope!!! Well if that was the case, Peter didnt know it!!!! When he came to Cornelius, in the book of Acts, Cornelius bowed down to him. But Peter didnt say, "bless you my son" or "bless you my child" he said "STAND UP!!!" No one has any business bowing down to anyone or worshipping any man.

Acts 10:25-26:
"and as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. But Peter took him up, saying, STAND UP; I myself also am a man."

In 1870, the vatican councel, Pope Pias the 9th declared the doctrine of infallability. Which means that the pope possesses full and complete power in the catholic church, which also means that the pope cant sin; wutever the pope says, its law and gospel. Thats infallability. But its not in the bible!!!! They believe that they get their pope from the bible.-.-

Matthew 16:18:
"and i say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."

They teach false doctrine, and claim that their church was built on Peter. Now u cant see it in the English but its there in the Greek. Two different words for rock. Peter is translated as "petros" or small rock/masculine gender. "Petra" means a massive rock. But Christians ought to know better!!! The church was NOT built on Peter!!!! The church is infallable/indestructible therefore its impossible to be built upon Peter.

Daniel 2:44:
"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall NOT be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever."

Peter was a fallable man!!! He denied Christ three times for pete's sake!!!! The church was not built on sumone like that. And when the church was built Peter acted in a racist manner. Whenever he was with the Jews he would act one way with them and a different way with the Gentiles. But when he was with both the Jews and the Gentiles together he would basically sit over on the side. You know how ppl are whenever sumone high and mighty comes over, they dont even know u. And Paul rebuked Peter before all so that others might see!!!! Peter was not a pope. Paul rebuked him before everybody b/c he was wrong!!! Christ built his church upon himself!!! The church was NOT built on Peter.

1st Corinthians 10:4:
"And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ."

The Rock was Christ!!!! Not Peter....the catholics also teach that the pope cant get married. If Peter was a pope, he sure didnt know about it either. WHY??? B/c Peter was married!!! He wasnt a pope!!!

Matthew 8:14:
"And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw HIS WIFE'S mother laid, and sick of a fever."

So Peter had a wife. -.- If Peter was the 1st pope he shouldve had enuff sense not to get married. -.- In other words, the catholics teach false doctines!!!! Im gunna say this one more time!!!! PETER WAS NOT A POPE!!!! -.- Catholics also have a tradition on Mary. That tradition contradicts the word of God. -.-" They hyper-elevate Mary, the mother of Jesus, as co-redeemer or co-mediator with Christ. Catholic ppl pray their rosary to Mary and pray to Mary.

Rosary: Hail Mary full of grace, the lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed are the fruit of thou womb Jesus. holy mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and unto death amen.

THATS A BLASPHEMOUS PRAYER!!!! No one has any business praying to Mary!!! Mary IS NOT TO BE WORSHIPPED!!!! -.- look at wut it says in Luke chapter one 46-49,

Luke 1:46-49:
"and Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God MY Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name."

Sounds to me like Mary needed a saviour. -.- Shes NOT the saviour. She is not to be worshipped or elevated!!! Mary knew she wasnt elevated and Jesus knew this too.

Matthew 12:48-50:
"But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? and he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother."

The catholics teach that Mary was a virgin forever and she only had one child and that was Jesus and she had no more children. -.- But in the book of Matthew u see that Jesus had brothers!!! And if u wanna go further, go to the thirteenth chapter of Matthew and you'll see the names of his brothers and sisters!!! Catholics = false doctrine!!! -.-' The brothers and sisters didnt come b4 Christ they came afterwards, therefore she was only a virgin during Christ's birth! Mary is NOT to be worshipped!!! This is serious business, the catholic church is one of the largest and wealthiest churches of the world. But do u know how they became so rich??? They got rich off of sin. They got rich off of the doctrine of purgatory which teaches that u can pay a priest to bless ur house or ward off spirits or put souls to rest. Thats false doctrine, b/c i know the truth. There are no such things as ghosts!!! They are the ones who brought ghosts and hauntings into existence. But every Christian should know better from the book of Revelation 22:11.

Revelation 22:11
"He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy let him be holy still."

In other words, where u die is where u get up in the resurrection day. Catholics dont want u to hear this kind of stuff, but its true. They took land and property and killed ppl in order to be so rich. White robes and white clothes dont make a man holy!!!! Dont be fooled by these ppl that teach false teachings!!!! Nuns have had more abortions than anyone else has, and the priests are the ones who have been found in the news for abusing young men. ITS A SHAME THAT PPL LOOK UP TO THESE PPL AS BEING THE SUPREME CHURCH!!!! WHITE ROBES AND WHITE CLOTHES DONT MAKE ANYONE HOLY!!!