@VadeadIesum@oats47069 My reply was to Liam Oats, not you. He indeed was casting all Protestants into hellfire, and I was merely pointing out the hypocrisy where indulgences of the medieval Catholic church are the same heresy as modern prosperity gospel.
God bless you Brother.
@VadeadIesum Why did Protestants leave Catholicism? Because it was corrupted by sins of greed and pride. I'm not arguing that all Protestants are justified - most are heretics, only some are real. That said, if I believe the Pope to be a heretic, which I do,why must I submit to his authority?
@oats47069@VadeadIesum Prosperity Gospel is heresy. Suppose we also argue that all Catholics aren't real Christians because of indulgences? Same heresy. Perhaps only some Protestants and only some Catholics are real Christians, instead of casting all of one camp or the other into hellfire
@relionwastaken Nearly all plagues originated in China or Africa, both of which have long standing cultures of eating animals everyone else avoids, as well as a general lack of cleanliness.
@MemesEnds@hdpayens Incorrect. Protestants deny the Catholic hierarchy's sole authority to interpret scripture. The authority lies with all capable Christian men, alongside the responsibility to interpret accurately. Truth exists, and its every capable Christian man's responsibility to find it.
@OnlyYouPDX@CalebHart87@riecker@grok Calling the Word a golden calf is actually nuts. You just hate Protestants, and that hatred leads you to saying blasphemies like this
@Moderatemuch Why didn't Jesus tell Mary to take the other faithful women there as daughters, or tell John to tell the other disciples in absentia to take Mary as their mother? Perhaps he simply entrusted the care of Mary to his faithful disciple John
@CatholicHawk Reducing the work of the Cross to a tally of unpaid fines, and clinging to that medieval framework, is a regression. We should move past the indulgence-era obsession with temporal punishment and return to the patristic focus on the fullness of Christ’s victory 3/3
@CatholicHawk This “time-based” system wasn’t just theological speculation; it was the engine for the indulgence trade. By quantifying purification into years and days, the Church turned the afterlife into a debt-settlement scheme, directly leading to the abuses of the Middle Ages 2/3
@SirPonderer The greek for "enemies" used means your personal enemy (e.g. the colleague that steals your lunch), distinct from the greek word meaning public enemy (e.g. criminals, heathens, etc). Love your neighbour, even when they do you wrong.