Recent content by npc255

Glad I could help but really I just came because someone wanted another version of Christianity. Well if that's the case I'm on my way! Though for the sake of defending Catholicism I will say this: -I didn't say Mary was divine. Catholics do not believe this. I said Mary was sinless and...

Okay so the pope won't back me on this. That isn't too surprising (sorry). Edit: Oh, well, he's wrong whether he admits it or not. Catholics were Christian way before it was popular (and while it was incredibly unpopular not to mention secularly stupid)

The logic would be that you only needed the four and the letters. Actually, I've never heard the argument that this "only 4 of the 12" mattered in the least so I'm a little confused why it's so hard to accept. Also FUN FACT! Luke wrote one of the Gospels and he was not one of the original...

The mistake wasn't his, though. It was the Jewish leaders. The argument is basically "those who want the truth, will find it." Noone who wants God will end up without Him. Don't tell the other Catholics, but I think a pagan or atheist who dies still has a chance at heaven as long as they...

Actually, the theory is that the Apostles had divine revelation (otherwise the whole Bible would be fallible and that would be bad) so it is incredibly possible that they did know they only need four. Another theory could be that they all wrote them but the Holy Spirit did not as heavily...

Oops, sorry I missed you. The waffle analogy totally works because God is timeless and hence looking back on everything. God loves all of us. If you loved your brother but he hated you, would you deny him the right to exist given the chance? Not if you actually loved him. God has done a...

And the Bible has an answer for this too! What a useful book! God made man intelligent, so there are aspects of morality and divinity that man can discern without the need for divine revelation, thus explaining all the similarities. The harder stuff like the Holy Trinity or the need for a...

Whoops. Well I knew he wasn't a gentile and he listened to the religious leaders that wanted the Christians dead. This was the time everyone thought the Messiah would come so that doesn't surprise me. There were a lot of fakes, and the Bible even mentions the Jewish authorities talking about...

Actually, I always wanted to talk about this with strangers on the internet. I don't think Saul was actually "converted" in the way we take it. He did a 180 degree turn, yes, but when I read it, he comes off to me as trying to do God's will. The problem was he was a Jew and the people he...

Oh! Oh! I want to help! I'm a Catholic, I can help! Transubstantion, asking Mary and the saints for intercession (different from praying to them like dieties), reconciliation through a priest, the pope's authority and being against contraception and homosexuality are all fun things that...