Aye, agreed. Catholics like to do everything contrary to what is taught in scripture and/or suggested. They commemorate his death when they should be celebrating his resurrection. Pagan Easter, another mockery, doesn't count. Scripture says no one to God but through Christ. Catholics have you go through a priest, Mary and/or anything but Christ. The list goes on. The Catholic RELIGION is Babylonian. The halo by the way is a representation not of holiness but of illumination or again sungod worship.
You should get out occasionally and talk to some of the Catholics who are living proof of the truth of their religion and how it has been instrumental to their personal growth.
All you ever say is it can't possibly be the true religion. I see no indication that you have any personal experience with Catholicism that allows you to come to that conclusion.
Strange to see someone like you speaking from a pulpit and telling us what is good and evil.
That is a pagan tradition, along with veneration of Mary as "mother of god", praying to saints, praying to statues, rosary beads, sunrise services, glorifying rabbits and eggs and crosses, claiming that Peter was the first pope, and on and on. They reduce the savior to either a helpless infant or a dying man.
Christianity is entirely defined by Romans 10:9 & 10 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
The bible was written for believers. If you don't believe then it is nonsense by definition and there is no reason to discuss it. The bible asks me to preach the gospel, not to persuade people to believe it. Believers know who they are, and unbelievers are on their own.
Some people claim that our Lord should not be referred to as “Jesus.” Instead, we should only use the name "Yeshua" or "Iesous". The Bible nowhere commands us to only speak or write His name in Hebrew or Greek. It never even hints at such an idea. That said and for what it's worth, I personally call Him Lord. :)
Q "Is a replica of the body of Christ nailed to a crucifix not only in bad taste but also suggests he is not risen as much as a bare cross or an empty tomb would suggest he is?" ======================================================================================
Well, a bare cross or an empty tomb could suggest that we're still looking for someone to put on or in it. On the other hand, a huge crucifix outside a church building with a limp body nailed to it and a graveyard close by could suggest to anyone not aware of the Christian narrative that the building offers a crucifixion and burial service.
Perhaps the reason why people wear the gruesome image, strangely quite happily, around their bodies rather than a jubilant image is that nowhere in the Gospels in any of his post crucifixion appearances did Jesus say anything about the salvation. There is nothing even remotely resembling, "Yay, we did it. I sacrificed my life for you and you're now all free of sins."
People wear the stupid cross because it was a carryover from the Babylon Mystery Religion. The king Nimrod died and his wife Astarte had a baby boy five years later. She told everybody it was Nimrod's son and also Nimrod reincarnated, and then she started a church to worship this bastard. His name was Tammuz and churchgoers wore a letter 'T' on a necklace, same as misguided Christians do today.
Aye, indeed. Good research :) I try not to dump everything on them in one question :) His wife was also his mother. What a family :(
This post was edited by O-uknow at June 24, 2018 11:12 AM MDT
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