What a strange response. All of the things I listed are, in fact, things officially taught by the Catholic Church. I am hardly ignorant of that fact.
So, the Bible is incorrect then when it says that Christ "by Himself purged our sins" and that the sacrifice of Christ on the cross is sufficient once for all? (When we receive it by faith).
An act of remembrance, especially remembrance of the one time and all sufficient sacrifice of Christ on the cross to take away the sins of the world, hardly "means nothing." Do you suppose that all those who lovingly and reverently take communion in remembrance of the One Who freed us from sin and its punishment, consider their commemoration pointless or meaningless? Hardly!
How is Christ being offered on a thousand Catholic alters over and over and over again at every Mass, and yet the Bible tells us the sacrifice for sin was once and for all on the cross and "it is finished!" Also, how is Jesus, as the Bible says, ascended into Heaven and seated at the right hand of the Father (in His resurection body) and yet somehow His pre-resurrection body is being offered on so many Catholic alters over and over again, without end?
Either the sacrifice for sin occurred once for all, on the cross, and is finished (as the Bible says) or it is not actually finished and must be continually offered up again and again (as the Catholic Church claims it is doing). I cannot be both. As such, I'll stick with Scripture.
What's that supposed to mean? Are you suggesting that if one doesn't accept the Catholic "Marion doctrines" that one does not believe that Jesus was God???
Fair enough, you do not need to address it. I've studied Catholic teachings on Indulgences compared to Scripture, they don't agree. (Again, it comes down to the one time, all sufficient sacrifice for sin of Christ on the cross.)
Yes, all sin is "mortal", the Bible makes no such distinction (between venial and mortal sin).
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." - Romans 6:23
All believers are "saints". Passed from death to life. And they will be with God in eternity.
I understand it perfectly well. I can read the Catechism and Catholic teachings you know. Quite frankly I am getting more than tired of this pat response of "you're not Catholic, so you just don't get it!" It is nothing more than a convenient and dismissive response that allows for the complete avoidance of the issues.
God bless.