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Well apparently since there is no assurance of salvation according to a few people on OBOB (who don't know their catechism -- CCC 162, 80-82, 1489, 1989) there's no real way of being sure who's going to Heaven or Hell... did God leave us Sacred Tradition and the Church for nothing?:rolleyes:

Stay... we need some true believers here... besides, you're our sister. We'd miss you.

As a Catholic, what does the Church teach is the road to salvation? Did God not give one for us to follow? Is there any assurance of eternal life from God's side of things, or is He capricious?

What about the disbelief of some Catholics that Jesus's blood buys redemption and those who reject the grace of God are hell-bound?

No... it would be MANDATORY CASTRATION!!!!!!!!!

But does he also report than 80% of all sexual abuse cases are done by married men, 95% done by a member of one's own family.

Because several cases, like that of Cardinal Bernadin in Chicago, were dismissed because the plaintiff lied... many use this as a way to "get revenge" on priests, or have had therapists "suggest" so-called repressed memories of sexual abuse that never occurred. I don't have stats on those but...

How do you arrive at such a figure? Many "accused" priests are not guilty.

As if anyone can take these self-righteous, haughty men seriously... Kyrie eleison!!! :rolleyes: :cry: :pray:

Spiritual attacks are real. Of course Satan takes no pleasure in our evangelization of others and is out to get us (cf. Eph. 4:24-27, 6:11; 1 Tim. 3:7; James 4:7; Rev. 12:17) but "the devil made me do it" excuse is weak. Through Christ, we are dead to sin and we know what we must do.

http://www.christianforum.com/t100247 Christ is THE way, THE truth, THE life... not a way, a truth, a life!

Tried to edit... and this is my opinion -- I should let PP answer for himself.

Making one's personal interpretation of Scripture one's God...everything is relative in Protestantism based on personal interpretation and what it means to an individual alone apart from the Body of Christ and teaching authority -- cf. Eph. 4 & 1 Cor. 12; Luke 10:16... (Calvinists and Arminians...

Do not be discouraged, my sister. In the Lord there is forgivenness and redemption, for ALL who turn to Him. We cannot let the sins of people be a stumbling block to our growth. Rather let them point out to us our CONTINUAL NEED of a Saviour, for we have all sinned and fallen short of God's...

I'm game!

Not at all! There was ONE man through whom sin came into the world (cf. Rom. 5:12)... that's all that matters. The rest (in terms of "theistic evolution) can be reconciled to this reality by various hypotheses.

Some posters also are quick to jump down other posters throats for no apparent reason.:pray:

I know exactly the guy and article! Oh well... in either way the Church is not "wrong" about this because the Church is not concerned about science -- only faith and salvation. The Church stated that heliocentrism or geocentrism have no bearing on salvation and our relationship to God, so if...

Still, standing for the orthodoxy of the faith is worth fighting for.