Splayd, I don’t believe this thread is about me, if I follow the Word of God or not. No! It is about what the Catholic Church teaches and practices, or doesn’t teach and practices.
(Matthew 5:44) “But I say this to you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you;”
(Matthew 5:39) “You have learnt how it was said: ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ But I say this to you: offer the wicked man no resistance.”
My point here is that Jesus tells us not to even offer the wicked man any resistance. Now you tell me does not the church teach a “Just War”?
(Matthew 6:19) “Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and woodworms destroy them and thieves can break in and steal.”
When have you ever heard the church teach against savings or saving up for your retirement?
(Matthew 23:8-12) “You, however, must not allow yourselves to be called Rabbi, since you have only one Master, and you are all brothers. You must call no one on earth your father, since you have only one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor must you allow yourselves to be called teachers, for you have only one Teacher, the Christ. The greatest among you must be your
servant. Anyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and anyone who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Here is a scripture that is so plain, but is totally ignored, by the church.
(Luke 6:27-29) “But I say this to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly. To the man who slaps you on one cheek, present the other cheek too; to the man who takes you cloak from you, do not refuse your tunic.”
(Luke 14:33) “So in the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions.”
Does the church believe Luke got it wrong? It sure doesn’t teach this.
(Luke 6:30-35) “Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your property back from the man who robs you. Treat others, as you would like them to treat you. If you love those who love you, what thanks can you expect? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do food to you, what thanks can you expect? For even sinners do that much. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive what thanks can you expect? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back the same amount. (How did the church ever justify saying usury was excessive interest?) Instead, love your enemies and do good, and lend without any hope of return. You will have a great reward, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
(1 Corinthians 5:11) “What I wrote was that you should not associate with a brother Christian who
is leading an immoral life, or is a usurer, or idolatrous, or a slanderer, or a drunkard or is dishonest; you should not even eat a meal with people like that.”
The Bishops sure should really take this scripture to heart. If they had, those priests who did those horrible things would not have been around for so long.