I am half Hispanic and all of my father's side of the family is Catholic. I was raised Baptist, but I claim to be just a Christian because I find flaws in every doctrine.
Here is where I have problem: I sometimes doubt on some of family memebrs (Catholics) are going to Heaven. I want to believe they will, I love them. But they take key things out of their relationship with Christ.
Praying to the Virgin Mary completely scares me. No biblical evidience supports this. But the way i see it, it is like having a false idol before God. Praying to someone else besides God is breaking the first commandment. I just do not understand this.
Some other problems are: asking a priest for forgiveness, believing the wine and bread is not symbolic when they eat and drink but really does turn to the body and blood of Christ when they do it, don't put a lot of focus on indvidual relationships with Christ, preists can't marry (everyday I hear of a priest molesting a kid). What do u think?
2007-05-18
10:28:43
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