Catholic Soldier--

Well honestly I am not surprised to hear your response. As far as my Mother goes, she has quite an amazing testimony. It was simply from reading the book of John one night that Christ came to her. Her upbringing and membership in the RCC was religion only. And she was quite devout for several of those years and contemplated becoming a nun at one point. Over the course of about a year she read the Bible over and over and saw the manys errors of the RCC (and not from reading any anti-catholic material or such from anyone - just from scripture alone) All of the "battles" and discussions you have run into here of what many here on this site are trying to tell you are the same issues that my mother saw because she was born again and the Holy Spirit revealed them to her.

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A Catholic never needs to leave the Church to find Jesus


Well for my mother Jesus found her and as a result she left the Catholic church. Personally I find it hard to believe of a true born-again Christian remaining in the RCC. I believe that God will eventually lead them out of it like He did with my Mother. (Please don't take this as a personal attack on you - you seem to be quite sensitive to this issue) But that's what I really believe. I don't know where you really are with God and what he's doing in your life. Only He does.

Like I said I'm not surprised with your disagreement. Too bad I can't get my Mom to get on this discussion board and add to things, but she has bad arthritis and she's too afraid of computers!!!