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I've made the jump from Protestant to Catholic. I know there are a few radical parishes, but not mine. Last month they had a mother of 11 children (all under 14 years of age) stand up and share her testimony during announcements before Mass. Tradlife is still very much sacred and taught in Catholicism. I'm going through the Right of Christian Intitation class right now (a year long course where you meet once a week after reading hours of Catholic doctrine and the Bible to join the church) and they have entire sessions devoted to the institution of marriage. Also their are several people in my class who were previously married and now divorced. In order to be accepted into the church they have to go through annulment counseling. It's a long drawn out process. It seems in light of the deconstruction of secular marriage most Catholic churches are doubling down on tradlife. Unfortunately, you never hear about THAT in the news. Instead the media wants to focus on abuse allegations that happened decades ago from a system that vetted its priests in a laxadasical manner that was retired years ago. Our Mnsr gave a nice homely on this last Sunday. He walked everyone through the process of what it took to become a Priest and what it takes now. Tons of background checks, witness references. Priests can't even go to any student event in the community now without a signed document from the archdiocese saying they have passed all background checks. He can't even do a funeral service he said without that letter. So a lot has changed. I digress...anyhow.
The Mormons have good things to speak of as well. I particularly respect how they're to have at least a year's worth of emergency food storage in case of disaster, injury, or job loss, especially important if you have children. But the secrecy and vows and Freemasonry influences and elevating other doctrine instead of the Word of God must rule it out of consideration. When I considered the Catholic Church when I was looking into Christianity, I found videos explaining objections to it. Anyway, consider doing an image search for Vatican serpent building.
I'm not just addressing you when I say it's important to know the Bible if you want to attend a church so you know whether the preacher is working in false doctrine.
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[–] Vvswiftvv17 [S] ago
I've made the jump from Protestant to Catholic. I know there are a few radical parishes, but not mine. Last month they had a mother of 11 children (all under 14 years of age) stand up and share her testimony during announcements before Mass. Tradlife is still very much sacred and taught in Catholicism. I'm going through the Right of Christian Intitation class right now (a year long course where you meet once a week after reading hours of Catholic doctrine and the Bible to join the church) and they have entire sessions devoted to the institution of marriage. Also their are several people in my class who were previously married and now divorced. In order to be accepted into the church they have to go through annulment counseling. It's a long drawn out process. It seems in light of the deconstruction of secular marriage most Catholic churches are doubling down on tradlife. Unfortunately, you never hear about THAT in the news. Instead the media wants to focus on abuse allegations that happened decades ago from a system that vetted its priests in a laxadasical manner that was retired years ago. Our Mnsr gave a nice homely on this last Sunday. He walked everyone through the process of what it took to become a Priest and what it takes now. Tons of background checks, witness references. Priests can't even go to any student event in the community now without a signed document from the archdiocese saying they have passed all background checks. He can't even do a funeral service he said without that letter. So a lot has changed. I digress...anyhow.
[–] stbelmont 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The Mormons have good things to speak of as well. I particularly respect how they're to have at least a year's worth of emergency food storage in case of disaster, injury, or job loss, especially important if you have children. But the secrecy and vows and Freemasonry influences and elevating other doctrine instead of the Word of God must rule it out of consideration. When I considered the Catholic Church when I was looking into Christianity, I found videos explaining objections to it. Anyway, consider doing an image search for Vatican serpent building.
I'm not just addressing you when I say it's important to know the Bible if you want to attend a church so you know whether the preacher is working in false doctrine.