Rapture Soon FAQ - Why is the Catholic Church a false religion?/title> <script type="text/javascript" id="sothink_dhtmlmenu">  </script>  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../master.css" /> <style type="text/css"> /* This is where you add custom styles for this page only */ </style>  <Center> <a href="http://www.rapture-soon.net/index.html"><img src="http://www.rapture-soon.net/Images/leap_title.jpg" alt="Home" title=" Home " height="100" width="350" border="0" /></a> <Br><Br></Center> <p><Br> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="Menu.js"></script> <p><Br> <center><p class="titlelarge">Frequently Asked Questions</center> <p> <Br><Br> <p><UL> <LI> <p class="title"> Q - Why is the Catholic Church a false religion? <p> <LI> <p class="title"> A - I know a Catholic priest and this is what he told me the last time I talked with him: <p> Our Doctrine has changed dramatically since I was young, however, <u>we now teach that God saves all peoples, not only Christians. Everyone is welcome in the kingdom of heaven.</u> The Church has also strongly affirmed its belief that the promises made to the Jewish people have never been revoked and that our faith in Jesus in no way diminishes the place of the Jewish people as God's chosen people. <p> The Catholic Church today believes in the interpretation of Scripture--both the Hebrew and Christian texts. So, for example, when we read Genesis we do not take the stories of creation as described in chapters 1 and 2 as literal descriptions of the historical creation of the world. We see them as faith stories that have a message but use the myths and stories of ancient times. In other words, we interpret the text. This principle of interpretation is common to many Jewish traditions and Christian ones as well. Thus, the interpretation of Christian Scriptures and the words of Jesus allow us to understand the meaning of the text in a different manner. We do not see the aforementioned passage from John's Gospel as physically requiring a baptism. It needs to be seen in the wider context of all of Jesus' teaching in which he speaks of God's universal salvific will. This newer interpretation is a part of the common understanding of the Catholic Church today. We believe that God saves all peoples, not only Christians. (The End) <p><Br> What a bunch of nonsense, what he is really saying is they didn't like what the Bible says so they now interpret it to suit their needs and they don't care what the bible really teaches. Well I can tell you right now this WILL NOT GET THEM INTO HEAVEN the only way that anyone on this earth will get to heaven is through the blood of Jesus Christ. Any religion that does not teach this is doomed to an eternity in everlasting hell. <p> <p class="verse"> Acts 16:31 <Br> Believe on the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved. <p> <p class="verse"> Acts 4:12 <Br> And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved. <p> The church of Thyatira is the Catholic Church. <p> In Rev. 2:22 Thyatira was told that she would be cast into "great tribulation." These Christians came out of "great tribulation." <p><Br> </UL> <div align="left"><ul> <p>God bless you all.</p> <p>Rev. JR Seabolt</p> </div></ul><center> <p><br /><a href="http://www.rapture-soon.net/FAQ/FAQ.html" title="Click here to return FAQ Menu">Return to FAQ Menu</a> <p> <a href="http://www.rapture-soon.net/index.html" title="Click here to return Home">Return Home</a> <p>Copyright © 2008-2010 Rapture Soon all rights reserved - authorization is hereby given to anyone to use any information found on this site as long as it us used to exalt Jesus Christ. <div id="eXTReMe"><a href="http://extremetracking.com/open?login=aa9gv"> <img src="http://t1.extreme-dm.com/i.gif" style="border: 0;" height="38" width="41" id="EXim" alt="eXTReMe Tracker" /></a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script><noscript><div id="neXTReMe"><img height="1" width="1" alt="" src="http://e2.extreme-dm.com/s11.g?login=aa9gv&j=n&jv=n" /> </div></noscript></div> <p> <p></p> </center> </body> </html>