catholic church discussion
As someone who was baptised, confirmed, and indoctrinated into the catholic church's religion, I can say I was a catholic but I was not a christian. I was not a member of the body of Christ. I tryed to follow the catholic churches rules, (ten commandements, the golden rule), but for all my efforts I was not in relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus is the vine and christians are the fruit bearing part of the vine, the branch. I was not a branch on the vine. I say all this because the catholic church made me believe I was saved because they believe that if you are baptised as a baby, that is your born again experience. This is why I have a major problem with the Catholic Church. They fooled me and my family into believing that you could live as you please, all you had to do is agree with the catholic church, go to mass, goto confession, and you'll go to heaven. Its a big lie. You must be a member of the body of Christ through accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord, then attempt to follow his will for the rest of your life. If your not willing to do that your just fooling yourself. Take up your cross and follow Jesus not the Catholic Church.