Speechless3:
Probably. But the catholic church still has the highest population. Can all these people be wrong?

dalaman:


There is nothing like knowing God on your own through the bible, it is a big lie. If I bring a bible verse to you and bring another christian who is a genuine believer chances are very high that the two of you will interpret the verse or story differently. That is exactly why we have so many different sects and denominations withing the christian religion, because everything all boils down to personal interpretations.

Speechless3:
Probably. But the catholic church still has the highest population. Can all these people be wrong?

elveco:
2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

The TRUTH remains the TRUTH. You can only get the tru interpretation of the Word by the Holy Ghost. So, many interpret d Word of God wit their wisdom/intelect. One can never know the truth of God's word xcept by the Holy Spirit

dalaman:

That is exactly why we have so many different sects and denominations withing the christian religion, because everything all boils down to personal interpretations.

Speechless3:
If someone had told me i will be making a life changing decision like this many years ago i would have been enraged, not at he or she but at the force that would dare cause that.

Was born a catholic, baptised by a priest and cofirmed by the state bishop. I annexed to this by becoming a member of the legion of mary (tho left at one time) i was still faithful to the blessed virgin mary with my bead ritual.

The truth is i only had to do this and that and then the other and relax. By relax, i mean do what ever i wanted. Club, have sex, drink, curse, lie, cheat, disobey other authorities, go nude etc as long as i came back for confession all the time and obtained mercy from God through the priest, i was fine. Maybe they didnt think it was fine i.e my lifestyle but the silence and indifference they showed, gave me the wrongest impression. After all i was always encouraged to go for confession like my life was hanging on it.

This is something that all catholics will understand. After confession we feel a bit unburdened with guilt...for a while. I dont know about others, but mine was not always more than an hour and i would be back to square one (or may be i never left there but thought i did). I was not freaky about the sunday communion thing like others cos i didnt think i was worthy.

Going to the university exposed me to other religious groups. I didn't like the way they shouted while praying but i admired the way they reverred the bible and talked about Christ more.
I thought the catholic church was doing little in the teaching of biblical truths but was still a good model for other churches, mushroom churches.

There were times i made resolutions to turn a new leaf but they always never came to a fruition.
Up till now. I couldn't, i cant keep them. All the rules of right living get lost on me. I just cant change. Talked with our priest every day about this after our doctrinal classes (joined the Opus dei) He suggested i read books of saints who had lived and overcame evil and of course by following the many laid down rules and rituals of the church. I read about mother Theresa, Pope John Paul the II, Saint José maria. Still nothing. It only made me feel unworthy but no power in them.

I decided to read the bible at last after so many procrastinations. I started with John and i have not seen any slight resemblance with the Church. I will continue with Matthew, Mark and Luke this month.

So many things in this old boring book are startling me.








Ur problem is u readily spoilt rite from ur mother's womb,I advise u go to white garment church and get ur head and body washed stake naked. That is ur missing link not Catholic, the church is too holy to accommodate ur sinful inclination. Bye

habicab:


Christians and Muslims are more alike than different if you truly analze the scriptures. Please read that which I have discovered. ~~ Robin
1. Jesus taught that there is only One God and Only God should be worshipped as taught in Deut 6:4, Mark 12:29. Muslims also believe this as taught in the Qur?an verse 4:171.
2. Jesus didn?t eat pork as taught in Leviticus 11:7 , and neither do Muslims as taught in the Qur?an verse 6:145.
3. Jesus greeted with the words ?as salaamu alaikum? (Peace be with you) in John 20:21. Muslims also greet each other this way.
4. Jesus always said ?God Willing? (inshallah), Muslims say this too before doing anything as taught in the Qur?an verses 18:23-24.
5. Jesus washed his face, hands, and feet before praying. The Muslims do the same.
6. Jesus and other prophets of the Bible prayed with their head to the ground (see Matthew26:39). Muslims do too as taught in the Qur?an verse 3:43.
7. Jesus had a beard and wore a throbe. It is Sunnah for Muslim men to do the same.
8. Jesus followed the law and believed in all the prophets, (see Matthew 5:17). Muslims do too as taught in the Qur?an verses 3:84, and 2:285.
9. Jesus? mother Maryam dressed modestly by fully covering her body and wearing a headscarf (hijab) as found in 1 Timothy 2:9, Genesis 24:64-65, and Corinthians 11:6. Muslim women modestly dress the same as taught in the Qur?an verse 33:59.
10. Jesus and other prophets of the Bible fasted up to 40 days (see Exodus 34:28, Daniel 10:2-6. 1Kings 19:8, and Matthew 4:1-Muslims do so also during the month of Ramadan. Muslims are required to fast the full obligatory 30 days (see Qur?an 2:183), and others take it a step further by fasting an additional 6 days to increase their rewards.
11. Jesus taught to say ?Peace to this house? when entering it (see Luke 10:5), and to also greet the people in the house with ?peace be unto you?. Muslims do exactly what Jesus did and taught. When we enter our homes and the homes of others we say ?Bismillah? and also greet with ?as salaamu alaikum? (peace be upon you) as taught in the Qur?an verse 24:61.
12. Jesus was circumcised. Circumcision is 1 of the 5 fitrah in Islam, so Muslim men are required to be circumcised. According to the Bible in Luke 2:21, Jesus was eight days old when he was circumcised. In the Torah, Allah/God stated to the Prophet Abraham that it is an ?Everlasting covenant? (see Genesis 17:13). In the Qur?an verse 16:123 Muslims are required to follow the religion of Abraham. The Prophet Muhammad said, ?The Prophet Abraham circumcised himself when he was eighty years old.?
13. Jesus spoke aramaic and called God?Elah?, which is pronounced the same as ?Allah?. Aramaic is an ancient, Biblical language. It is one of the Semitic languages that also include Hebrew, Arabic, Ethiopic and the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian language of Akkadian.
The Aramaic?Elah? and the Arabic ?Allah? are the same.
The Aramaic ?Elah? is derived from the Arabic ?Allah?, and it means ?GOD?. ?Allah? in Arabic also means?GOD?, the Supreme GOD Almighty. You can easily see the similarity in their pronunciation so this concludes that the God of Jesus is also the God of the Muslims, of all mankind, and all that exist.


But it's rather unfortunate that the true message of the bible has been tampered with as many christians know fully well.
I'm not trying to condemn anyone's belief but at least, you owe yourself the responsibility of finding out the real truth.

The very first chapter of the Holy Qur'an reads.. Surah Al-Fatha(The Opening)

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1.All Praise are due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds
2.The Beneficent, The Merciful
3.Master of the day of Judgement
4.You alone we call upon and You alone we seek for help
5.Guide us to the straight path
6.The path of those whom You have bestowed Your Mercy upon
7.Not the path of those whom You have bestowed your anger nor the path of those who have gone astray..

Every muslim recites this chapter a minimum of 17 times everyday during daily prayers.

People feel reluctant when you ask them to read the Holy Qur'an and some people condemn it out-rightly, without even knowing what the content is, for a reason best known to them.

Anyways, it's your choice but there's really no harm in reading to at least to have an idea of what it contains.

Goodluck to Y'all

KingEbukasBlog:


Yeah ! That's what the Catholic Church gets you , the church is facing an exodus in every part of the continent . There are great bible teaching Churches : The Lord's Chosen , Deeper Life , The Living Faith and some other good ones . I suggest she goes to these three if she she wants her problems solved though .

Sacluxpaint:
@italo I can't go back to my vomit(catholicism) Christ Jesus has set me free from the bondage of Rome. Twisting scripture to fit into your traditions is pure heresy. Why should I be member of a church whose origin was rooted into paganism, hence the imagery and statues you see in every nook and cranny of the church. Please read the bible more without sentiment and forget what you are hearing from Rome.

Speechless3:


Thank you very much. Like i said i have done almost all you said up there but still feel worthless before God. How much do i have to try to attain God's perfect standard? When do we know we have pleased God enough? Going for confession every three weeks? praying the rosary 24/7? i think not! because if it were so the guilt that comes with sin should be decreasing already not increasing

Aizenosa:


I Paul Aizenosa 210% don't agree with you.

Ubenedictus:
Dem no dey chose 4 God. y does ur name sound bini\esan.

Arinze96:
Can you justify the rule guiding the Islam section of Nairaland?

habicab:


Kindly post me a link to the section you are talking about so I can check it up. Thanks.

Speechless3:
Probably. But the catholic church still has the highest population. Can all these people be wrong?

spiralwedge:
Catholicism keeps its relevance by making itself complex, keep members from reading/meditating on the Bible by themselves and for lazy people who just want to be religiously content.

If you ask me, Catholicism is not Christianity, its a syncretized Roman religion made to like Christianity.

Arinze96:
https://www.nairaland.com/islam

Speechless3:
If someone had told me i will be making a life changing decision like this many years ago i would have been enraged, not at he or she but at the force that would dare cause that.

Was born a catholic, baptised by a priest and cofirmed by the state bishop. I annexed to this by becoming a member of the legion of mary (tho left at one time) i was still faithful to the blessed virgin mary with my bead ritual.

The truth is i only had to do this and that and then the other and relax. By relax, i mean do what ever i wanted. Club, have sex, drink, curse, lie, cheat, disobey other authorities, go nude etc as long as i came back for confession all the time and obtained mercy from God through the priest, i was fine. Maybe they didnt think it was fine i.e my lifestyle but the silence and indifference they showed, gave me the wrongest impression. After all i was always encouraged to go for confession like my life was hanging on it.

This is something that all catholics will understand. After confession we feel a bit unburdened with guilt...for a while. I dont know about others, but mine was not always more than an hour and i would be back to square one (or may be i never left there but thought i did). I was not freaky about the sunday communion thing like others cos i didnt think i was worthy.

Going to the university exposed me to other religious groups. I didn't like the way they shouted while praying but i admired the way they reverred the bible and talked about Christ more.
I thought the catholic church was doing little in the teaching of biblical truths but was still a good model for other churches, mushroom churches.

There were times i made resolutions to turn a new leaf but they always never came to a fruition.
Up till now. I couldn't, i cant keep them. All the rules of right living get lost on me. I just cant change. Talked with our priest every day about this after our doctrinal classes (joined the Opus dei) He suggested i read books of saints who had lived and overcame evil and of course by following the many laid down rules and rituals of the church. I read about mother Theresa, Pope John Paul the II, Saint José maria. Still nothing. It only made me feel unworthy but no power in them.

I decided to read the bible at last after so many procrastinations. I started with John and i have not seen any slight resemblance with the Church. I will continue with Matthew, Mark and Luke this month.

So many things in this old boring book are startling me.

Speechless3:
Probably. But the catholic church still has the highest population. Can all these people be wrong?

spiralwedge:
Catholicism keeps its relevance by making itself complex, keep members from reading/meditating on the Bible by themselves and for lazy people who just want to be religiously content.

If you ask me, Catholicism is not Christianity, its a syncretized Roman religion made to like Christianity.

spiralwedge:
Speechless3, please and please read this book https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Mystery_Religion


Or Google "babylon mystery religion ralph woodrow pdf" to download the e-book

Thank me later

Ubenedictus:
The writer has recanted and removed d book from publication. he says it isnt correct.

dalaman:


It involves a compilation of baptized members from figures obtained by the catholic archdiocese of Nigeria. We are in 2016 brother, hurry up and get sense.

spiralwedge:


Here's the link to the supposedly 'recant'. www.ralphwoodrow.org/books/pages/babylon-mystery.html

He made corrections in a new book "the babylon connection?". The content of the original book, especially the biblical injunctions, are nothing new but biblical truth which Catholicism flaunts in our faces.

It's not about the book so that discuss doesn't really shift to the book and author. The real issue is the syncretism that Catholicism is. It is, IMO, a Christian cult with the likes of the Mormons and co.