This morning I woke up to the news that Pope Francis had died. I feel no sorrow for this man as his belief system was what I feel counter to the tenants of Christianity. Yes, I just crossed a line with my Catholic friends, but let me explain some of my thoughts about this Pope Francis, then allow me to explain why I question the Catholic faith.
My first argument is that Pope Francis believed in a onw world government. This I believe is something right out of the book of Revelation and the antichrist. Pope Francis had also made statements that all religions lead to God. This statement is one of the most un-Christian of any Pope I have ever seen! This Pope also wanted to accept lifestyles and people who were definitely not according to Scripture. I can see Loving them but accepting their hate towards Jews and behavior against Scripture is not according to Scripture. Pope Francis was a known Socialist and those ideologies in my opinion do not work well with Christianity. Mind you, I am not judging, just pointing out red flags for me.
Now we move to the Catholic faith/religion. I have studies the Catholic history and of course the Reformation. There is so much to unpack on this I may exclude some of it. My key points that make me question the Catholic faith are as follows:
1) Jesus said in John 14:6 “I am the way, truth, and life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” I want to know why Catholics pray to Mother Mary and the ‘Saints’ like Christopher, John and the others. Are they God? No. Did Jesus say to pray to them? No. To me this is like praying to another god such as Baal because Mother Mary is not a god and never was.
2) Why has the Catholic church hidden things from the People and what are they hiding? Are they afraid of something?
3) I have always had issue with all the priests who have sexually abused children. Instead of prosecuting them and sending these perverts to jail, they just moved them to other parishes.
4) Why pray the rosary as a punishment for the sins confessed? All sins committed are covered with the blood of Christ, feeling sorry for our sins is good but there is no way to pay for our own sins as 1) they’ve already been paid for and 2) it is impossible to pay for our sins in anyway shape or form that would cover them. It is utterly impossible.
5) Did Jesus or God reveal different levels of Heaven to John? I have read Revelation and find only layers of stone, not levels of heaven.
6)Jesus died for our sins, His blood covered them. All we have to do is accept Christ as our Savior and by faith and grace alone we are saved. It is so simple, yet the Catholic religion makes all these rules that must be followed yet they still don’t guarantee a person goes to heaven! There is purgatory and such that the Catholics must go through. Show me where Christ said everlasting life is conditional.
I could go on but I am tired. I am also sorry for the Catholics that morn a human set upon a pedestal who held such un-Christian ideologies. I don’t hate anyone. I just question things.
Educated Cowpuncher 