nedostic: Sometimes, I wonder if there is any difference between the Roman Catholic Church and the present day Protestant Churches.

Frankly,I do not see any major difference both in doctrines and outlook.

Just three main points to buttress my assertion.

The Roman Catholic Church operates a Bazzar system(highest bidder option) in the name of harvest,the daughter church-protestant church(most and not all)hoard miracles and sell all spiritual materials like apron,prayer book,anointing oil,etc to their members.

The Roman Catholic Church hinges all authorities of the church on the POPE,its more of a taboo by any priest within the Roman Catholic Church to speak against the actions of the POPE even when the POPE errs being a mortal like every one of us. As a matter of fact, most catholics belive more in what the POPE says compared to what the word of God(Bible) says.

The same applies to most protestant churches, most members believe more in what their pastors/prophets/bishops say rather than what the Bible says.Even the protestant flocks would tell anyone who disagrees with what their supposedly 'spiritual' memtors taught them, 'touch not my annointed'. Suffice to say that both the POPE and most protestant church leaders are more or less idolized and hero-worshipped by their members.

Also, there is a noticeable seggregation between the poor and the rich in any one of the two churches. The rich are virtually the elders and deacons in any one of the two churches. You need to be financially empowered to have a voice in these two church systems.

Kindly share your thoughts on the smilarities between the Roman Catholic Church and the present day protestant church.

Examine religious organizations.

All denominations have bits and pieces of this Church. They are so much a part of her they no longer see the difference any more.

From the spiritual things such as her doctrines to even the way churches are built and laid out. (Do you know what the steeple represents?)

"MOTHER OF HARLOTS" This means she birthed these other churches(denominations). Church produces churches. What is planted is what's coming up.

She is the LovePeddler she has produced other whores.

Revelation 2:20-23
20Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
21And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

The Catholic Church and all denominations that have been influenced by her will go into great tribulation. ALL CHURCHES will know who God is then.

She has taught and seduced the servants of God(denominations) to commit spiritual fornication. Whoredom.

To really understand this you need to know the depts of the evils of this church. Study ancient Babylon and early pagan practices. the cross, three Gods(trinity), steeples, the fish hats, the "queen of heaven" They claim to be marry but this is traced back to early pagan worship in the time of babylon. Christmas is pagan and has been taught by her. CHRIST-MASS. Most all are partakers of this practice of sun worship ( Sunday ), during the winter soltice.(spiritual fornication). In the 1800's she introduced the rapture theory. She taught Easter, Halloween, and Valentines Day. Pagan holidays. Search this church out the list goes on and on.

ALL MAJOR DENOMINATIONS ARE PARTAKERS OF THESE THINGS.

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nedostic: Sometimes, I wonder if there is any difference between the Roman Catholic Church and the present day Protestant Churches.

Frankly,I do not see any major difference both in doctrines and outlook.

Just three main points to buttress my assertion.

The Roman Catholic Church operates a Bazzar system(highest bidder option) in the name of harvest,the daughter church-protestant church(most and not all)hoard miracles and sell all spiritual materials like apron,prayer book,anointing oil,etc to their members.

The Roman Catholic Church hinges all authorities of the church on the POPE,its more of a taboo by any priest within the Roman Catholic Church to speak against the actions of the POPE even when the POPE errs being a mortal like every one of us. As a matter of fact, most catholics belive more in what the POPE says compared to what the word of God(Bible) says.

The same applies to most protestant churches, most members believe more in what their pastors/prophets/bishops say rather than what the Bible says.Even the protestant flocks would tell anyone who disagrees with what their supposedly 'spiritual' memtors taught them, 'touch not my annointed'. Suffice to say that both the POPE and most protestant church leaders are more or less idolized and hero-worshipped by their members.

Also, there is a noticeable seggregation between the poor and the rich in any one of the two churches. The rich are virtually the elders and deacons in any one of the two churches. You need to be financially empowered to have a voice in these two church systems.

Kindly share your thoughts on the smilarities between the Roman Catholic Church and the present day protestant church.

nedostic: @Ubenedictus,

Please treat the issues I raised and stop personalizing issues.

Need I remind you that being a Christian by tradition,birth, religion or even denomination is not a 100 percent guarantee that one indeed is a child of God.

If there is anything you and I need to know is that Christianity is not rhetoric,it involves personal sacrifice and ultimately displeasing oneself most times in order to stick to what God wants.

Methinks, you are always fond of attacking 'virtual' personalities rather than addressing issues holistically.

Kindly feel free to debunk my assertions of the similarities between the Roman Catholic and most protestant churches, albeit using the Bible as a standard for your critique.

i.chuka:
Hmmm,interesting topic.

From Judaism until today,including all the denominations in Protestantism,God has always been on the top and man has been down on the bottom,with an intermediary class in between.ALTHOUGH THE NAMES MAY HAVE CHANGED,NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN SUBSTANCE.
Peter said that we are a royal priesthood..1Pet2:9.in Rev1:6 John also said that every Christain is a priesttherefore,,there is no need for any man to be a medium between us and God.in other words,we are all "pastors" and "priests".

frosbel: I want to add another point.

Many of us like to make excuses for our multiple denominations because we love the approval of man more than the approval of GOD.

We are pastor, prophet and crowd pleasers, doing the right thing and adhering to God's word can mean a lot of things , such as segregation , ostracization , branding and even slander.

But we have to make our standard scripture.

Now to my point.


The Spirit is ONE and he leads the Body of Christ. It therefore follows that the Spirit will give a uniform message to his CHURCH and not 30,000 different messages.

Something is desperately wrong when we all claim to have the leading of the Spirit yet we differ not on one but numerous issues. God is not the author of this confusion , it is US , MAN.

"For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit." - 1 Corinthians 12:13

We have to always test the spirits, because many spirits have gone out into the world to deceive the elect , otherwise Jesus would not have made the following statement :

"For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and miracles to deceive the elect--if that were possible." - Mark 13:22

i.chuka:
Hmmm,interesting topic.
My take is,in the so called Christain countries,Catholics have brought in the judiastic teachings.in Judaism,there was the priestly class.the priest acted as an intermediary class.if a Jew wanted to see God,he had to pass through the hand of the priests;there was no way for him to go directly to God.
The question now is what is Judaism? Its being kept away from worshipping God in a direct way.between God and man,there was the need of priests to serve as a intermediary class.the Israelites had to go through the priest before they could see God.the same is true with Catholicism.God is on one side,and man is on the other side.there is no direct fellowship between them,and the priests serve as a medium in the middle.in the Catholic Church,every time there is mass the priests are there.everytime there's a preaching the priests are responsible for it,and everytime there is prayer offered,the priests are the ones to do the work.in this way,men are brought back to the situation of the Old Testament.
Protestantism is divided into state churches and private churches.the Anglicanan Church in England serves as an example of state churches.in the Anglican Church,there are the clergy and the laity.the bishops,archbishop, and deacons are all called priests,just as they are in Catholicism.this has likewise brought in Judaism.God is on the top,and the people, who are called the laity,are on the bottom.in the middle are the clergy,who call themselves priests.the laity can come to God only through this class of people,who monopolize all spiritual matters.
Among private churches in Protestantism,there is also the intermediary class.God is on top,and the members are on the bottom.in between the two there are pastors.the pastors are the intermediary class,who replace the believers and monopolize all the spiritual matters that belong to the members.for example,administering the Holy Communion,baptism,and preaching are all done by pastors.they do everything for the members and become intermediaries between God and man.
From Judaism until today,including all the denominations in Protestantism,God has always been on the top and man has been down on the bottom,with an intermediary class in between.ALTHOUGH THE NAMES MAY HAVE CHANGED,NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN SUBSTANCE.
Peter said that we are a royal priesthood..1Pet2:9.in Rev1:6 John also said that every Christain is a priesttherefore,,there is no need for any man to be a medium between us and God.in other words,we are all "pastors" and "priests".