The Roman Catholic Church

This video shows what I’ve long suspected about the Roman Catholic Church.

I learned the rosary. I bought beads. I’ve asked others to pray it for me when I was weak and couldn’t pray.

Certainly, things got better, but I don’t attribute that to Mary or any saints. It was their faith and mine, and God’s mercy to grant me protection.

There is nothing in the Bible about beads, praying to Mary, making saints of dead men and women. If you look at the church, everyone in the clergy has fancy clothes and robes. They light candles in silver and gold holders, also called candlesticks. The candles are called tapers. Fine marble and tapestries, old paintings, and adornments of a wide variety are all in Rome. Paintings are venerated. Like a saint.

But I never felt right saying Hail Marys; it just felt wrong. I was told that it’s not a prayer to Mary but a plea for her divine intervention. Which is, of course, a prayer to Mary.

Praying to angels, like Saint Michael, is forbidden. And since when did a puny human have the right to venerate an angel, anyway? That’s really quite arrogant, and it is a sin.

We’re not to talk to angels. Not in prayer. And we wouldn’t know it if one appeared to us. Even if they told us what they are, would we believe? I think not. Humans today are too jaded.

We believe lies, and we reject the truth. We love lies, don’t we? And we hate the truth; it makes us face things we don’t want to face. Hear enough lies, you’ll believe them, tell enough lies, people will believe you. How pathetic is mankind?

God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten Son so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

That’s it. There is nothing else.

You can’t get to Heaven by confessing your sins to a man in a booth and then saying a bunch of hail Marys. What’s that do? Nothing.

It is what is in your heart that saves you. Believing that your sins were canceled out at the place of crucifixion and that Jesus died by taking your death penalty for sin (for the wages of sin is death), that is what saves you. You can pray to Him or the Lord. Those are the only ones you are allowed to pray to. A dead woman, no matter how holy, can’t hear you, and even if she could, and responded, she would tell you to stop.

Icons litter the Cathedral of Rome. The trappings of wealth are everywhere, useless, worth money on Earth, but meaning nothing in Heaven. God sees it all now, and things of this world probably anger him. There is no point. There’s nothing in there that can save, heal, or feed anyone. Remember what Jesus told the rich man who wanted to follow him? Go and sell all that you have, give everything to the poor, and come, follow me.

Things, possessions, and money. They mean nothing to the Lord. In fact, the above quote clearly shows us that we can’t get to Heaven with our eyes still set on things, our minds being covetous and our materialism on full, unashamed display. Show me where it says that the church had to look like the temple in Jerusalem. The Bible describes both as being wonders to look at, but they were run by corrupt men. How about what Jesus said when this happened?

Matthew 23:

23 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

² Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

³ All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

⁴ For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

⁵ But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

⁶ And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

⁷ And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.

⁹ And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

¹⁰ Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.

¹¹ But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

¹² And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

¹³ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

¹⁴ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

¹⁵ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

¹⁶ Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

¹⁷ Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

¹⁹ Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

²⁰ Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

²¹ And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

²² And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

²³ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

²⁴ Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

²⁵ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

²⁶ Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

²⁷ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

²⁸ Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

²⁹ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

³⁰ And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

³¹ Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

³⁸ Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

Conclusions:

Beware the trappings of any church, adorned with all manner of finery. You will not find the true Gospel there. There, you will find beauty but also false and even hollow doctrine.

I know Catholic charities are a real thing. If they really wanted to help, then they could sell their art and gold to museums rather than keeping so much hidden. The money could go to housing the homeless, clothing the poor and feeding them, inoculations, medical care, and preaching the true gospels instead of apostasy or false doctrine. There is no reason for me to desire to join a Catholic church. I want a church that is led by true believers who truly walk in the footprints of Jesus Christ. All others will be not only judged on what they did in life but what they failed to do. We can not enter the kingdom by good works. We simply need faith. That means true repentance, not saying ten Hail Marys and thinking we’re done. Hate your sins and walk the walk. Give selflessly and don’t look back. Pray as much as you can and as much as you want to. The Lord is never too busy to listen.

Good night, brothers and sisters, and may God bless.