Are you going to Hell ???

"Unless there is imminent danger of death (just about ready to die) you are not to baptize an infant that will not be brought up in the Catholic Faith. Here we mean the Faith as we know it as true Catholics, that is, as taught and practiced from the founding of the Church by Christ. A non-Catholic (as a non-Catholic) cannot be saved. 'Outside the Church there is no salvation.' It is less terrible to go to hell without the indelible character of baptism than to go there with it."

http://www.truecatholic.org/baptismadm.htm

" 'Outside the Church there is no salvation' is a doctrine of the Catholic Faith that was taught By Jesus Christ to His Apostles, preached by the Fathers, defined by popes and councils and piously believed by the faithful in every age of the Church. Here is how the Popes defined it:
'There is but one universal Church of the faithful, outside which no one at all is saved.' (Pope Innocent III, Fourth Lateran Council, 1215.)
'We declare, say, define, and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff.' (Pope Boniface VIII, the Bull Unam Sanctam, 1302.)
"The most Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that none of those existing outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics, can have a share in life eternal; but that they will go into the eternal fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels, unless before death they are joined with Her; and that so important is the unity of this ecclesiastical body that only those remaining within this unity can profit by the sacraments of the Church unto salvation, and they alone can receive an eternal recompense for their fasts, their almsgivings, their other works of Christian piety and the duties of a Christian soldier. No one, let his almsgiving be as great as it may, no one, even if he pour out his blood for the Name of Christ, can be saved, unless he remain within the bosom and the unity of the Catholic Church." (Pope Eugene IV, the Bull Cantate Domino, 1441.)
But man, following the example of his natural father, Adam, often disobeys the authority of God. The fact that the doctrine had to be thrice defined itself proves the Church's paternal solicitude in correcting her erring children who fall into indifferentism."

http://www.catholicism.org/eens.html

Some people wonder why I spend my time talking about the catholic church. They wonder why I don't talk about other religions. This is my reasoning. First, being that my wife is catholic, I have spent more time studying the catholic faith as opposed to the other faiths. Secondly, the catholic church is one of the only other faiths that not only claims to believe in the Bible, but takes credit for us having the Bible. They say they believe in the Bible, but many of their beliefs are not in the Bible. Not only that, these beliefs are in total opposition to the Bible. I am appalled by the fact that catholics believe that if you say something about their religion you are attacking them. They use much word-play to make excuses for their beliefs. As far as worshipping Mary... they say there are many different levels of worship, or they don't worship, they venerate.

When you get right down to it, if you ask them, "will I go to Heaven if I am not catholic?" They will say something like, "I am not your judge", or "only God knows," or something to that nature. If you look at the quotes I have given you, you will see what they really (or are supposed to) believe, but don't want to tell you this to your face.

Catholics believe that if you do not believe in the pope or go to their church, you will go to Hell. I believe you should be baptized (properly) and live a good christian life (doing what the Bible tells you to do) in order to get to Heaven. Are you guaranteed Heaven? NO! Are there exceptions to the rule? YES!!! Just look at Jesus on the cross.... we don't know if the criminal He let into Heaven was baptized or a good person, but Jesus let him enter Heaven. I don't believe catholics are baptized properly. I don't think they can enter Heaven because of this. We were given examples by Jesus on how to be baptized, but catholics do not follow these examples. They would rather follow their tradition.

These are things I believe. I hope I am wrong. My grandma and grandpa were not baptized properly. I truly hope they are in Heaven, but according to the Bible they are probably not. My wife has not been baptized properly, but I pray she comes to this realization. I don't claim to know everything. I don't claim to know who is going to Heaven or Hell. All I can do is read the Bible and believe what it tells me (after all, the Bible is God's Word).

If you say you believe the Bible, BELIEVE IT!!! If you don't, DON'T SAY YOU BELIEVE IT!!!

Worship or not????????

A bunch of nuns praying to and kneeling down to a Mary statue......

The pope kneeling down to and praying to a Mary statue.....

The latest of "crying" Mary statues being worshipped by catholics......

Are these people "worshipping" Mary??? Are they praying "to" her???

Exd 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:Exd 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;Exd 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

What is so hard to understand here??? Am I the only one who gets it???

God does not want us to make any images of anyone in the earth or in Heaven!!! God does not want us to bow down to these images (that we are not supposed to make)!!!

This is the second commandment, yet catholics don't even mention it. Here are the catholic ten commandments......

1)I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.

2)Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain

3)Remember thou keep the Sabbath Day.

4)Honor thy Father and thy Mother

5)Thou shalt not kill.

6)Thou shalt not commit adultery.

7)Thou shalt not steal.

8)Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

9)Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife.

10)Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods.

This is just another case of catholics changing the Bible. They see nothing wrong with this. They don't even think the people above are "worshipping" Mary!?! I don't get it.

Which brings me to this......

Mary as a perpetual virgin, as being put on a pedestal, and being sinless. Three of the most non-biblical beliefs catholics have are that Mary was sinless, she is above all other believers, and that she was a perpetual virgin. We will start with Mary not sinning......


1 John 1:8-10
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23

"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:" Romans 3:10

"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" Romans 5:12

.....and then as far as her being the "queen of Heaven".....Placed on a pedestal above all others.......

"For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother." Matthew 12:48-50

"... a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it." Luke 11:27-28

......then the perpetual virgin......

"Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? Matthew 13:55

"Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him." Mark 6:3

"But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother." Galatians 1:19

"And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS." Matthew 1:25

Is infant baptism biblical??

The following is something I found interesting at....

http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/infantbaptism.htm

I found it to be one of the most biblical explanations on the study of infant baptism. I agree with the statements wholeheartedly and challenge anyone to debate the statements to be wrong, biblically.

"Jesus commissioned his disciples with the following words:
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age" (Mat 28:18-20). Jesus commanded the Eleven to: 1) Go and make disciples, 2) Baptize them [the new disciples] and 3) teach them [the new disciples, who get baptized] to obey everything the Eleven were commanded to do, which would include this same three step command. The proper Biblical procedure, if followed, forces us to water baptize disciples. [Jesus' disciple is a Christian (Mt. 12:47-50; Lk. 14:26,33; Acts 11:26). Moreover, one must be able to repent of his sins and place his faith in Jesus for salvation to become Christ's disciple (Acts 20:21; 3:19; 26:20; Gal. 5:24; 2 Pet. 3:9; etc.).]
In order for a person to even know that he must repent and place his faith in Jesus for salvation infers that he must be beyond the infant stage. Moreover, it is only such people who can do this that qualify to be baptized, according to Jesus. Again, after one becomes a disciple [a Christian] he is to be water baptized and not before. After that, such a disciple is to be taught to obey everything Jesus taught the Apostles to do, which includes whom to baptize.
Notice the Mt. 28:18-20 standard being carried out even before Jesus' death:
The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples (John 4:1,2). Jesus' disciples water baptized those who became Jesus' disciples, that is, those who became new Christians. Isn't this clear? Nowhere do we see in the Christian Scriptures that infants were ever water baptized. That would contradict these Scriptures.
HouseholdCertainly, one of the chief Scriptures which cites household and is referred to by paedobaptism proponents is the following one:
He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household." Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized. The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole family (Acts 16:30-34). The advocates of infant baptism see this as Scriptural proof for their practice, but is it really that or nothing more than a mere assumption based on the word household? Such people assume the Philippian jailer must have had infants in his family, but there is absolutely no proof of this. Perhaps, his children were all grown and married or maybe he had only one child 10 years of age. We cannot be sure of any details. But this we do know, the ones that were newly water baptized came to a saving faith in Jesus Christ, v.34, which agrees with the Lord's standard criteria for one to receive Christian baptism (Mt. 28:18-20). Therefore, it is impossible for the Philippian jailer to have had infants in his household, since they can't repent and place their faith in Jesus.
Notice another time household is cited, which the proponents of infant baptism will probably never volunteer:
Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." So he and all his household believed (John 4:53). Clearly, everyone in that man's household was old enough to have a personal faith in Jesus, which is needed for salvation. Why then couldn't it be the same way for the Philippian jailer, even apart from Acts 16:34? Moreover, couldn't the same be said about the following household:
Crispus, the synagogue ruler, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard him believed and were baptized (Acts 18:8). The entire household of Crispus was old enough to believe in the Lord. It was after this act of faith that they were water baptized.

Another Scripture misused for infant baptism is Mt. 19:13-15:
Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them. Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there. There is no reference here that the little children (infants) were baptized. The children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them.

In conclusion, no Christian should have anything to do with infant baptism for any reason. In fact, such is a baptism in name only. If such a person who was previously "baptized" as an infant should become a real Christian, he is commanded like all others to undergo true Christian baptism. Moreover, the mode of Christian baptism found in the Bible is immersion. Lastly, infant dedication has been derived by some from Lk. 2:22,23, but this should never be associated in any way with water baptism."

Wow!!!

Wow!!! I can't say it enough. Thump.thump.thump.thump......It's just amazing. My wife and I were just blessed enough to hear our soon-to-be baby's heart beat. It was all I could do to hold the tears back. First (if you don't know) the doctor put the dopplar on my wife, just below her belly button. I could first hear her pulse, then after a few seconds I heard the fast thump, thump, thump. There was just something beautiful about hearing the heartbeats of my wife and my soon-to-be child beating on top of each other. For those of you reading this who do not believe in God....you have not had a child. You have not truly appreciated the miracle of life. This is just after hearing the heart beat. I can't imagine how I will feel after the birth.

Well, here goes nothing.....

I just thought I would start my own blog to make it a little easier for some of you to talk to me (Gayla), and some of you think I am a coward for being anonymous. You feel better, now. You still don't know anything more about me, but atleast I'm not "anonymous." As most of you probably know, I like to debate nearly anything (some get offended and think I am arguing). I assure you that I don't mean anything personally. If I want to offend you, you will know it. I will let you know. Most of what I will talk about on here will mainly be about religious things. I believe God's word is the Bible alone, and that is what He left us to follow Him by. Because of that, I will step on a few toes (namely anthony). Again, I'm sorry if I offend anyone. I'm just stating what I believe to be right.