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Harryfeat:

--- Quote from: Marie on August 19, 2006, 01:37:27 PM ---Hi Daniel,
My mom too is catholic. When I left my church last month (which was non-denominational) she asked if I had come to my senses and was ready to join "catholic" again.  She knows my beliefs and does not understand them in the least. She admits she doesn't read the bible, so quoting scripture to her and expecting her to understand, is like asking a blind person to see.
She is being deceived and will believe her "church" over me.

I accept this, because God tells me that these things are to be.

She knows I will always be ready to answer any questions she may have, but I think she doesn't want to see the light.

My hope is that in the end she will be reconciled to Jesus, and that's good enough for me. 

Love,
Marie

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I grew up catholic also and you and I know that all your mother has to do is say a sincere act of contrition and she will be reconciled. ;) ;)

The problem we have here is shaking the tree and having some edible fruit fall.  What I mean is that your mother and mine too are relying with faith  on the professionals [priests, teacher, their parents, the pope] that they have interpreted the scripture right.  They don't think it is necessary to try to reinterpret what they actually read in the bible because that was done for them.  As for all those non scriptural doctrines, well, that is also another matter of faith.

When was the last time your doctor gave you a presciption and you looked up in medical journals all you could about the drug you were prescribed.  My guess is never because you relied on and trusted your professional doctor to know what he was doing.

We are fighting an uphill battle against a huge beauracracy.  Think about fighting the federal government.  What are your chances of winning?  How credible are we versus the establishment?  It is just going to take a lot of time and elbow nudging to get some attention to the truth. 




Daniel,

Don't be discouraged, have patience.  Pretend you are like Johnny Appleseed and just keep planting those seeds.  Some of them are bound to result in mature fruit bearing trees.

For my own part, I have sent the bible truths link to relatives and frends with questions like....Tell me what you think of this, does it make sense to you.  I don't press it too hard or they turn me off.  It might take a long time to walk 1000 miles but each step of the journey gets you a little closer to the goal.  Have patience!





it may not be as hard as you think

feat

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