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Originally Posted by JAD_333
What did you agree with, TH? This?
That's a good bit different than saying some pagan rituals were adopted into Catholicism. That's saying it is all pagan.
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I don't know that I would go quite that far, but neither would I say "Aaah, it's only a few pagan rituals...not that bad".
More like shot through with pagan rituals. Entropy already detailed them.
Jesus Christ said that "I am the way, the truth and the life,
nobody comes to the Father, except through
me." emphasis added obviously
Sounds like a clear directive not to pray to anybody but God and only approach Him in Jesus' name.
Yet, Catholics seem to pray to or through just about anybody they want, as long as they have "Saint" in front of their name, or "Mother Mary".
Speaking of Mary worship, I recall a scripture where a well-meaning woman approached Jesus and spontaneously shouted praises about his mother. Jesus stopped her and said "No, happy is the person finding the Kingdom of God and keeping it." Sounds like a pretty good example to emulate, what with it coming out of the mouth of no less than Jesus himself...yet the Catholic Church venerates Mary as if she were God Himself.