Re: Connie Was Called a Bigot for Standing up for Truth

In some sense she is a bigot, and in some sense you are a bigot Rainy, just like I am somewhat of a bigot. We all have our own understanding of truth and we all want to help others come out of their own ignorance to see a little bit of the light of the truth that we understand. We should stand up for the truth that we understand and help others that are in delusion to come to the truth, but we should realize at the same time, that some part of ourselves is also still in delusion. Yes the Catholic church preaches false doctrine and they should be called out for the false doctrine that they preach, but can Catholics be saved? I would be interested on your answer to this Rainy. I absolutely think Catholics CAN be saved but there may be some stumbling blocks on their path to salvation. For instance, if a Catholic person believes their sins are forgiven them because they confess them to a priest and they never develop the desire or motivation to confess their sins and repent to Christ himself, they certainly will not be saved. The Catholic church is preaching false doctrine that is leading many people into damnation, while giving them false assurances of salvation. This false doctrine should be condemned, but anyone in the Catholic church still has the capacity to obtain salvation through Christ if they choose to come to Him. Maybe some Catholics, when they see the false doctrine being preached in their church will leave the church, or maybe some Catholics will reach true salvation, without ever realizing that anything in the Catholic church was false doctrine.

What it comes down to, it is not only about the 'truth' being preached, it is about allowing the grace of Christ in to change our hearts from dark to light, from sin to redemption. This can happen in any Christian church regardless of the denomination and the false doctrine being preached. I'm not saying that false doctrine is okay, it should not be accepted. But there is still plenty of false and incorrect interpretations of even just the Bible, without any church associated with it.