Hitler Was Against Gay Marriage! Yeah!!

"And they shall deceive many."

The church of today has an odd blind spot dedicated and devoted and separated unto to the Catholic Church. If I were to teach certain doctrines parallel to those taught by Rome apart from the mantle of “The Catholic Church” I would be labeled a nut, a cultist, a heretic, an Apostate and worse.

However, when Rome states her abhorrent anti-gospel, anti-Evangelical doctrines, Evangelicals line up to laud her and scream “tolerance,” “unity” and even “hooray!”

Let’s say that I claimed to be Paul’s infallible successor and I dared preach that if you missed a Sunday service at MY church, you’d lose your salvation and burn in torment forever… or if I dared preach that forgiveness of sins came ONLY through MY church and by a grant of forgiveness from one of MY ministers (after completing the works we assigned)… or if I dared teach that I controlled a bank of good work merits from which I could dispense payments for sins on your behalf (as I saw fit)?

If dared teach any of these, I’d be rightly run out of Evangelical churches and labeled a cultist.

Would Jim Dobson hail me as the greatest Christian leader in the world if I taught all these and happened to be pro-Life? I don’t think so.

Rome not only teaches these doctrines, she teaches hundreds of similar and worse doctrines!

Catholicism is the ONLY world religion to SPECIFICALLY condemn the Evangelical gospel. She condemns it not only once but scores of times, by scores of Popes over centuries. Once should be enough for us to say “sayonara!”

No other organization, religious or political, has specifically attacked the gospel of grace with anywhere near the vehemence of Rome. Her rejection of that gospel is firmly entrenched in both her current catechism and in the supposed “liberating” documents of the Second Vatican Council (which carries its own anathema for denying indulgences…. Hmmm, “indulgences” where have we heard that before?).

Here is a church that has been anti-Israel (not recognizing Israel until the early 1990s – over a decade after Egypt had!), pro-PLO, pro-Open Borders, anti-freedom of the press, anti-freedom of conscience (equating it with madness), anti-death penalty (that's a laugh), pro Evolution, pro “Living Wage” and has touted the benefits of the Kyoto (Global Warming)Treaty. Why is it, then, that conservative columnists, radio hosts and pundits line up to praise Rome? I know San Franciscans that aren't as anti-American.

What is it going to take?

The current Pope comes out and says that faith is not necessary for salvation! If you care about your community you can be saved?… and the silence is deafening from Evangelicals. That’s not a “minor doctrinal difference” it is a MAJOR misunderstanding of truth.

So, according to Rome, if you’re a Catholic and you miss Mass (without an excused absence) or you leave the Catholic Church then die without priestly absolution and performing penance YOU WILL BE TORTURED BY FIRE FOR ETERNITY. But if you’re not a Catholic and you never quite understand Catholicism, yet you care about your community, the angels will sing at your triumphant salvation?

Can I teach this stuff and get into the Focus on the Family Hall of Fame? I’m against Gay Marriage, Jim!

These examples of Rome’s apostate doctrines just barely scratch the surface of the confusing and complex world of Catholicism. However, from either end (the threats of damnation to devout Catholics or the promises of eternal life to Hindus, Muslims and community activists) Rome’s doctrines are abhorrent and contradictory to our gospel.

Just to list the damnations of our gospel by Rome would take too much bandwidth, but all I should have to do is to list one. But, alas, I won’t even quote one. Why? Because the Dobsons and the Colsons of the world have political issues to win and if they have to lie down in bed with the greatest tormenter and persecutor of the gospel in history, so be it.

The blinders are on and securely in place.

“Let the Protestants of England never forget William Tyndale. His lifework was to bring the Bible within reach even of the humblest peasant. And for no other offence than this, the Church hounded him to his death, never resting till it strangle him at the stake and flung his body to the flames.” -Sir Robert Anderson (The Silence of God)

Sorry, Sir Robert, we admire Tyndale on the surface, but his sacrifice for the truth has long been forgotten. But after all, the Pope thinks that Hollywood isn’t pro-family enough. What could possibly be more important than that?

Being Anti-gospel (Anti-Christ) trumps all the other "anti" or "pro" positions anyone could take.