The catholic church

[EternalOptimist]

You'd get my vote (Lamppost production swung it)

Estate agents who bump up house prices. get them up against the wall

[Incognito]

AIUI Catholic doctrine is quite the opposite. That man is basically sinful, and <ou can only be accepted by God if you go to mass etc.

I thought the whole doctrine of chrisitan faith is that JC died on the cross to absolve man of his sins. If Catholic and you commit a sin, you can go to confession and have it absolved. I'm not religious though, so may be wrong.

[NotAllThere]

But catholics are supposed to regulalrly go to confession and get absolved - so I'd have thought that meant that the church considers humans to be evil.

Any catholics care to comment?

[Menelaus]

Me, I decide, because I rule the world. I wont get it wrong, I will follow the rules and if there is a mistake, the system is to blame.

You are an MP and I claim my £5

[NotAllThere]

You are an MP and I claim my £5

He's an MP. So he's the one who claims the £5.

[realityhack]

Perhaps it's naivety on the part of the church in believing that man is not evil and has no sins.

AIUI Catholic doctrine is quite the opposite. That man is basically sinful, and <ou can only be accepted by God if you go to mass etc.

I thought the whole doctrine of chrisitan faith is that JC died on the cross to absolve man of his sins. If Catholic and you commit a sin, you can go to confession and have it absolved. I'm not religious though, so may be wrong.

But catholics are supposed to regulalrly go to confession and get absolved - so I'd have thought that meant that the church considers humans to be evil.

Any catholics care to comment?

And, in a nutshell, herein lies the problem with man-made religion... That Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus et al think that, by doing something (i.e. regularly attending church, going to confession etc) they somehow reconcile themselves with God.

Such is the problem of the religious.

[oracleslave]

And, in a nutshell, herein lies the problem with man-made religion... That Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus et al think that, by doing something (i.e. regularly attending church, going to confession etc) they somehow reconcile themselves with God.

Such is the problem of the religious.

Why only man-made religions?

[DaveB]

Why only man-made religions?

Is there such thing as a Non man-made religion?

[oracleslave]

Is there such thing as a Non man-made religion?

You are Peter and upon this rock 'I' will build 'my' Church." (Mat 16:19)

It was an interesting distinction that RH made, hence my question.

[PM-Junkie]

Is there such thing as a Non man-made religion?

Of course there is.... the Jedi