Christian hostages murdered by Somali Pirates

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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

If this is where the Catholic religion left it, maybe I wouldn't be so sure in my view of them as IDOLATERS.


When praying to these "saints" to pray on one's behalf, there is the automatic response of reverence for these human beings-- a reverence that lends itself to rival the reverence deserved only for our GOD and Savior.

Furthermore, praying to these "saints" does very little to foster the Biblical truth of our abilities to "boldly approach the throne."

Instead of "asking our Father", trusting in Our Father, and believing in the ability and willingness of our Father to answer our call, the practice of praying to others to pray for us lends itself to asking, trusting, and believing in the ability and willingness of whoever we are praying to, that they might do something on our behalf.

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."

-James 1:17



To call Catholicism a religion of idolatry is not a stretch at all.

While we're at it, there is not much good we should say about the theology of the Mormons and JW's too.

The people may be nice, but their belief system is flawed, faulty, wrong, false.

The belief systems of the Jehovah Witnesses, Catholicism, and Mormonism will not lead anyone to eternal life with Jesus Christ as these belief systems do not encourage a biblical faith in, "the only wise God our Savior, {to whom be} glory, majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen."

-Jude 1:25

I'm no advocate of the scheme, however, I offered my thoughts in response to those who were more condemning and less critically thinking than yourself.

I suppose the idea is more fertile in areas where there appears to be little hope to "come boldly before the throne of grace" and actually see some answers to real world needs.

Going back to Somalia for a moment, though it is not a Christian community, its current socio-political mess mirrors conditions in Medieval Europe. For many people, just getting one child into adulthood was a dream. Famine, disease, the constant plundering raids from the continuous warfare, it all added up to a condition of misery where a lot of people might end up questioning their "faith." Any help for the desperate would certainly be sought.