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Question: A gentlemen who is an elder (not minister) in a
fundamentalist church, claims he has the ability to look
into someone's eyes and know if that person is
"saved". I thought only Jesus knows who is
saved. What Bible verse(s) would address that
issue? He used this statement in the context that
Catholics are NOT saved.
Question: John, I have a question for you. What do you
think of the following statement:
Whenever you sin, you're
saying to God, "I hate you." (re-read once or twice)
I recently attended
a talk and the speaker kept emphasizing the above statement. This
did not sit well with several people in the audience, including
myself. I've been reflecting on his remark and it still
doesn't sit right in my mind. My mother used to tell me
to be home by 10pm and I would sometimes
walk in at 1am. Why did I do this? Was it because
I hated my mother? Of course not!!! Anyhow, before
I go on with my own train of thought I'd really enjoy hearing
your point of view on the matter. Let me know what you
think in all honesty. Perhaps I'm out to lunch. By
the way, I'm in no way attempting to downplay the seriousness
of sin, I'm simply questioning the truthfulness of the speaker's
statement.
Question: Why don't Catholics make the necessary distinction
between sanctification and justification?
Question: I have an Evangelical friend who interprets Romans 10:9-17
as meaning that unless one believes in Christ as saviour one
cannot be saved; therefore, the Church's teaching on Baptism
by desire and the idea that pagans who are invincibly ignorant
of the truth of the Faith and lead upright laws according to
the natural law can be saved.
Question: Does the Catholic Church not believe in original sin
theology? In Adam's fall, we all sinned. Or do you
believe it, but not to the point that Calvin takes it?
Question: The idea of the loss of salvation is one that I do not fully
understand. Can you explain it to me?
Question: Should it be a struggle for the average Catholic to
have peace about where he/she will spend eternity? I
mean, one could go to mass 50,000 times in a lifetime…and
still theoretically go to hell.