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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being a part of the Roman Church is an affair of the heart, driven by Faith — a living turning over of self to God — and not a mere intellectual journey. There is no such thing as “liberal” or “conservative” Catholicism.  There is only a greater or lesser surrender to love personified in the person of Christ. [/quote]

Keep in mind that you can "surrender to love personified in the person of Christ" or whomever you wish  to surrender to (assuming you do) without joining the Catholic Church, or any church, for that matter.

And also keep in mind that pp is simply incorrect.   What is said above can apply to the followers to any religion or cult, not just Catholicism. Catholics, in my experience, have always wanted to feel special, setting themselves apart from other forms of Christianity as the first or the best.[/quote]

Protestant here - how do you reconcile this argument (that you can surrender to God without joining a church) with the verses in the Bible about Christians needing to be in community with each other? I really don't think you can, though my DH who is also a Protestant does.

I've had the same experience with Roman Catholics expecting all branches of the faith to return to them, but historically aren't they correct? Even the Orthodox originally split off from the Catholics. They really [b]are[/b] first, even if I have theological reasons for not being Catholic.[/quote]

NP.

1st you have to understand there is the faith of the Catholic Church and the Religion of the Catholic Church.

the faith of the Catholic Church was created by Jesus and the Religion by men.

You do not need to join any religion to be in community with people that live and breath the word of Jesus. If you are at a soup kitchen feeding the poor you are in community with people living in Jesus's word.

Jesus did not do Sunday Mass, every day is a day to live as a good person.[/quote]

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