How do you define “real Protestant churches”? Protestant beliefs are so widespread that there is almost no defining feature between them all, not even the belief in Jesus’ death and resurrection. And, Protestants have no authority to draw from to define beliefs. Look up the No True Scotsman fallacy. The Catholic Church gets its authority from Jesus himself who established it in Peter and the apostles, and can clearly define her beliefs.
She is aware and in the full video there is more nuance to this. However this is UA-cam, and 'all' Protestants are the same ie - Rock concerts and Hill Songs. The reality is of course not this for most Protestants.
For real bro she is basing all her statements of contemporary music. She needs to go to a real baptist church there is none of that. Going to church is not about the music it’s about the intention
I am aware of this, too. Even if you change your songs to hymns, it doesn't matter. It's still a bunch of fluff that caters to you. You prefer a more old fashioned church service? That church is over there. Do you prefer a newer version? That church is over there. It doesn't matter. You are not actually worshipping God in either direction.
@BrandonBui-jh6yf yeah, I went there too. It's the same stuff but with hymns. It doesn't matter. You still aren't worshipping the Lord in either case.
The last thing she said is the ultimate truth. As Catholics we should know that we are there to worship Christ and to be in awe of his mercy not to be entertained or blown away by the speakers. I myself took a similar journey to come back home to the One True Church Jesus came to establish. When I began my RCIA class I was still very much defiant and combative about the church. I basically was lovingly tormented by the Holy Spirit to go through the program and even gained the deacon’s personal attention and he became my spiritual director and still is my most strongest alley in my faith. On the day of my confirmation when they were going to anoint me, I was in line and I told my Godfather and I quote “ I don’t think I can do this” He then replied to me as I was physically backing away “ where the hell do you think your going? I’m 6’ tall and he’s about 5’2” and he grabbed me by the arm and I swear I couldn’t budge him an inch. He literally dragged me up to the altar and turned me in. I have never been more happy in my walk of faith since.
"I don't need the church to tell me what to believe I can read the Bible myself" - 16th century seeker sensitive church sermon. Protestantism has always been seeker sensitive.
Sorry, kind of have to agree with the lady... It's almost all protestant churches. From the hymns that repeatedly mention "me" to the sermons that teach about my healing. To a holy communion that's shared in horrible little plastic wrapping by the congregation, to the individual feeling sorry for their sins or sharing fellowship with Others. Even great teaching that nurtures...my understanding. That challenges...me. That honours Christ ... is still received by me. Yes, this is good but the epistemic starting point is...me or the congregation, my faith and reception of the word by the congregation. Contrast the mass, where the liturgy, the role of the priest, the choir or altar servers and the administration of the bread and wine shift the dynamic. Even if there's no one there to hear, no congregation, no individual congregant to reflect... the celebration of the Eucharist is still the most powerful act of worship to God, for it is Christ's supernatural offering to His Beloved father of Himself. So, suddenly the congregant is incidental and at best a partaker and no longer the focus. This is why we Protestants can't receive Catholic or Orthodox communion. For 95% of us the Lord's Supper is just our remembrance and our proclamation of what Jesus has done as commanded by Jesus. But for the Catholics, Orthodox and theoretically Anglicans and Lutherans (who go sadly wobbly on thus)...it is this and more. The ordained priest, in the person of Christ, through the Holy Spirit "re-performs" (not really the word I want) his own sacrifice, his own obedience to His Heavenly Father. Remember when Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus linked perfect worship with his coming, his presence, in spirit and truth, that originates from Jesus himself, drawing life giving waters from His well of eternal life. It is a model of the mass: instantiated by Christ, performed by Christ, offering up Christ, from Christ that "may" be received by the one who comes close. It's why ordained ministry is actually important because in the mass, the priest disappears and the person of Christ shines through, opening a portal, if you will, that connects that singular moment on the cross and the fulfilment of all scripture, through time and space (think the mount of transfiguration) to the here and now. Opening that well, drawing that water, proclaiming His conquest over sin in the body and blood, until He comes again. I was sitting in my conservative evangelical (Brethren) church partaking in holy communion, whilst I was reading 1 Corinthians 11 as the officiant in this "non-liturgical" church" (following the same patterns and order of service it always did) was quoting verse 28 from that chapter but for some reason ignored verse 29. Suddenly, in that moment I realised I couldn't partake of Holy Communion there anymore and started my journey towards the aforementioned understanding. And as I travelled this path, like the lady above I have come to a similar belief and sense of incompleteness every time I go to a protestant church, which I still do near enough every Sunday. But I now attend the catholic mass more eagerly although I can't receive im there to witness.
On the contrary, she's clearly chasing Jesus and didn't find him in pop music. I'm glad she found Him, body, blood, soul, and divinity, in the Blessed Sacrament
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimal Catholicism isn't following Jesus either. It's all about following man-made tradition and worshipping idols, not about following Jesus and making your spiritual journey with Him. The church is supposed to help guide believers in their walk with God, not hinder it. Catholicism doesn't encourage people to read the Bible, but to listen to their "teachers". How is any Christian supposed to grow in his or her faith if they are discouraged from reading the Bible his or her own and thus don't get the chance to hear God speak to him or her personally? I hope this young woman turns away from the flashy, idolized religion called Catholicism and turns toward and truly follows Jesus. She should give more Protestant churches a chance before she starts to judge them all. Or how about actually trying to understand the truth of the Bible instead of the false theology in Catholicism? I pray that she would turn back to Jesus away from Catholicism so that she might be truly saved.
@@aleksandrasialtsis4382 you have been lied to about the Catholic Church and have no idea what she actually teaches. And Catholics are encouraged to read the Bible. Did you know that Bible in a Year podcast debuted at #1 and held the spot for weeks, and is still popular a few years later? It's a podcast done by a Catholic priest. Don't tell me we don't read the Bible.
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimal Really? You do? Then why do you worship the Virgin Mary? Why do your churches have images of Jesus and statues of the apostles and Mary? My church which is Presbyterian certainly does not have any images of God. Worshipping images of God or any other Biblical character is considered idolatry. Furthermore, where does it say in the Bible that there are things that believers need to do other than having faith in Jesus. Please tell me the specific passage that confession comes from. The true faith of Christianity is not supposed to be works-based religion, but a faith that allows forgiveness of sin because of what Jesus did which is a gift of salvation to us. A gift is something that you cannot earn. You can't add to the gift of salvation by doing good things because they are nothing compared to what Jesus has done for the world. So why would we need to be required to do good works on top of that salvation when Jesus finished His work of salvation already. It is written that Jesus said the moment before He took His last breath: "It is finished." Moreover, in Galatians 4:21-31, Paul once again explains what the true gospel message is because this church had begun embracing false gospels in his absence. It was explained this: Hagar represents the unsaved people who are trying to earn salvation through good works. Meanwhile, Sarah represents the people are saved by the gift of salvation that God offers to us through His Son Jesus. If this gift is being offered by God, then do you think that He made a mistake and didn't do enough to ensure our salvation? In Deuteronomy 27:36 as quoted by Paul in his letter to the Galatians (3:10, NIV Bible): "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Law." Paul explains in the next verse that "Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because "the righteous will live by faith" (quoted from Habbakuk 2:4). However, in verse 12a, it is written: "The law is not based on faith." Paul goes on in verse 13 to explain that Christ took on the curse that would be on us due to our sin. He hung on a pole (the cross) in order to take the curse of sin away from those who would put their faith in Jesus. Given that Christ redeemed us from this curse of sin, why would be like Hagar and want to still live under the law to find salvation while already having salvation in Jesus Christ? There is nothing that we humans can do to earn our salvation because we can never be justified while living under the law. God meant for people to freed from the Law so that we would be free to live for Him so that it would not be an obligation, but a joy to live for God. Good works is not required for salvation because of what Jesus did for the entire world so that anyone could be forgiven of his or her sins and that anything we might try to do earn God's favour to "ensure" our salvation will fail because living by the law only reveals our sinful nature as human beings. Good works don't do anything to improve our standing with God after we repent and put our faith in Jesus. So why would we need to add to God's perfect salvation? Because God is perfect, shouldn't all of His actions be perfect as well? Therefore, why would we need to work for a salvation that we already have by faith? That's my line of inquiry anyway. I hope that you would look into the part that I was referring to in Galatians at least so that you can access for yourself what I'm saying. Also, purgatory is not mentioned in the Bible, but Catholics claim that there is purgatory between "heaven" (being eternally with God) and hell. Where is the passage for that? My point is that if Catholicism is the "true church", then why do some of their teachings and some traditions directly conflict with the Bible?
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimalIt's not just about reading the Bible but applying what it teaches and Bible teaches for example that we're not saved by our works or kept saved by our works,Jesus told us that anybody who believes in Him has everlasting life and will never be snatched out of His Father's hand and this to believe is to trust Jesus and His finished work instead of trusting in yourself,how well can you keep the law and Jesus also said nobody will enter the Kingdom of God without being born again of water and Spirit and this is gift from God that you receive after trusting Jesus Christ and His finished work for your salvation,you aren't saved by being baptised in water but Holy Spirit which again is by grace through our faith in Christ alone. The Bible also teaches us to pray only to God but you pray to the saints and perhaps the dead too,your passed away loved ones. You are also idolising Mary,the mother of Jesus and while yes,she is probably most blessed woman ever,Jesus never told us to worship Mary,when a woman approached Jesus saying blessed is the womb that bore you and paps on which thou hast sucked,Jesus replied yea,rather blessed is everybody who hears the words of God and does them or this also,after Jesus finished preaching the parable of the seed, multitude told Jesus His mother and brothers and sisters came to visit Him but He said who is my mother or brother or sister? Everybody who does the will of My Father is my brother and my mother and my sister. Jesus didn't give significance to Mary that people should bow down to her or anything. Your priests are called fathers which is such an abomination to God. The list just goes on and on,Catholicism is an abomination to God,these aren't the teachings of God but men. Just like He said of false prophets being ravening wolves in sheeps clothing so is Catholicism traditions of men covered with supposed godliness. All these supposed fathers are like Christian versions of Pharisees. Spirit of Satan is mostly behind this,not Holy Spirit of God. I will urge you therefore to repent meaning have a change of mind about your ways and beliefs and believe the gospel of Jesus Christ and you will be saved,in fact you are in the very same moment after your faith in Christ. God bless.
👆Faaaacts! For every cringy jumbo concert church, there’s a dozen tiny, sincere traditional Protestant churches just quietly doing their thing. -your friendly neighborhood Lutheran
@@HREIII not trying to make you an Anglican at all. I actually believe that Roman Catholics are my fellow Christian brethren. I just wish the sentiment would be returned. 🤷♂️
@jebsmith323 I was about to say the same thing. The orthodox Presbyterian church is a much more robust denomination in its teachings than these seeker friendly churchs.
I traveled across the USA 🇺🇸 and overseas. Some Protestant communities are as she described. The Evangelical ones especially in Developing Nations are more so. I even visited Buddhist ☸ temples, Hindu 🕉 temples, (Jewish ✡ ) synagogues 🕍 and mosques 🕌 . These worship sites give me a boomerang: they all lead me back to the Catholic Church ⛪.
I’m Southern Baptist in Kentucky and I assure you that our Church Service is not at all like a Rock Concert. There won’t be denominations in Heaven. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Light. Noone comes to the Father (Abba God) except through Him. 💗🙏🕊️
Saying Protestantism is full of rock concerts and messages tailored to the individual is like saying Catholicism is all about worshipping Mary. Are there Protestants who get it wrong? Sure. Just as there are many Catholics getting it wrong.
Sure, there are individual Catholics and individual Protestants that “get it wrong”. However, Catholicism doesn’t get any of it wrong. Protestantism gets a lot wrong - and not just insignificant things, but salvation dependent things.
Yes it is, Catholic and Orthodox have developed sacred music over thousands of years based on the music that was sang in the Temple. Even if songs have religious lyrics, if they still have secular styles, they are profane and are not as set apart as they ought be for worship.
@kafirking6230 Secular: "denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis. "secular buildings" words have meaning so let's not misuse them.
@Murph_gaming Sacred music is set apart from secular use and only used for worship, to use secular genres and styles for the purpose of worship is profanation, that is to mean to make the holy more ordinary and thus less fitting for the glory of God. If you listen to the great works of the Church like miserere mei, ave verum corpus, salutaris hostia and the very many others and compare that to praise and worship songs that mimic secular music it is very clear that one is more beautiful, transcendent and fitting for the worship of God.
@Murph_gaming That is very obviously not true, hip hop or metal cannot be made holy and sacred, whereas Gregorian chant naturally lifts your heart and fixes you on the transcendent. Lyrics are important, but the way in which they are delivered is equally so. The chanting of ancient hymns and prayers cannot be compared to praise and worship as Gregorian chant and polyphony were specifically designed for worship, unlike praise and worship, which copied secular music genres to be more entertaining and relevant. Please listen to any Gregorian chant or polyphonic piece like Palestrina's sicut cervus, Mortzart's domine Jesu or any of the music I mentioned in my last post and tell me they are not more beautiful than any praise and worship song. That is important as all beauty points to God.
@@chalmapatterson544 Yep. It's all a bunch of people in their 30's sharing in a skeevy clique. Sorry to say that but after 35 years of exploring Protestant churches that's what I've seen over and over and over....
America is a protestant majority country. So if America has gone wrong , its bcause the Protestantism there has proved ineffective. So what r we taking about?
Not all of us Protestant Christians get down like that. My church plays reverent sacred music and our services are about God and for His glory, not a rock concert with an inspirational speech. “Let all things be done decently and in order.” 1 Corinthians 14:40
My Protestant Church is a small building with about 40 people that all sing praise to God with one person on piano, SOMETIMES they add an acoustic guitar. Followed by the preacher reading straight from the Bible and explaining the context of the text and how it applies to us today. Followed by more singing and praise and finished off with people asking for prayers or praise for things in their lives. Never been to a church that she went to.
You part of the protastant churches in less than 500 years time the protastant church has fractured into over 40,000 churches and there is no single agreement on interpretation of the Bible's passages. This should bother you...
@@danwenner1906 it does and doesn't. Even in the bible while the disciples split up and went City to City teaching the word of God they would come across cities that another disciple had already been to and they would hear arguments of. I follow this disciple and I follow this disciple. They tried to clean it up by saying stop saying which disciple you follow. We all follow Christ. It's the same today. Some people follow one person's interpretation others follow another interpretation. But everyone is following Christ unless they have another prophet such as Jehovah's witness, Muslim, Mormon. Each Church has its own little differences that aren't going to keep anyone from getting to heaven or from doing their best to follow. What they believe is God's word, except those who blatantly follow a prophet that is not in the Bible. My best guess as to why there are so many denominations and God allows Such a thing is because everyone's at a different spot in their journey and not everyone can handle God wants of us. So he has churches for every person with a bar that they can reach. It's nothing new considering he allowed the Jewish people to do some things that he didn't want them to, but he knew setting the bar too high wouldn't get anyone to follow him. He meets people where they are and always has. He sits the bar high enough to make them after reach but not so high they can't reach and give up.
@@michaelknapp677 I'm sorry Michael I disagree. If that were true then arynism, gnostism, to name a few are just as legit teachings. Why does Paul teach about those who do not follow what the Apostles taught? Why does John teach this as well? Your basically saying conterdictive teachings in the different denominations is ok even though the Holy Spirit is God and the Bible is clear God does not lead by confusion. The Apostles did not teach counterdictive teachings. Just different areas as the church was developing its teachings against new arguments. The Bible shows this when Barnabus took Paul straight to Peter that there was a leader and an order. It's why after a period of time after they met Peter gave Paul his right arm in a sign of authority to teach to the Gentiles. It's why Paul called the first council of Jerusalem to fighting off the gentiles having to get nipped down under. It was Peter that called it and no one questioned after his announcement like they questioned Paul and then James wrote up the decree and sent it out. The church leadership always had to deal with new questions It's why they had councils. It's how the dealt with multiple fake Apostles and false teachings. (Paul talks about it in 2Thes). John talks about in 2John. 1jn 10:16, the church shall be one fold, one Shepard. Eph 4,3-6, one lord one FAITH, one baptism... Rom 16, 17, avoid those who create dissension There are many more references. Checkup those the Apostles taught, names are in the Bible just like Luke and Mark both taught by the Apostles. See if what you believe holds water. These guys were taught by the Apostles for up to 40yrs. Polycarp, clement if rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Barnbas... just a few. NewAdvent.org, catholic.com
@@danwenner1906 fair enough. My opinion will likely change as I continue through my journey following Christ, but the fact that there are denominations won't. And I don't consider Christians of a different denomination to be of a different church, body, or faith. Especially when they're all following the word of Jesus. Unless they clearly arent like The examples I gave previously. I don't think God's going to play the "you have 40,000 options, one's right" game. Because no matter what denomination you say is The correct one. It's still just your guess based on how you were taught the Bible and how you interpret it. No different than anyone else.
@@michaelknapp677 Sorry i am texting and not good at it. God doesn't condemn those who do not know. It's more about what you believe in your heart to be right ( God has inscribed right from wrong on everyone's heart). Catholic teaching is that non Christian people such as Muslims, Hindus buddist, can also go to Heaven too. It's all Jesus's call as we all will meet Him at the twilight of death much like the thief did. I use to be protastant and married a Catholic girl. Much like you I saw Christianity all the same. However, I did like the Catholic churches smells and bells. My wife was attacked for being Catholic and I couldn't defend her i was told Catholics were all going to hell. Bla bla bla. There were some other stuff placed on my car attacking the church (chik-tracs). So I decided to research as I had a two-year old. It's when I read all the different religions, and many of the main stream Christian ones questioning everything. Is there even a God? I'm an old engineer so logic was the determining factor, no emotions involved. In the end the Early church fathers made it clear that there was a church as they provide context. That's all. I invite you to read them. They blew my mind. God Bless and I hope to meet ya on the other side. These two sites can answer a lot of questions. Catholic.com, newadvent.org. .
Yeaahhh, it sounds like she was looking into the wrong churches. There are plenty of rich, faithful prot churches, but yes, your average mega church is trash 😂
When I was leaving evangelicalism and heading towards Catholicism someone asked me why I don't just join a more traditional Protestant church like Episcopalian. I told her that if I go that far I might as well go all the way to Catholicism and actually have the Real Presence. So, yes, I am Catholic. I started from Assemblies of God and Baptist and worked my way backwards through the branches of denominationalism and origins of the Church, scanning history, and, well, it all led to Catholicism.
I just came home from Mass. it is solemn, it is beautiful, it is reverent, it is educational, it is thankful, it is prayerful, it is joyous, it is praise and glorification, and our Lords presence is with us. I love being at Mass.
No. The New Testament is clear that the Church is us believers, not the building. God inhabits his people through the Spirit. The building happens to be the place where everyone gets together.
@@toddfry6635 yes, The Church is the mystical body of Christ made up of the believers. But also, a church is the physical house of God present in the Blessed Sacrament. A Catholic Church, that is. And so each church building is a sanctuary and should be treated properly as a house of worship
True, but they are radical off shoots from the radical christians that rebelled from the catholic church. Each iteration of protestant christian being less like the original church than the last
Thank God she is calling this out. Evangelical churches are the worst with their celebrity culture and wordly focus. We need to bring back the purity of God's church.
I think to group “Protestants” in this category is not very fair. If it were reversed, there are many things that the “Catholic” church could be grouped in based on how some have behaved in the past. It’s more important to know what Protestants believe and stand for, not what some followers are doing.
Protestants believe in such great doctrine like 1). trusting Jesus as Savior, so you don’t have to save yourself. 2). priesthood of all believers, thanks to scripture available to believers. 3). Good works for glorifying God rather that to win His favor, and. 4). Denominational splitting, which can be a more peaceful way to keep the church’s purity. Catholics attribute their unity by the magisterium. Protestants have it by God himself. I encourage Catholics to read the Bible themselves to see what they’re missing.
@@frankwm1988 When there were tare in the field what did the landowner tell his servants to do? Start a new field? No. Protestants, by splitting away when members disagree on theology to maintain "spiritual purity", is doing what is contrary to the landlord's intention as described by our Lord in the parable of wheat and tares. Lesson: There is only *one* field (Church ). The Lord doesn't want Christians to start new fields where no tares are found in them. Just saying.
@@eric.loves.to.fish1 Then why u a Catholic? Orthodox is the original church. If what u are saying is true then Catholics are just as guilty as Reformers.
I wanna help you understand something: Martin Luther was a Catholic monk before he split off. If you haven't a clue about Martin Luther's more extensive roots, I urge you to understand who the father of the manmade religious movement of separation from Christ's Church, aka Protestantism, is really like. Luther suffered from scruples, and so rather than carrying his cross and bearing to watch the Church go through a period of bad leadership and corruption, he left it. You understand? He didn't adhere to his teachings, his love for Jesus, and remain determined in his faith...no, he said "this is too hard, I'm out...I'm doing this my way." Luther also was just not a good man, from what we know about him. There's a recorded discussion between one of his students asking on the seriousness of sin and how to combat it when it's too hard, and you know what Luther tells the student learning under him? Essentially: "Well, it's better to mortally sin now and ask for forgiveness later, rather than to endure the pains and temptations that try to drive you to it." Excuse me? Luther, you just told someone to commit mortal sin and then just go say you're sorry later. You have any idea how much that opens a can of worms towards habitual mortal sinning? That's so dangerous!! And yet, he encouraged Christians to just do what was bad, and ask for forgiveness later. Don't try to be virtuous or fight the temptations and struggle against sin? No, just give in and say you're sorry later. That doesn't stand well in God's courtroom, in front of Our Lord Jesus! Luther is the living embodiment of "God's way isn't working, I'm doing it my way, now..." and how many stories in the Bible do you know and read/have read where a prophet, or one of Christ's apostles did something God didn't ask them to do, or goes against God's word: what happens? God punishes them or sternly corrects them. So, ask yourself very personally: you want to follow the MAN MADE RELIGION that was a religious movement begotten from "I wanna do it my way, not God's way"? OR would you rather follow the Church that has been virtually unchanged in its roots and traditions since the founding of it with St. Peter the Apostle during the time of Jesus Christ? Really think about it. Really understand what the Protestant Church came from, and what that means if the Catholic Church got it wrong, but the Prots got it right. That unravels all Christendom...it means that Christ was a liar, it means so many other heinous truths. Seriously...pray on this. I'm actually praying for you. God bless.
Preach sister. I left the Baptist church for the True Church and I’ve never been happier and more at peace with my relationship with Christ. 🕊️❤️ Praise God
Really? I think Catholicism is more of a threat to your relationship with Jesus. Especially since Baptists (like other Protestants) believe that a relationship with Jesus is imperative. If you commit mortal sins, you must confess them or you will not get to heaven. And most sins, according to Catholic theology, are mortal. Venial sins are mostly accidents.
@@frankwm1988 yes really. The book of James tells you to confess your sins to your church leaders. Catholics believe in a personal relationship with Jesus that pushes them to good works ! I know how the joy of the spirit! My Baptist family lives in gossip and personal hatred for everyone who’s not them! That’s not the Gospel of Jesus Christ my friend. Come home to the First Church that Jesus established with the 12 Apostles. Prayers for you ❤️🕊️
Remember, the fair Europeans, namely, English, Scottish, Dutch, many Germans, Scandinavians, etc. went Protestant and are highly blessed. Foul Europeans: Micks, Wops, Polacks, French, Spaniards, and Portuguese hate Protestants and are defiant to the Gospel. If they weren’t, they would also be Protestant and not drink of the papist Kool-Aid.
@@tylerkessler4021 do you pray to Saints and Jesus’s mother Mary or no? If the answer isn’t a simple, no, then I don’t think the Catholic Church is leading you in the right direction.
@@tylerkessler4021Which Church are you talking about? The one in Jerusalem?Or the other like in Ephesus or Pergamos or Sardis or Thyatira? But if you are talking about the whole congregation of believers in Christ, then the Bible itself is the proof that false teachings have been creeping in even before all the apostles were dead and there was division among members picking their own teacher. Paul had to correct them they are all servents of the Lord Jesus Christ and all are equal. Paul was the one who greatly spread Christianity among Gentiles after Jews rejected Christ. The Bible doesn't tell Peter having authority over other apostles or believers. Peter was even rebuked by Paul for being hypocrite. The Bible doesn't tell succession of Christ on the earth. Obviously, Catholicim has different interpretation. But Jesus clearly said not to call anyone on earth teacher for there is only one teacher Holy Spirit. And not to call anyone on earth Father for there is only one Father in Heaven. Yet, Catholicim teaches only the Pope has the authority to interpret the Bible. And the Priests are called Father. The Pope is the Father, the Son and the teacher. Only that the Bible doesn't tell that. And Catholicism is not even sola scriptura.
And if I told you you can have a super, deep, and endless journey in life to enrich and empower that relationship, wouldn't you say *_"absolutely"?_* Great, because you should! Where do you go and what do you do to enrich your love for Christ? I'll tell you exactly where and how: the Catholic Church, and partaking in the Eucharist: Christ's Body and Blood which was given up for you, me and every sinner throughout all time. That means in the past, the present, and yet to come: all of us, sinners and all...He loves you THAT much. Does that sound so bad? It shouldn't! It's what Christ asked all of us to do, when He stated "Amen amen, I say to you: unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life I you," and, "unless you are born again in the water and the spirit, you cannot enter into the Kingdom of God." I just gave you 2 scripture passages that, though paraphrased slightly, are points that Christ makes HIMSELF, magnifying and stressing the importance of the sacrament of Baptism (water and the spirit; born again in), and the Eucharist (eat my flesh, drink my blood, no life in you). Try to really understand that, and look into that further. Please try to be open minded about all of this, because if you are and you begin to open your eyes more to this, you will see how much it matters to have a true relationship with the Lord. He has left us instructions, and guidance in more than just the Bible, but also in the traditions and living body and the life of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. God bless you.
The Protestant church is not exclusively (or even mostly or a plurality) nondenominational and/or megachurch, which is what her concerns focus on. I would imagine if she gave a high church/liturgical Protestant church a try, her experience would be much the opposite from what she described.
The Episcopal Church is so random. The closest is Orthodoxy, but it's not Protestant. Even the Orthodox churches don't have consistent teachings and often disagree on what should be dogma. The traditions and continuity of the Catholic Church is unmatched. The reverence and order is only imitated and never replicated by even liturgical Protestant churches.
But real Protestant churches (not these megachurches) like the Presbyterian church teaches sound doctrine and actually encourages people to read the Bible for themselves. The Pope doesn't want their church to read the Bible for themselves. If the parishioners did, then they'll find out that they've been lied to their entire lives. I don't want this young woman to be lied to as well. Also, Catholicism has changed the groupings of the 10 Commandments so that they can worship the Virgin Mary and other Biblical figures other than Jesus. Also, where is the passage in the Bible that supports confession? Orthodoxy also is not true Christianity because, like the Catholics, they make things more about the flashy traditions made up by men rather than about worshipping Jesus. Most protestant churches are not megachurches. However, I do understand that many of these churches have already started going woke and that's one of the many problems which the Protestant church has to fix, but it doesn't mean that the church can't reverse the number that's been done on them. Nevertheless, just because this young woman is not able to understand the truth of the Bible, it doesn't mean she's correct by going to Catholicism. She clearly not interested in knowing the truth. The truth is not dependent on her opinion. She's hiding from the truth. I pray that God would help her to see the error of her going to Catholicism, an idolatrous religion of works. I pray that God would help her believe in the truth of Jesus Christ so that she would be truly saved and that she might want to try a proper Protestant church.
No need to attend a church with the teachings of Martin luther and his man-made religion. Why go to a church established only 500 years ago when christ clearly established his church on Peter more than 2000 years ago? Christ said "I will build MY church on this rock and the gates of hades will not prevail". Understand? Jesus said he will build HIS church not the church of Martin Luther or the wide variety of Protestant denominational churches scattered throughout town! Jesus said the devil will never destroy HIS church, so where were all these protestant churches 1000 or 1500 years ago if they are the true church of Christ?
@@papasfritas6071the churches described had their own leadership and only had apostles to guide them. When they died there was no command to put 1 man in charge of the body of Christ as we already have one Jesus
We need to be careful about despising the worship of other believers. There are likely many sincere believers rejoicing in our Lord in the big E church she described and to disparage them because it is not to our liking can put us in a place similar to Michal despising David's exuberant worship before the Lord.
nah bro lets be honest most protestant churches like that, for me if there are no sacraments, no scriptural teachings, and no mass then that is no church
most people complain about the whole saints and Mary thing but even though i think their prayers are important again for me a church has to have a Christ and Scriptural centered faith and it has to have the sacraments and also mass, because i really dont get why people go to church to hear a sermon or have scripture being read to them, i just dont get it... like yea some sermons are good and we get to learn from Scripture but where is the sacrifice for God? its no longer for God but for ourselves
@@elmayonezotebe4245my church has music in the begining then we do prayer then scripture then a last prayer again. Other days we have other things mixed in too but a typical Sunday is just as that… I don’t find it bad? It’s not as crazy fancy as I have seen some online but I feel it’s a good mix and is a good church environment. You get the songs you get the prayer you get the teachings and the scripture ect.
@@elmayonezotebe4245but may I ask what you mean by “sacrifice to god” in a church setting? I’m new to it all so I’m not to sure what church has to offer to the fullest
Should have come to a Mennonite church, or any conservative protestant denomination. There are plenty of conservative protestant churches that aren't like this.
Actually mennonites don't follow the true Jesus that Protestants do. The former (the mennonites) believe that God Himself came down and had a baby with Mary and thus Jesus was born. However, Protestant believe the account of Jesus' birth as it was written in the Bible that Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit, which gave Him His divine nature as God while at the same time taking the form of a human being. It also enabled Jesus to not be born of sin, but of God, making Him God's Son (the Holy spirit is one of three persons in the Holy Trinity). These are the facts about Jesus which made Him qualified to be able to overcome sin and thus be the perfect sacrifice on the cross for the sins of all people. He is both man and God at the same time and He is the only one time sacrifice who ended the need for all animal sacrifices.
No problem with her feeling the need to return to her church roots. What I do dislike is the smug assertion that her search was thorough and that what she described is indicative of all Protestant churches. My small Baptist church is nothing like what she described. If her church experience is so all fired positive as she suggests, then focus on that instead of degrading and demeaning others with inaccurate generalisms.
She complains about generalistic sermons but returns to a religion that since it's conception has taught it's people that they are too ignorant to understand the Bible so trust us and we will let you know what you need to know. Spiritually immature people are people that do not study the Bible for themselves and are easily duped. She obviously doesn't have any knowledge of the history of the Roman Catholic Church because if she did she would know that she went back to the group that burned people at the stake for having a Bible in their possession.
@@munkandbear2818hahaha ah yes we should trust the people who go against the Bible huh? The people who made up purgotory so that everybody if they are not Hitler are saved? Most people go to hell because of this doctrine Worshipping of saints and Mary like they are God? Yes yes yes you say its not worship but interceding but those who read the Bible know it is FORBIDE TO SPEAK TO ANGELS AND IT IS FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK TO THE DEAD. You can only speak to God. Next one is idolatry..... I remember from my catholic days when we had classes.... What constitutes idolatry.... How doing or looking up to things is called idolatry.... The same principle goes for the saints Oh and one more thing, you either are a saint or you go to hell
Or how about you allow people to talk without getting offended by every single thing? Nobody should cater to your sensitivities, and actually I’ve been to a ton of services like what she described because I was raised evangelical
It took me 5 tries to leave catholocism, but I finally gave it up for lent in 1997. Permanently. I had read and understood the gospel message for the first time in my life..not spoon fed by the misselette, but reading the entire Bible helped me understand that I was an idol worshipper and a sinner. That broke my heart. The Lord saved me!
Never been to a single protestant church like what she is describing... Closest thing to that was a youth retreat I went to several times when I was a teen and even that we had our own music that was explicitly Christian.
I was raised Catholic but my husband attended only Evangelical Protestant Churches exactly like the ones she described. He hated it. Couldn’t wait to move out of his parent’s house to stop going to them.
Non-denominational evangelical churches are Protestant. Of course some Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, and other churches are more high church, but they still fall victim to these same trends since, at the end of the day, their reasoning for doing things the way they do them is up to the opinion of the individual governing body of the church. There’s no historical and present authority that must align with tradition. Non-denominational churches are Baptist and have no authority, which is why you see extremes like rock concerts so often.
See it's interesting because, as a Catholic, I've been to many Protestant churches just like the ones she's describing, but I've also been to many that are the opposite. I still remember one year we were visiting family over Christmas and were invited to a late-night Christmas Eve service at my Uncle's Methodist church. It's a tiny simple church in a small rural town, but I still remember that service being the most warm and fulfilling Christmas service I've ever been to. I love going to Catholic mass and I find it very peaceful, but that one service at his church still stands out to me. That uncle just so happens to be my Godfather. And you might be wondering, why as a Catholic do I have a non-Catholic Godparent? Well, my parents knew he and my Godmother are the most loyal, loving, and faithful Christians and to them, choosing him meant having a close loving family member who would always care for us and guide us spiritually was better than having a Catholic distant relative that we weren't super close with. My younger brother and I share the same set of Godparents for the same reason, which is another departure from tradition. Now that I'm an adult, I firmly believe my parents made the right choice in choosing them. To this day, my bond with my Godparents are the strongest that I have with any of my other aunts and uncles, bar none, and they've both guided me immensely in my faith. So I guess my point is, even though I agree with her opinion that a lot of Protestant churches are very secular in their practices, I still think that's not true across the board. Protestants are capable of having as much or as little faith within their church as Catholics, and their services can be just as fulfilling.
Protestants cannot have "more faith" or be "more fulfilling" in their services because they do not have the fullness of truth or faith and also don't have the Eucharist. They are dead members of the Body of Christ and you should not be attending their heretical and schismatic "services".
There are Protestant churches that do actually preach the Gospel and not vague sermons catering to the secular culture. Adding to that, the sermons aren't the only source of biblical wisdom and interpretation. Classes and studies outside of the Sunday sermon are at the root of a biblically grounded church.
People forget that GOD made ALL types of music and different music can touch different people,why judge,praise God that people do come to GOD because a song touched their spirit. This spirit of division is disgusting
Yeah,a genre isn't necesarily bad UNTIL it's corrupted with promoting sin,that's where the problem roots,in it's use,not in the music genre itself. I understand that some people might not like certain types of worship because it's "too modern/secular" or "very old fashioned" but just because it doesn't suits them,doesn't means it's "wrong".
I see what she’s saying, but I don’t think this is just a Protestant problem. The Catholic Churches in my area have the least Christian Christian’s and community youve ever met. Most of them would say they are cultural Catholics; they really don’t believe in much and bend to the culture more than most people I know due to wanting to be “good people”. I started going to a baptist church for this reason when I came back to God. Not because they were Baptist, but because they didn’t bow to the culture or make it a feel good sermon. It’s challenging, biblically based, and has an engaging Christian community. Regardless of denomination, look for a church that has that. It’s silly to pretend the Catholic Church hasn’t become Americanized or bent to woke culture. Hell look at what’s happening with the Catholic Church in Germany even. Catholic Churches may stick to tradition aesthetically, but otherwise they face the same problem Protestant churches do.
Parishes can be very different. If one wasn’t faithful to the faith, I’d look for another. However, when I became Catholic at age 48, I knew I could never go anywhere else because I was encountering the living Jesus in the Eucharist.
"Biblically based" he says as he doesn't recieve the Body and Blood of Christ. As he cluelessly wonders "what's this thing about the keys to the kingdom of Heaven?", "huh what's this authority to bind and lose?". You can claim to be Biblically based but the only church that's Biblically based is the Church that compiled the Bible. You're always welcome to join Christ's Church at any time though!
Lotta value in the Catholic Church presently and historically for sure. To pretend it isn’t bowing to culture the same way other denominations are is silly. To pretend there aren’t divides in the Catholic church and between parishes is even sillier. Your ad hominem attack makes you sound defensive @xymage. That’s usually not a sign of confidence. Do better. I’ll assume the invitation at the end is a gesture of good will though, thanks brother.
@@MOTM_ That wasn't an ad hominem attack. Swap "ad hominem" and "personal," and you'll have an easier time telling what's personal or not. Now, let's deal with your argument. "Divides" depend on what you mean. Do you mean disagreements on Dogma and Doctrine? I suppose their could be, but that's completely irrelevant to my argument, and I'm uncertain if you read my comment at all. Anyway, even if a certain parish was in disagreement with the Church, this doesn't disprove the Catholic Church in the slightest, just because someone is wrong doesn't disprove the original idea they disagree with. If someone thinks 2 + 2 = 4 is racist doesn't mean 2 + 2 doesn't equal 4. Lastly, I'm not sure what you mean by "bowing to culture." The Catholic Church is the only Church remaining that hasn't bowed to the culture in the slightest. Contraceptives are still banned [except for medical use in specific contexts not related to impeeding life]. Divorce is still banned. Female "priests" still aren't allowed. The Church still doesn't recognize homosexual "marriage." I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on this one because I know if you just listen to the media you'll believe all sorts of silly things, I'd like to remind you that the media is only there to drum up attention and what better way to do it than to mock Christ's Church. So next time you want to respond to a comment, let's avoid claiming a logical fallacy that's not even present and make sure that when you respond to a comment critiquing you or something you said you make sure you've addressed the points presented or else you'll run into a situation like this where you completely ignored my comment and just called me rude. That's usually not a sign of confidence. Do better 😋.
@@MOTM_ to pretend the Catholic Church *is* bowing to cultural pressure is silly. There are individuals pushing but things haven't changed. We don't have women priests or bishops. We don't allow divorce and remarriage. We don't allow contraception. We don't allow homosexual "marriage" or clergy. The German bishops are about to put themselves in schism if they don't knock it off. There are individuals, including priests and bishops, that behave badly and advocate and push for change, but they're not getting their way, not in terms of Church teaching. One thing I will grant you, there is indeed a certain malaise and cultural lukewarmness among many Catholic groups and parishes, including among the laity, that doesn't boldly proclaim the teaching of the Church and seems to want it to change. But it hasn't changed
Agreed! As a ex Muslim ex Protestant ( wasn’t sure what I was protesting against ) can tell you that our blessed Lord Jesus Christ gave the key to one person, stablished one holy and apostolic church which is universal. One God, One faith, one true church where we receive His Holy Body and precious Blood every day🙏🏼 JESUS is our KING and Mary our Queen. Fiat! Fiat! Fiat!
She’s talking about “Protestant churches” using a broad word to define a small portion of the adherents. There’s plenty of Protestant churches that aren’t like what she’s talking about. In fact, “secular music”? I don’t know a single church that sings secular music outside the odd Christmas song during that time of year. No idea where she was going.
It’s so hard to have conversations when everyone acts like a snowflake picking apart every single thing someone says to get offended. She was speaking on her own personal experience.
I used to go to a Presbyterian church that was quite evangelical in worship style and doctrine. Once in a great while, they may be a secular song However, the sermons weren’t highly Reformed. They were strong, however, with morality. And curiously, this was actually a PC(USA) church.
That’s why Jesus said “be fisherman of men”. You wouldn’t use the same bait to attract different species right? Everyone has different personalities and things that attract them to a church and how they worship. As long as they are preaching a true gospel, that Jesus died for our sins and we can only come to the father through Him and to do so we need to repent, and accept and believe in Him
The roots of her own faith (the Catholic tradition) are also based in a particular culture, just not our current one. It’s a mistake to say that because the practices are old, that they transcend culture. The beliefs indeed do transcend, but the attire, the music, the architecture, etc were based in the culture of that time. Is it wrong to bring the Christian faith into modern culture with modern attire, musical genre and other things? No, it’s not. Modern sounding music is not essentially secular music, and the fact that it promotes memorization is good and is also what liturgy does in a high church. A pastor tailoring sermons to his congregation does not mean that the focus of service is not on God, it means that he is feeding the sheep the things from the word that are relevant to their own needs and directing them to God. She returned to Catholicism because that’s where she grew up. And that’s fine! We have our preferences, but her criticism (although true of many Protestant churches) is not a valid rebuke of them all.
I left the Catholic Church and found Jesus at a Calvary Chapel Church. The Catholic Church never taught me to read the Bible and even dissuaded me from reading it. It built roadblocks between me and God by telling me I had to go through intercessionaries to talk to God. There is comfort in the high church rituals, but distance built between me and my Savior.
I hear you and I have a long story and the Catholic parish I attend as much as I believe in the foundations of Catholic religion my connection is with Jesus unfortunately other than the youth ministry connection which is beautiful the adult cradle Catholic behavior is racist Territorial and bigoted I hate to say that I'm glad there are the Hispanic and Filipino Catholic groups I wish they weren't segregated but they are but they give me a sense of comfort in Christ and Humanity the Anglo cradle Catholic culture just completely rubs me the wrong way I never thought I'd have to say this but here I am a newer to Catholicism but older to Christ coming from a cosmopolitan San Francisco Bay Area culture of classical music and a lot of beautiful Asian culture as well here I come to this part of California where the Anglo culture is rather closed bigoted territorial
Do you even attend daily mass? because if you do you will hear Bible reading everyday... I never understood the vague accusation of the protestants who say 'Catholic Church dissuaded me from reading Bible'.
"Catholic Church ⛪ dissuaded me from reading 📚 the Bible." My response: that is not in the CCC. I am in Gen X. I traveled overseas (outside of the USA 🇺🇸). No priest, other clergy member, nun, professor/teacher in a Catholic institution ever discourages anybody from reading 📚 the Bible, anywhere. A Mass or any other Church service is steeped in the Bible. Rites and rituals are sacramental = they bring you closer to Jesus. You need to be re-evangelized.
Damn... This is so true! I felt the same way. I was raised Roman Catholic and went to the Protestant church searching for an "easier, softer way" aka things that aligned with MY beliefs, and ended up with the fullness of the faith. Brothers and sisters, come back to Catholicism!
We definitely need the Catholic Church. It's leaders are plagued with the same things the leaders of many Protestant churches are: fear of the foundations in the original Mosaic covenant. The strength of the Catholic Church seems to be in it's people right now. We need that. Believers should all be praying for all the churches right now.
This clip is not edifying to the body of Christ. It is only sowing disunity and only serves to act against Jesus’ prayer for his church: that we would all be one. There is no constructive criticism here. Only ignorance. This is bad click bait, and I expect more from this channel than uninformed Protestant bashing … it makes me want to unsubscribe. If I ever see something like this again, I will. Take it down. It’s gross.
Protestants that don't participate in the Re-presentation of Calvary are already not in unity with the Church. Why can't it be pointed out that services without the worship and sacrifice are lacking what God planned for His people?
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimal The objection is that she is characterizing "the Protestant church in America today" but describing a very non-Protestant experience. She is describing something else.
@@mj6493 no, that was not his objection. His objection was that her opinion sows disunity. My contention is that we are already divided, why can't we point out that the re-presentation of Christ's sacrifice is the worship that God intended for us to have, not just a prayer service?
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimal But the REASON that this video sows disunity is that it so misrepresents Protestant teaching and worship. Almost all Protestants do believe in the re-presentation, or at least re-membrance (anamnesis), of the sacrifice of Christ at the cross. The cross of Christ is central to Protestant worship. Admittedly, not always at street level, but if that is your standard, most Catholics are just as confused. By the way, communion among Catholics was rare during the Reformation era. It was the Protestants who argued for frequent communion and partaking of both the body AND blood of Christ.
@@aleksandrasialtsis4382 Don't worry, she found Him. He's at the altar. She consumes Him as He commanded us: "Amen amen I say to you: unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you." Christ was pretty straight forward about that, and yet there are so many prot churches that don't do the Eucharist anymore...where does it say in the Bible to throw up hands and sing alleluia 20X to make it true? Or to gather in a church building? Or to have the Easter and Christmas services as a holiday? Oh right, it's not in the Bible. Why? Because someone 1000+ years ago needed to interpret it. Who did that? The Doctors and Early Fathers of the Church: St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Gregory, St. Irenaeus, and so on and so forth. The Bible is a Catholic book, the Church is the institute Christ founded...Prot churches are not founded by Christ, they are man-made...why would Christ, the great unifier and victor over sin and death itself, ask someone in the 1510s to SPLIT from His own church? Really think about that, and really try to justify the necessity to leave the communion of Christ's Church because of some sinners being bad leaders...if that's the excuse, then no one should be American right now, because we have a bad leader in office rn. Sincerely, I pray and hope you come home to the Faith and One True Church. God bless.
What Protestant Churches are you going to? The service at our church is quite solemn and straightforward. No jumping or dancing. We sing hymns, listen to scripture and partake in Communion. I've never witnessed a rock concert service in my church.
Yeah, that’s why I stopped going to non denominational/bapticostal churches that twist the gospel and now go to a classical Protestant church that teaches sound doctrine and sings psalms and hymns for worship. I dare you to go to a single Presbyterian (I’m not a Presbyterian) church that actually tries to make worship good and see if you have the same issue
@@Xymage That’s cool, have fun with your never ending, non perfecting, unbloody, propitiatory sacrifice that will never fully pay for your sins. I, however, have been made perfect by the single, once for all sacrifice of Christ Jesus and do not need human works to justify me in the eyes of the Father.
@@Xymage No one is worthy of heaven but Christ. It is not prideful at all to believe that the righteousness of Christ is imputed to me by grace through faith. If you believe that is prideful, then Paul must be extremely prideful when writing Philippians. ”and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,“ Philippians 3:9 NASB1995 Not only is it not prideful on my part, it is lessening the sacrifice of Christ on your part.
@@fuelmotive8716 "Not only is it not prideful on my part," you sure about that? lets see what you said again. "I, however, have been made perfect by the single, once for all sacrifice of Christ Jesus and do not need human works to justify me in the eyes of the Father" you seem to be reading a lot into what St. Paul is saying there, because he was not saying he has been made perfect [nor does he teach your "imputed righteousness" nonsense]. The issue is your ego and you claiming to be worthy of Heaven, and that you're perfect while denying that you must do good works. Repent and believe in the Gospel.
Rock concert, old hymns, AME soul gospel, take your pic. Your “church” is not a church if you aren’t receiving our Lord’s body and blood in the most holy Eucharist. The pinnacle of our faith is being united with Jesus in sharing his body, the sacrificial lamb that gave himself fully in his love for us. There’s a reason the last supper and the crucifixion fell on Passover week: Jesus was the Passover sacrifice. The Jews ate the sacrifice after it had been offered to God. So too are we called to eat of the sacrifice, Jesus’ body and blood. The Jews were never allowed to drink the blood of the lamb, because the life of the flesh is in the blood. BUT, Jesus gave us his blood as pure drink, giving his life for us that we may live eternally with him. It is not a symbol. It’s the entire point of Christianity. Come home to the Holy Catholic Church, all you faithful.
That’s not what Jesus meant. In John 6, He was speaking metaphorically about a spiritual concept. It would be absurd for that to be cannibalism. Jesus mentioned that His words are “Spirit”. Catholics argue about the Greek words “phago” (eating, in any fashion) and “trogo” (gnaw food). At the end of the day, it’s irrelevant since trogo is just a form of phago. And this was still quite a while before the Last Supper, so this whole passage is really an allegory of faith.
All i wanna add about 'protestant' churches is that you get the very modern ones like the Baptists and Pentecostals and the much more traditional one like Presbyterian and Reformed. please don't confuse them
It sounds like you are unfamiliar that Protestants believe in receiving the body and blood of Christ. You can verify this by looking at the Lutheran, reformed/Presbyterian, anglican, Methodist, and Baptist confessions, for example, the 1689. So historically and the majority of Protestants don't hold to what you are referring to. 2nd, feelings don't determine truth, Scripture does. 3rd. Protestants reject Transubstantiation, which is a false historical innovation, denies Scripture and denies our God given senses. Please read 1 Corinthians chapter 11 and Gospel of Luke chapter 24.
@@frankwm1988 then why was the Eucharist historically believed to be the true divine body of Jesus Christ? Saint Ignatius of Antioch, one of the first bishops of Antioch wrote on objection to Christians who believed that the Eucharist was not truly the body of Christ. Ignatius was ordained by St Peter. So did the church Jesus started just flop that quick? The birthplace of the term Christian (Antioch) just completely missed the mark? I choose to believe that the gates of hell did not prevail against Peter or the Church.
She’s generalising a lot and basically speaking about “low churches” of the group of Protestant churches. Low churches don’t carry “high church” traditions close to that of Catholic or Orthodox churches, such as Congregationalist, non-denominational, Baptist, Pentecostal churches - giving it that “rock concert” affect she’s referring to. There’s still Protestant churches carrying “high church” traditions such as Lutheran and Presbyterian.
I flew out to be at my mother's bedside when she passed on. For 10 years, she was tied to an oxygen tank bec of emphysema. The doctors took her off of all her medications and oxygen, so she was barely able to take a breath for several days. But within 10 seconds of her dying... she Screamed Bloody Murder! It made me think about that movie Ghost, with Patrick Swayze, when the demons came and got the guy who was hit by a car, and then he was dragged off kicking and screaming into the abyss. I used to be a Religious Hypocrite, but for the last 7 years, I read my Bible every month and evangelize to everyone I meet. I was raised Catholic by my family and I never read my Bible until I was 50yo. Then 7 years ago I found out it only takes 1 Day to Listen to the New Testament Bible,l. The Truth scared the Hypocrite right out of me! The whole Bible is 72hrs÷30=2.4hrs/Day. He would rather have 10% of every day from a Wise Virgin, than 10% of a Foolish Virgin's income. (Matt 25) So I read A-Z: Acts-Zeph every month. I have not gone to church in years. If anyone is caught in wilful sin, Pastors are to expose them before the entire congrigation as an example. God can't stand Religion, but is looking for a relationship: The small Remnant that ❤ God with ALL of our heart, mind, soul and strength and Obeys Everything His Word says to do. All scripture is God breathed. Every VS quoted in the NT came from the OT. so it makes sense why Satan convinces the Jews to Reject the NT, and for the Christians to Reject the OT. Yeshua did away with anything having to do with The Temple/Priests, Animal Sacrifices, and killing people caught in a sin. So the rest of the 613 All fall in line with 1 or more of the 10 Commandments: #1 ❤ YHWY with ALL of your Heart, Mind, Soul & Strength (Not Most) #2 Have No carved images: cross jewelery, statues 3 Keep His Name Holy: Yeshua was a Hebrew and a not Greek; so Jesus is Blasphemous 4 Remember The Keep The Sabbath Day Holy (Saturday) ~❤ your Neighbor/Forgive your Enemies 70x7 5 Honor your Parents 6-10 Don't: Hate, Lust, Steal, Lie, Covet ~Never Eat an unclean animal: Pork, Shellfish, etc... ~YHWH ⏳️❤☘️🐇 H A T E S 💐🎂🇺🇲🥳 PAGAN 🎃🦃🎄🕎 WORSHIP Amos 5:12 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. I'm not concerned about this life, when a Million, Billion, Trillion Years is only the beginning of Eternity!!
She's not wrong about the idolatry of some Protestant services, but jumping out of the frying pan into the fire of multiple cultic aspects of the idolatrous catholic church is the height of hypocrisy.
You wanna take the low blow route and call the Catholic Church a cult, then fine: it is a cult. Guess who our Cult leader is, cuz believe it or not, it ain't the Pope...can ya guess? That's right: Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, consubstantial with the Father, who was born before all ages (God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God). Idolatry is such an easy game to play, that next time you make a big deal about something more than God Himself and actually choose something over God, recognize that it may've been idolatry. Not promising it is, but it may be. Lord have mercy on these sinners...have mercy on all of us sinners...
How you "feel" is irrelevant. Is the theology sound, should be the question. Catholic theology is so riddled with pagan beliefs systems it's simply not sound.
There are no pagan beliefs in Catholicism. The Church pretty much eliminated paganism from western civilization by preaching the gospel all over the world. What have you done?
Where did you get your theology? Where did you get your Bible? Who told you these things?...answer: Catholics. Because until the 1500s thats all their was. So in short, no they aren't Pagan. They are the True Church Christ founded.
So Sunday mornings are for fellowship & big broad strokes, making sure you’re on the same track. Small groups are for personal connections, discipleship, & to ask questions. Finding an elder member of the church is about personal mentorship & guidance. Finally reading the Bible daily is where you grow your roots & really begin to understand who God is & cultivate a personal relationship. It doesn’t matter what denomination of church you are in. That church is a collection of your brothers & sisters in Christ. You measuring your intentions & the reading the Bible will always be your foundation. If you still feel like Sunday morning is the best part of your walk with God, that means you’re not spending personal time with him.
Worship isn’t singing and dancing. It’s praise. Worship is denying your self. Instead of looking at that girls pictures you deny yourself. Instead of going out and having drinks you deny yourself. Instead of throwing hands with the guy who insults you deny yourself. That’s true worship. It’s obedience. Sin isn’t acceptable. Never has been. Read the entire book. Sin is not ok. Todays church has made you believe that all you got to do is believe and your good to go. He says on the day on judgment many will be told to get away. And these will be people who have had successful ministries. They have casted out demons. They have worked miracles. They have saved people in his name. That sound like someone who truly believes right? He said those who don’t do the will of my Father. Well what’s his will? It’s in his word. Where is His word. It’s in the first 5 books and had you if read the entire thing book by book in no o text you’d know that but instead they’ve convinced you to read a bit here and a bit there or this verse her and then this verse. All out of context. Many will take the broad easy path. He wasn’t talking about all people. He was talking to those who believe. If not he would have said hey you all right here are good you believe your on the right path it’s the rest of the world that’s on the broad path. It’s the believer. How do I know. I read the book. He said MANY will be told to get away and this MANY are believers doing things in his name so these must be the MANY on the broad path. But church is nothing more than a synagogue which is a place of worship. The word church doesn’t exist in the Bible. The word translated is congregation and that’s is the people. Not a building. And just like he said don’t be like the hypocrites praying on the street corners and in the places of worship for all to see Truly they have their reward. It’s sad really. When I see someone online praying for all to see I know they didn’t read it. They are following the traditions of men. But regarding the church. It’s a show. Why do you think there is a stage. Before the 4th century the gathered together and had a meal at a table and fellowshipped as brothers and sisters with Him as their leader. Church is phony. They say all you need is Jesus but as soon as you stop coming to church they think you’re doing bad. As soon as you move away from church life they say you need to come back to Jesus. Who left? He is in me. I don’t need your building. It’s no authority. Show me in the book where your building has authority? You want to get Closer To Him. Do as he did. Take the next 40 days read 37 and half pages a day. For 40 days. Not outside interference. Meaning don’t ask anyone questions. Don’t even let them know what you’re doing. He went out into the wilderness for 40 days. Alone. Do the same with the word. And when you have a question about something you read. Write it down in a notebook. And by the time you finish the questions will have been answered
The hymns from centuries ago were once considered like the Christian rock of today. As long as they are God-centered, they are leading us to worship our Lord!
Exactly and speaking of demographics apparently the demographics of Catholicism has a huge bearing and difference unfortunately I'm noticing this as a newer to Catholic culture this parish is bigoted segregated territorial bottom line the hypocrisy is palpable I understand about the sacraments I take them seriously the homilies are often highly critical of non-catholic everything when the non-catholic Ministries where I also serve are helping the marginal and the desperate in this area
Please don’t speak if you don’t know🤦♂️ I apologize I have to speak to you like this, but brother we can’t worship god anyway we want we have to worship him the way he want in his glory and reverence, and I’m pretty sure hymns where never hated considering it’s tradition😅
@@vowelsounds6312, It is and always will be about the heart of His followers. It doesn't matter if a lyre, an organ, or an electric guitar are used. If you are praising and loving the Lord and inviting His Spirit to inhabit you, that is true worship.
@@Joséthechristlover, the first clue you potentially aren't connect to God is that you don't capitalize Him, showing a lack of reverence for our Lord. Second, it is always about the heart of the worshipper, not the instruments used to worship. There was no organ in the time of Jesus (or Moses, David, or any other Biblical figures) and no instruction manual on the "appropriate" way to worship Him. You sound like a Pharisee. Ditch your man-made traditions and worship the Lord with all your heart, mind, and soul.
I am a Baptist. My church has a traditional service and a modern service. Our pastor is the most kind and knowledgeable man imaginable. Don’t knock all Protestant churches based on one or two. Each is different.
One of the ways you can look at true worship, is what you do or don't do when no one sees you, spent some time in a prayer room, learn what it means to die to self & lay your life for another, such things can't be done without Jesus, that's why I have relationship with Jesus, not saints or Mary etc. it's Jesus who healed me from cancer, freed me from addictions, and taught me how to live my life Christ centered.
Every time I leave my Protestant church I feel fulfilled knowing I’ve recieved the body and blood of the Lord Jesus, heard the gospel preached clearly, listened to the word read, and worshipped almighty God with ancient hymns. My church is liturgical, we have bishops, and we have apostolic succession yet we are also Protestant (Anglican).
Honestly, I have nothing much for most Protestant churches, either. Until the last 4/5 months, I hadn't attended a service in years. Only after helping at a local congregation have I found any genuine love or desire for Christ.
Ya no. That’s a non denomination style church. Most Protestant churches I know focus on singing hymns and other Gospel and choral music. We focus on expository preaching. We don’t sway and throw our hands up. It’s not a show, it’s the word of God being presented to the congregation. This is a church that Protestant churches call experiential and feel good loose living.
Another straw-man argument against Protestant churches: pick on the non-denominational churches and pretend that the traditional, mainline churches don't exist. Also, she said that Protestant churches are Americanized. Umm, America was founded by mostly super traditional Protestant churches--you can even say that the Puritans/Congregationalists were more conservative and traditional than the Catholic Church at the time.
I searched for a few months for my church when my family moved. My main focus was finding a church that was true to the word, and one that was not motivational in nature, one that kept the focus on God and did not make everything about me. We landed at a non-denominational church. Is there a full band that sing contemporary songs? Yes. However, they are not secular, they are God glorifying and biblical in nature. Our preacher is a third generation pastor that teaches directly from the word and delivers messages that aren’t always easy to hear. Just because a church doesn’t uphold to the same traditions as a church 1500 years ago does not mean that it isn’t biblical. To be honest some of those old traditions are very unbiblical. Purgatory is not mentioned in the Bible one time. In fact the idea that those who are saved by grace through faith have to suffer for their sins after death is contrary to everything the Bible says about salvation.
I’m a former Protestant turned Catholic and I honestly very much miss the charismatic services we had and the 1/2 hour long sermons, that yes, do place the Bible right there at your doorstep and ask you to take a look at your life. And in singing the hymns sung in the Catholic Church, which I can see many are from recent years (1900’s), which then that statement about “pop songs” is subjective. What we have to overcome in religion is exclusiveness and embrace inclusiveness. Jesus excluded no one and he is the example we follow along with the guidebook provided (aka the Bible). It’s relatively simple. God be with each and everyone reading this! 🙏💯
You cant beat the one true church. Whether the prot church is modern like those or "traditional" in their own way its still an apostacy. They have no sacraments no validity and no priests just random people that misinterpret scriptures and deny real traditions created by Jesus in his church. The Catholic church is the only way.
Wrong Jesus is the only way telling people that Catholicism is the way to Jesus is already going against the Gospel my church does a couple of hims and we have a pastor giving us the lecture which is biblically accurate they teach about repentance to deny yourself and pick up your cross and strive to be holy now i respect catholic traditions but the main problem i had with growing up catholic it that it all felt like tradition i did my comunion and my confirmation but i did not know Jesus it was all religion and most of the people i knew in the Catholic Church were catholics by tradition not by practice but then i went to a Christian church and everyone there was seeking the lord everyone was talking about getting together and studying the Bible group prayers they were all welcoming and friendly something ive never seen in the Catholic Church
@@nachohernandez7136 you'll regret the decision to leave the one true church. No amount of feel good nonsense in prot churches will ever replace what is needed. Waving your hands and acting like an idiot does not bring you closer to him. Catholicism is definitely the only way because it's the way he founded. Simply put your going the wrong direction by following your own desires for a feeling that gives you nothing. You're doing it wrong you're wrong. Chase your feeling of Jesus loves me in your fake churches with misinformation and lies of how you can interpret Scripture and make you're own way. All you have in the end is regret and separation from Christ
@@knight3115 God bless you brother but i didn’t leave Catholicism because it feels good because like I said they teach repentance to crusify your flesh to deny yourself and repent sinning no longer feels good im not bashing Catholicism i think if practiced correctly it can lead to eternal life but not because of the church but because of what Jesus did on the cross for you and I and the church I attend isn’t like that we don’t wave our hands in the air we sing hims to the Lord my point is that we’re fighting the same fight we shouldn’t fight eachother Ephesians 6:12 “ For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” I love the lord I pray I repent but i never had a relationship with God because it didn’t feel like i was doing it for him it felt like i was doing it for the religion and religion isn’t what saves its Jesus
The Catholic Church is not always safe. If one carries mortal sin (as they call it), but does not confess it to the priest, they cannot enter heaven. But Protestantism can guarantee salvation because of what Jesus did. And we have two sacraments, baptism and communion. But that’s it. The other five are not viewed as Gospel-based and not part of our ministry. (Except for the Anglicans, who use those five as peripheral.)
@@frankwm1988 I know exactly how confession and mortal sin works I'm catholic and it's the only way it can work. All other way including prot nonsense are completely wrong. The only sacrament prots can sorta pull off is baptism and most certainly not communion. No prot can be "saved" no matter what you think. If you're not catholic, which is a real Christian, then you are not living the way christ intends for us to live. Without the church He founded and the sacraments He instated for us then you will not make it. Prots always seem to think they're enough on their own lol it's ridiculous
Orthodoxy is orthodox in name only. In fact, they view the Bible as a part of tradition! This makes it equivalent to Patristic (Church Fathers) documents, which are not inspired scripture, and the first 7 ecumenical councils. And like Catholics salvation is also faith plus works. And probably other kooky doctrines.
I go to a Protestant church. There are people here who have been faithfully serving the church and community for decades. Our music minister has been doing it for 50 years now. If you just “explore” churches you’re going to miss out on what it’s like to be fully plugged into a community of faith.
This is why faith and church community are 2 separate things. Church is for fellowship. Fulfillment comes from Daily being in the Word. God loves to meet us where we are at.
To me what she explained is just that you have a find a church that fits you. Some people like that stuff and some people don’t. If you want a focus on the Bible itself within church find the church that has that. It’s just part of what we all have to navigate on our journey to have a deeper connection with god.
She put Protestant church in a box of only a small fraction of Protestant churches so obviously either she doesn’t know or she may have had Catholicism as an influence.
As a Protestant who goes to church regularly. Our house is not like this. We know and are taught everything is for God and His glory. We as created beings exalt the one who is not created.
Important thing is to find a true Bible believing church that follows the teachings of Jesus Christ. It's not a particular church that can save you - it's only Jesus Christ who is our Saviour. Belonging to a particular church is not the answer..... it's not just the building. The church is the body of true believers in Jesus Christ. Jesus is the head of that church.
When it’s not about us, it’s more sacrifice but according to Jesus, if you want to follow me, you have to carry your own cross. He said to love God first then your neighbor.
It really depends on the community and the specific church you go to. I hear so many people think the one church they visit or grew up in represents the whole faith.
It’s sad that big churches have ruined many peoples idea of Protestant churches. I go to a Pentecostal church in a small town. I always feel so fulfilled after I leave on Sunday. From the worship songs to the actual service.. to the people and the family vibe we all have. We drive an hour to go to that specific church because it’s OUR church. I tried finding a Pentecostal church closer by but they didn’t feel right. Like example this morning I got a call from an older woman who does Sunday school with my kids just checking in and letting us know she missed us because we missed the last couple weeks. She makes handmade cards with handwritten poems for everybody. I love my church so much ♥️ they are family.
I had the opposite experience of feeling scrupulously anxious, confused, unseen, and unloved in the Catholic Church, while occasionally seeing signs of God’s spirit moving through it. I went to a baptist service and felt all the love, warmth, presence, and care of the loving, present Father in Heaven. I was denied all of this by my earthly father, so intentionally choosing a church that reminds me of my alcoholic, physically, mentally, emotionally abusive, forgiven father just felt too difficult to grasp. I felt weighed down by my scapulars, not lifted up. I want to believe in Catholicism, I want it to be true, I want to feel safe in it, but I feel a wretched hatred in my heart towards it, and the loss of all the peace of God in my soul at this point. If God leads me to it, I will become Catholic in a heartbeat, but at this point I’m sure it’s not where He’s guiding me.
She’s absolutely right. Sadly some evangelical churches are like that, particularly in America. But not all Protestant churches are that way. It’s very sad that, for Americans in particular, the only version of Protestantism they’ve ever been exposed to is a big rock concert with me-centric sermons. You may well disagree with Protestantism, but it has many rich traditions that are Biblically sound and Christ-centred.
Perfect description of the way Protestantism often drifts from God, not however a profound claim against the doctrine itself. I’m a keyboardist heavily involved in contemporary worship events, the goal has always been to offer our skills in worship to God, not push an emotive response. It’s so easy for ego to get in the way, which is unfortunately why we see it so much in the church.
To each his own. If she someday finds that the Catholic Church no longer fulfills her spiritual needs, lets hope and pray that will find another Christian denomination that can strengthen and deepen her relationship with our Father, God. Bless her, Father, for her staying on the right path with the purpose of becoming even closer to You. In Jesus' holy name, Amen!
Its not which Church you end up following. But it's always about Jesus. If it isn't Jesus your central idea of preaching, singing or worshipping then that Church has left the True Church of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit will work through you in any denomination of Christianity. And this includes Catholic, Orthodox and Any Protestant Church.
This is a criticism of the EVANGELICAL church, not the protestant church at large which would include reformed and orthodox communities. But all that really matters is what is true, not what type of church service you prefer.
I dont understand these people complaining about the music, really.. they probably are going for the wrong reasons to church in the first place, to me that has never been an issue, as if God wanted certain type of music, other wise He wont be there. i wonder if people play in certain church the music that was played when Jesus was alive, or when King David was alive, the truth is NO ONE KNOWS how it sounded like, and if it were important Jesus would have said something about it, if your attention is going to a band and not to worship God then the person who is wrong is you, not the band or musician
I came from a protestant background, went through Catholic Catechism, but didn't feel quite right with it enough to commit to the church due to some of their teachings. Back I went to church hopping until I learned about Orthodoxy, I fell in love with God in His Holy sacraments, tradition and the historical understanding of where we came from. For me, this is the only way to experience church as the disciples were led to create it.
There’s definitely some truth to what she says about some of the mainstream “Evangelical“ churches, where they cater services towards the individual. However, most of your historical Protestant churches, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Baptists, etc particularly those that hold to conservative Protestantism, these churches services focus entirely on God. That is what sola scriptura is all about, because scripture is focused entirely on God. so lumping all other protestant church services with contemporary Americanized person centered evangelical services is a bit of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Plus, it doesn’t really represent truly conservative protestant services.
Especially the ‘non denominational’ ones. Protestant churches It’s all about ‘look at me’ instead of Look at God. The first time I truly remember feeling God’s presence in a church was at the Catholic Church, and more recently the Tridentine Mass. It’s overwhelming.
Her complaints about the evangelical churches are the same complaints the real protestant churches have about the same evangelical churches.
Yes, exactly. They don't represent Protestant churches in the slighest, the represent the world.
No doubt, but "real" Protestant churches are hemorrhaging out even faster than the Catholic, are they not?
How do you define “real Protestant churches”? Protestant beliefs are so widespread that there is almost no defining feature between them all, not even the belief in Jesus’ death and resurrection. And, Protestants have no authority to draw from to define beliefs. Look up the No True Scotsman fallacy. The Catholic Church gets its authority from Jesus himself who established it in Peter and the apostles, and can clearly define her beliefs.
@@tristenwilliams1943 the real Protestant churches still have a connection with what made them protest in the first place: the five solas
@@tristenwilliams1943the No True Scotsman fallacy is what Catholicism uses to prove that it alone is a church.
Is she aware that there are Protestant churches that are not big box non-denominational contemporary worship churches? Doesn't seem so.
She is aware and in the full video there is more nuance to this. However this is UA-cam, and 'all' Protestants are the same ie - Rock concerts and Hill Songs. The reality is of course not this for most Protestants.
For real bro she is basing all her statements of contemporary music. She needs to go to a real baptist church there is none of that. Going to church is not about the music it’s about the intention
I am aware of this, too. Even if you change your songs to hymns, it doesn't matter. It's still a bunch of fluff that caters to you. You prefer a more old fashioned church service? That church is over there. Do you prefer a newer version? That church is over there. It doesn't matter. You are not actually worshipping God in either direction.
@BrandonBui-jh6yf yeah, I went there too. It's the same stuff but with hymns. It doesn't matter. You still aren't worshipping the Lord in either case.
Yep. She realizes that all Protestant churches are not the same. She's merely pointing out the ones with the concerts. 🤷🏻♀️
The last thing she said is the ultimate truth. As Catholics we should know that we are there to worship Christ and to be in awe of his mercy not to be entertained or blown away by the speakers. I myself took a similar journey to come back home to the One True Church Jesus came to establish. When I began my RCIA class I was still very much defiant and combative about the church. I basically was lovingly tormented by the Holy Spirit to go through the program and even gained the deacon’s personal attention and he became my spiritual director and still is my most strongest alley in my faith. On the day of my confirmation when they were going to anoint me, I was in line and I told my Godfather and I quote “ I don’t think I can do this” He then replied to me as I was physically backing away “ where the hell do you think your going? I’m 6’ tall and he’s about 5’2” and he grabbed me by the arm and I swear I couldn’t budge him an inch. He literally dragged me up to the altar and turned me in. I have never been more happy in my walk of faith since.
Don’t conflate Protestantism with seeker-sensitive non denom
"I don't need the church to tell me what to believe I can read the Bible myself" - 16th century seeker sensitive church sermon. Protestantism has always been seeker sensitive.
Sorry, kind of have to agree with the lady... It's almost all protestant churches. From the hymns that repeatedly mention "me" to the sermons that teach about my healing.
To a holy communion that's shared in horrible little plastic wrapping by the congregation, to the individual feeling sorry for their sins or sharing fellowship with Others. Even great teaching that nurtures...my understanding. That challenges...me. That honours Christ ... is still received by me.
Yes, this is good but the epistemic starting point is...me or the congregation, my faith and reception of the word by the congregation.
Contrast the mass, where the liturgy, the role of the priest, the choir or altar servers and the administration of the bread and wine shift the dynamic. Even if there's no one there to hear, no congregation, no individual congregant to reflect... the celebration of the Eucharist is still the most powerful act of worship to God, for it is Christ's supernatural offering to His Beloved father of Himself. So, suddenly the congregant is incidental and at best a partaker and no longer the focus.
This is why we Protestants can't receive Catholic or Orthodox communion. For 95% of us the Lord's Supper is just our remembrance and our proclamation of what Jesus has done as commanded by Jesus. But for the Catholics, Orthodox and theoretically Anglicans and Lutherans (who go sadly wobbly on thus)...it is this and more. The ordained priest, in the person of Christ, through the Holy Spirit "re-performs" (not really the word I want) his own sacrifice, his own obedience to His Heavenly Father.
Remember when Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus linked perfect worship with his coming, his presence, in spirit and truth, that originates from Jesus himself, drawing life giving waters from His well of eternal life. It is a model of the mass: instantiated by Christ, performed by Christ, offering up Christ, from Christ that "may" be received by the one who comes close.
It's why ordained ministry is actually important because in the mass, the priest disappears and the person of Christ shines through, opening a portal, if you will, that connects that singular moment on the cross and the fulfilment of all scripture, through time and space (think the mount of transfiguration) to the here and now. Opening that well, drawing that water, proclaiming His conquest over sin in the body and blood, until He comes again.
I was sitting in my conservative evangelical (Brethren) church partaking in holy communion, whilst I was reading
1 Corinthians 11 as the officiant in this "non-liturgical" church" (following the same patterns and order of service it always did) was quoting verse 28 from that chapter but for some reason ignored verse 29.
Suddenly, in that moment I realised I couldn't partake of Holy Communion there anymore and started my journey towards the aforementioned understanding. And as I travelled this path, like the lady above I have come to a similar belief and sense of incompleteness every time I go to a protestant church, which I still do near enough every Sunday. But I now attend the catholic mass more eagerly although I can't receive im there to witness.
@@nmdale78 you’re confused too
@@threeformsofunity As a protestant you have to ask your self one question, sola scriptura? If the answer is yes you stopped searching.
Non denom is the worst of all prot’s anything goes
If you are relying on your denomination to fulfill you, you aren't actually chasing Jesus
On the contrary, she's clearly chasing Jesus and didn't find him in pop music.
I'm glad she found Him, body, blood, soul, and divinity, in the Blessed Sacrament
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimal Catholicism isn't following Jesus either. It's all about following man-made tradition and worshipping idols, not about following Jesus and making your spiritual journey with Him. The church is supposed to help guide believers in their walk with God, not hinder it. Catholicism doesn't encourage people to read the Bible, but to listen to their "teachers". How is any Christian supposed to grow in his or her faith if they are discouraged from reading the Bible his or her own and thus don't get the chance to hear God speak to him or her personally?
I hope this young woman turns away from the flashy, idolized religion called Catholicism and turns toward and truly follows Jesus. She should give more Protestant churches a chance before she starts to judge them all. Or how about actually trying to understand the truth of the Bible instead of the false theology in Catholicism? I pray that she would turn back to Jesus away from Catholicism so that she might be truly saved.
@@aleksandrasialtsis4382 you have been lied to about the Catholic Church and have no idea what she actually teaches.
And Catholics are encouraged to read the Bible.
Did you know that Bible in a Year podcast debuted at #1 and held the spot for weeks, and is still popular a few years later? It's a podcast done by a Catholic priest. Don't tell me we don't read the Bible.
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimal Really? You do? Then why do you worship the Virgin Mary? Why do your churches have images of Jesus and statues of the apostles and Mary? My church which is Presbyterian certainly does not have any images of God. Worshipping images of God or any other Biblical character is considered idolatry.
Furthermore, where does it say in the Bible that there are things that believers need to do other than having faith in Jesus. Please tell me the specific passage that confession comes from.
The true faith of Christianity is not supposed to be works-based religion, but a faith that allows forgiveness of sin because of what Jesus did which is a gift of salvation to us. A gift is something that you cannot earn. You can't add to the gift of salvation by doing good things because they are nothing compared to what Jesus has done for the world. So why would we need to be required to do good works on top of that salvation when Jesus finished His work of salvation already. It is written that Jesus said the moment before He took His last breath: "It is finished." Moreover, in Galatians 4:21-31, Paul once again explains what the true gospel message is because this church had begun embracing false gospels in his absence. It was explained this: Hagar represents the unsaved people who are trying to earn salvation through good works. Meanwhile, Sarah represents the people are saved by the gift of salvation that God offers to us through His Son Jesus. If this gift is being offered by God, then do you think that He made a mistake and didn't do enough to ensure our salvation?
In Deuteronomy 27:36 as quoted by Paul in his letter to the Galatians (3:10, NIV Bible): "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Law." Paul explains in the next verse that "Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because "the righteous will live by faith" (quoted from Habbakuk 2:4). However, in verse 12a, it is written: "The law is not based on faith." Paul goes on in verse 13 to explain that Christ took on the curse that would be on us due to our sin. He hung on a pole (the cross) in order to take the curse of sin away from those who would put their faith in Jesus. Given that Christ redeemed us from this curse of sin, why would be like Hagar and want to still live under the law to find salvation while already having salvation in Jesus Christ? There is nothing that we humans can do to earn our salvation because we can never be justified while living under the law. God meant for people to freed from the Law so that we would be free to live for Him so that it would not be an obligation, but a joy to live for God.
Good works is not required for salvation because of what Jesus did for the entire world so that anyone could be forgiven of his or her sins and that anything we might try to do earn God's favour to "ensure" our salvation will fail because living by the law only reveals our sinful nature as human beings. Good works don't do anything to improve our standing with God after we repent and put our faith in Jesus. So why would we need to add to God's perfect salvation? Because God is perfect, shouldn't all of His actions be perfect as well? Therefore, why would we need to work for a salvation that we already have by faith? That's my line of inquiry anyway. I hope that you would look into the part that I was referring to in Galatians at least so that you can access for yourself what I'm saying.
Also, purgatory is not mentioned in the Bible, but Catholics claim that there is purgatory between "heaven" (being eternally with God) and hell. Where is the passage for that?
My point is that if Catholicism is the "true church", then why do some of their teachings and some traditions directly conflict with the Bible?
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimalIt's not just about reading the Bible but applying what it teaches and Bible teaches for example that we're not saved by our works or kept saved by our works,Jesus told us that anybody who believes in Him has everlasting life and will never be snatched out of His Father's hand and this to believe is to trust Jesus and His finished work instead of trusting in yourself,how well can you keep the law and Jesus also said nobody will enter the Kingdom of God without being born again of water and Spirit and this is gift from God that you receive after trusting Jesus Christ and His finished work for your salvation,you aren't saved by being baptised in water but Holy Spirit which again is by grace through our faith in Christ alone. The Bible also teaches us to pray only to God but you pray to the saints and perhaps the dead too,your passed away loved ones. You are also idolising Mary,the mother of Jesus and while yes,she is probably most blessed woman ever,Jesus never told us to worship Mary,when a woman approached Jesus saying blessed is the womb that bore you and paps on which thou hast sucked,Jesus replied yea,rather blessed is everybody who hears the words of God and does them or this also,after Jesus finished preaching the parable of the seed, multitude told Jesus His mother and brothers and sisters came to visit Him but He said who is my mother or brother or sister? Everybody who does the will of My Father is my brother and my mother and my sister. Jesus didn't give significance to Mary that people should bow down to her or anything. Your priests are called fathers which is such an abomination to God. The list just goes on and on,Catholicism is an abomination to God,these aren't the teachings of God but men. Just like He said of false prophets being ravening wolves in sheeps clothing so is Catholicism traditions of men covered with supposed godliness.
All these supposed fathers are like Christian versions of Pharisees.
Spirit of Satan is mostly behind this,not Holy Spirit of God. I will urge you therefore to repent meaning have a change of mind about your ways and beliefs and believe the gospel of Jesus Christ and you will be saved,in fact you are in the very same moment after your faith in Christ.
God bless.
Not.all.Protestants.are.the.same. 👏 -your friendly neighborhood Anglican.
Love y’all though.
👆Faaaacts! For every cringy jumbo concert church, there’s a dozen tiny, sincere traditional Protestant churches just quietly doing their thing.
-your friendly neighborhood Lutheran
@@Mariaa_Hernandezz There is actually a lot more to it than that. Very common Catholic misconception. Still love y’all though.
You guys make and do whatever you want to suit yourselves…… no thanks
@@HREIII not trying to make you an Anglican at all. I actually believe that Roman Catholics are my fellow Christian brethren. I just wish the sentiment would be returned. 🤷♂️
Gotta love how United Christian’s are on their beliefs 😂
I mean that may describe some big E mega churches but I don’t think it’s fair to say that’s all of Protestantism
Amen!
Agreed.
She should try a Presbyterian church, specifically the Orthodox or Associated Presbyterian denomination.
@jebsmith323 I was about to say the same thing. The orthodox Presbyterian church is a much more robust denomination in its teachings than these seeker friendly churchs.
Please read my other comment. Ps Only Jesus can found a Church.
I traveled across the USA 🇺🇸 and overseas. Some Protestant communities are as she described. The Evangelical ones especially in Developing Nations are more so.
I even visited Buddhist ☸ temples, Hindu 🕉 temples, (Jewish ✡ ) synagogues 🕍 and mosques 🕌 .
These worship sites give me a boomerang: they all lead me back to the Catholic Church ⛪.
Thanks for sharing!
I’m Southern Baptist in Kentucky and I assure you that our Church Service is not at all like a Rock Concert. There won’t be denominations in Heaven. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Light. Noone comes to the Father (Abba God) except through Him. 💗🙏🕊️
True enough, but in practical terms, what does "through Him" entail?
Amen!
@@michaelmicekEasy as pie, it means you believe in Him as your Savior.
@@frankwm1988 what do you mean by "believe"?
Amen baptist is the way to go
Saying Protestantism is full of rock concerts and messages tailored to the individual is like saying Catholicism is all about worshipping Mary.
Are there Protestants who get it wrong? Sure. Just as there are many Catholics getting it wrong.
Wrong
@@ethanbunn1948 great input.
Sure, there are individual Catholics and individual Protestants that “get it wrong”. However, Catholicism doesn’t get any of it wrong. Protestantism gets a lot wrong - and not just insignificant things, but salvation dependent things.
Catholic is a wide net though and doesn't just mean Roman.
@@RJJ-yn1zh "Catholicism doesn’t get any of it wrong..."
[Me reading the Pope allowing same-sex marriages to be blessed.]
Interesting.
Secular music? Praise/worship music isn't secular.
Yes it is, Catholic and Orthodox have developed sacred music over thousands of years based on the music that was sang in the Temple. Even if songs have religious lyrics, if they still have secular styles, they are profane and are not as set apart as they ought be for worship.
@kafirking6230 Secular: "denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.
"secular buildings" words have meaning so let's not misuse them.
@Murph_gaming Sacred music is set apart from secular use and only used for worship, to use secular genres and styles for the purpose of worship is profanation, that is to mean to make the holy more ordinary and thus less fitting for the glory of God. If you listen to the great works of the Church like miserere mei, ave verum corpus, salutaris hostia and the very many others and compare that to praise and worship songs that mimic secular music it is very clear that one is more beautiful, transcendent and fitting for the worship of God.
@kafirking6230 it's the lyrics that make something secular or not, and not the style.
@Murph_gaming That is very obviously not true, hip hop or metal cannot be made holy and sacred, whereas Gregorian chant naturally lifts your heart and fixes you on the transcendent. Lyrics are important, but the way in which they are delivered is equally so. The chanting of ancient hymns and prayers cannot be compared to praise and worship as Gregorian chant and polyphony were specifically designed for worship, unlike praise and worship, which copied secular music genres to be more entertaining and relevant. Please listen to any Gregorian chant or polyphonic piece like Palestrina's sicut cervus, Mortzart's domine Jesu or any of the music I mentioned in my last post and tell me they are not more beautiful than any praise and worship song. That is important as all beauty points to God.
There’s a lack of the transcendence in Protestant services.
Every single one?
@@chalmapatterson544 yes they are heretics without any sacraments
Some Protestants are sacramental, liturgical, and confessional.
@@chalmapatterson544 Yep. It's all a bunch of people in their 30's sharing in a skeevy clique. Sorry to say that but after 35 years of exploring Protestant churches that's what I've seen over and over and over....
America is a protestant majority country. So if America has gone wrong , its bcause the Protestantism there has proved ineffective. So what r we taking about?
Not all of us Protestant Christians get down like that. My church plays reverent sacred music and our services are about God and for His glory, not a rock concert with an inspirational speech.
“Let all things be done decently and in order.” 1 Corinthians 14:40
Sublime! Its not about me, us. Its all about God.
My Protestant Church is a small building with about 40 people that all sing praise to God with one person on piano, SOMETIMES they add an acoustic guitar. Followed by the preacher reading straight from the Bible and explaining the context of the text and how it applies to us today. Followed by more singing and praise and finished off with people asking for prayers or praise for things in their lives. Never been to a church that she went to.
You part of the protastant churches in less than 500 years time the protastant church has fractured into over 40,000 churches and there is no single agreement on interpretation of the Bible's passages. This should bother you...
@@danwenner1906 it does and doesn't. Even in the bible while the disciples split up and went City to City teaching the word of God they would come across cities that another disciple had already been to and they would hear arguments of. I follow this disciple and I follow this disciple. They tried to clean it up by saying stop saying which disciple you follow. We all follow Christ.
It's the same today. Some people follow one person's interpretation others follow another interpretation. But everyone is following Christ unless they have another prophet such as Jehovah's witness, Muslim, Mormon. Each Church has its own little differences that aren't going to keep anyone from getting to heaven or from doing their best to follow. What they believe is God's word, except those who blatantly follow a prophet that is not in the Bible.
My best guess as to why there are so many denominations and God allows Such a thing is because everyone's at a different spot in their journey and not everyone can handle God wants of us. So he has churches for every person with a bar that they can reach. It's nothing new considering he allowed the Jewish people to do some things that he didn't want them to, but he knew setting the bar too high wouldn't get anyone to follow him. He meets people where they are and always has. He sits the bar high enough to make them after reach but not so high they can't reach and give up.
@@michaelknapp677 I'm sorry Michael I disagree. If that were true then arynism, gnostism, to name a few are just as legit teachings.
Why does Paul teach about those who do not follow what the Apostles taught? Why does John teach this as well?
Your basically saying conterdictive teachings in the different denominations is ok even though the Holy Spirit is God and the Bible is clear God does not lead by confusion.
The Apostles did not teach counterdictive teachings. Just different areas as the church was developing its teachings against new arguments.
The Bible shows this when Barnabus took Paul straight to Peter that there was a leader and an order. It's why after a period of time after they met Peter gave Paul his right arm in a sign of authority to teach to the Gentiles. It's why Paul called the first council of Jerusalem to fighting off the gentiles having to get nipped down under. It was Peter that called it and no one questioned after his announcement like they questioned Paul and then James wrote up the decree and sent it out. The church leadership always had to deal with new questions It's why they had councils. It's how the dealt with multiple fake Apostles and false teachings. (Paul talks about it in 2Thes). John talks about in 2John.
1jn 10:16, the church shall be one fold, one Shepard.
Eph 4,3-6, one lord one FAITH, one baptism...
Rom 16, 17, avoid those who create dissension
There are many more references.
Checkup those the Apostles taught, names are in the Bible just like Luke and Mark both taught by the Apostles. See if what you believe holds water. These guys were taught by the Apostles for up to 40yrs.
Polycarp, clement if rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Barnbas... just a few.
NewAdvent.org, catholic.com
@@danwenner1906 fair enough. My opinion will likely change as I continue through my journey following Christ, but the fact that there are denominations won't. And I don't consider Christians of a different denomination to be of a different church, body, or faith. Especially when they're all following the word of Jesus. Unless they clearly arent like The examples I gave previously.
I don't think God's going to play the "you have 40,000 options, one's right" game. Because no matter what denomination you say is The correct one. It's still just your guess based on how you were taught the Bible and how you interpret it. No different than anyone else.
@@michaelknapp677 Sorry i am texting and not good at it. God doesn't condemn those who do not know. It's more about what you believe in your heart to be right ( God has inscribed right from wrong on everyone's heart). Catholic teaching is that non Christian people such as Muslims, Hindus buddist, can also go to Heaven too. It's all Jesus's call as we all will meet Him at the twilight of death much like the thief did.
I use to be protastant and married a Catholic girl. Much like you I saw Christianity all the same. However, I did like the Catholic churches smells and bells.
My wife was attacked for being Catholic and I couldn't defend her i was told Catholics were all going to hell. Bla bla bla. There were some other stuff placed on my car attacking the church (chik-tracs). So I decided to research as I had a two-year old.
It's when I read all the different religions, and many of the main stream Christian ones questioning everything. Is there even a God?
I'm an old engineer so logic was the determining factor, no emotions involved. In the end the Early church fathers made it clear that there was a church as they provide context. That's all.
I invite you to read them. They blew my mind. God Bless and I hope to meet ya on the other side. These two sites can answer a lot of questions.
Catholic.com, newadvent.org.
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It’s not about denomination. It’s about Christ alone and what HE did for us…
Yeaahhh, it sounds like she was looking into the wrong churches. There are plenty of rich, faithful prot churches, but yes, your average mega church is trash 😂
All Protestantism is heresy and lacks the fullness of faith. It doesn't matter what sect you're in it will endanger your soul.
Finding "right church" among 40.000 Protestant denominations😂
@@boem3021ah yes, the debunked 40,000 churches claim. Let me know when you find a good argument.
@@gburns9222it doesn't matter if there are 40,000 or 4 denominations. The Scriptures are explicit: the Church is one.
When I was leaving evangelicalism and heading towards Catholicism someone asked me why I don't just join a more traditional Protestant church like Episcopalian. I told her that if I go that far I might as well go all the way to Catholicism and actually have the Real Presence. So, yes, I am Catholic. I started from Assemblies of God and Baptist and worked my way backwards through the branches of denominationalism and origins of the Church, scanning history, and, well, it all led to Catholicism.
If my family and I didn’t convert from Protestantism to Catholicism, I would have left God.
Thank the Lord for His Divine guidance!
I just came home from Mass. it is solemn, it is beautiful, it is reverent, it is educational, it is thankful, it is prayerful, it is joyous, it is praise and glorification, and our Lords presence is with us. I love being at Mass.
Yes. A church is not a concert hall. It is a sanctuarium, God's place.
No. The New Testament is clear that the Church is us believers, not the building. God inhabits his people through the Spirit. The building happens to be the place where everyone gets together.
@@toddfry6635yep. The early Christians met in houses
@@toddfry6635 yes, The Church is the mystical body of Christ made up of the believers.
But also, a church is the physical house of God present in the Blessed Sacrament.
A Catholic Church, that is. And so each church building is a sanctuary and should be treated properly as a house of worship
All churches are houses of worship.
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimalit’s certainly possible that you can be doing the sacraments and your heart is far from God
Not all Protestant churches are that way
No they're not. But, because there is. That's a red flag. One Faith, One Baptism, One God.
You're ALL the same regardless of the differing opinions and variations. Youre all of the same fake Jesus.
True, but they are radical off shoots from the radical christians that rebelled from the catholic church.
Each iteration of protestant christian being less like the original church than the last
Protestantism is still wrong. Catholicism is right.
@@zacmystrMormons say the same thing
Thank God she is calling this out. Evangelical churches are the worst with their celebrity culture and wordly focus. We need to bring back the purity of God's church.
I think to group “Protestants” in this category is not very fair.
If it were reversed, there are many things that the “Catholic” church could be grouped in based on how some have behaved in the past.
It’s more important to know what Protestants believe and stand for, not what some followers are doing.
Protestants believe in such great doctrine like 1). trusting Jesus as Savior, so you don’t have to save yourself. 2). priesthood of all believers, thanks to scripture available to believers. 3). Good works for glorifying God rather that to win His favor, and. 4). Denominational splitting, which can be a more peaceful way to keep the church’s purity.
Catholics attribute their unity by the magisterium. Protestants have it by God himself. I encourage Catholics to read the Bible themselves to see what they’re missing.
Protestant= heresy
@@frankwm1988
When there were tare in the field what did the landowner tell his servants to do? Start a new field? No.
Protestants, by splitting away when members disagree on theology to maintain "spiritual purity", is doing what is contrary to the landlord's intention as described by our Lord in the parable of wheat and tares.
Lesson:
There is only *one* field (Church ). The Lord doesn't want Christians to start new fields where no tares are found in them. Just saying.
@@eric.loves.to.fish1 Then why u a Catholic?
Orthodox is the original church. If what u are saying is true then Catholics are just as guilty as Reformers.
I wanna help you understand something: Martin Luther was a Catholic monk before he split off. If you haven't a clue about Martin Luther's more extensive roots, I urge you to understand who the father of the manmade religious movement of separation from Christ's Church, aka Protestantism, is really like.
Luther suffered from scruples, and so rather than carrying his cross and bearing to watch the Church go through a period of bad leadership and corruption, he left it. You understand? He didn't adhere to his teachings, his love for Jesus, and remain determined in his faith...no, he said "this is too hard, I'm out...I'm doing this my way." Luther also was just not a good man, from what we know about him. There's a recorded discussion between one of his students asking on the seriousness of sin and how to combat it when it's too hard, and you know what Luther tells the student learning under him? Essentially: "Well, it's better to mortally sin now and ask for forgiveness later, rather than to endure the pains and temptations that try to drive you to it." Excuse me? Luther, you just told someone to commit mortal sin and then just go say you're sorry later. You have any idea how much that opens a can of worms towards habitual mortal sinning? That's so dangerous!! And yet, he encouraged Christians to just do what was bad, and ask for forgiveness later. Don't try to be virtuous or fight the temptations and struggle against sin? No, just give in and say you're sorry later. That doesn't stand well in God's courtroom, in front of Our Lord Jesus!
Luther is the living embodiment of "God's way isn't working, I'm doing it my way, now..." and how many stories in the Bible do you know and read/have read where a prophet, or one of Christ's apostles did something God didn't ask them to do, or goes against God's word: what happens? God punishes them or sternly corrects them.
So, ask yourself very personally: you want to follow the MAN MADE RELIGION that was a religious movement begotten from "I wanna do it my way, not God's way"? OR would you rather follow the Church that has been virtually unchanged in its roots and traditions since the founding of it with St. Peter the Apostle during the time of Jesus Christ?
Really think about it. Really understand what the Protestant Church came from, and what that means if the Catholic Church got it wrong, but the Prots got it right. That unravels all Christendom...it means that Christ was a liar, it means so many other heinous truths.
Seriously...pray on this. I'm actually praying for you.
God bless.
Preach sister. I left the Baptist church for the True Church and I’ve never been happier and more at peace with my relationship with Christ. 🕊️❤️ Praise God
Really? I think Catholicism is more of a threat to your relationship with Jesus. Especially since Baptists (like other Protestants) believe that a relationship with Jesus is imperative. If you commit mortal sins, you must confess them or you will not get to heaven. And most sins, according to Catholic theology, are mortal. Venial sins are mostly accidents.
@@frankwm1988 yes really. The book of James tells you to confess your sins to your church leaders. Catholics believe in a personal relationship with Jesus that pushes them to good works ! I know how the joy of the spirit! My Baptist family lives in gossip and personal hatred for everyone who’s not them! That’s not the Gospel of Jesus Christ my friend. Come home to the First Church that Jesus established with the 12 Apostles. Prayers for you ❤️🕊️
Remember, the fair Europeans, namely, English, Scottish, Dutch, many Germans, Scandinavians, etc. went Protestant and are highly blessed. Foul Europeans: Micks, Wops, Polacks, French, Spaniards, and Portuguese hate Protestants and are defiant to the Gospel. If they weren’t, they would also be Protestant and not drink of the papist Kool-Aid.
@@tylerkessler4021 do you pray to Saints and Jesus’s mother Mary or no? If the answer isn’t a simple, no, then I don’t think the Catholic Church is leading you in the right direction.
@@tylerkessler4021Which Church are you talking about? The one in Jerusalem?Or the other like in Ephesus or Pergamos or Sardis or Thyatira? But if you are talking about the whole congregation of believers in Christ, then the Bible itself is the proof that false teachings have been creeping in even before all the apostles were dead and there was division among members picking their own teacher. Paul had to correct them they are all servents of the Lord Jesus Christ and all are equal. Paul was the one who greatly spread Christianity among Gentiles after Jews rejected Christ. The Bible doesn't tell Peter having authority over other apostles or believers. Peter was even rebuked by Paul for being hypocrite. The Bible doesn't tell succession of Christ on the earth. Obviously, Catholicim has different interpretation. But Jesus clearly said not to call anyone on earth teacher for there is only one teacher Holy Spirit. And not to call anyone on earth Father for there is only one Father in Heaven. Yet, Catholicim teaches only the Pope has the authority to interpret the Bible. And the Priests are called Father.
The Pope is the Father, the Son and the teacher. Only that the Bible doesn't tell that. And Catholicism is not even sola scriptura.
It’s not about the denomination it’s about having a relationship with Jesus Christ
And if I told you you can have a super, deep, and endless journey in life to enrich and empower that relationship, wouldn't you say *_"absolutely"?_*
Great, because you should!
Where do you go and what do you do to enrich your love for Christ?
I'll tell you exactly where and how: the Catholic Church, and partaking in the Eucharist: Christ's Body and Blood which was given up for you, me and every sinner throughout all time. That means in the past, the present, and yet to come: all of us, sinners and all...He loves you THAT much.
Does that sound so bad? It shouldn't! It's what Christ asked all of us to do, when He stated "Amen amen, I say to you: unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life I you," and, "unless you are born again in the water and the spirit, you cannot enter into the Kingdom of God."
I just gave you 2 scripture passages that, though paraphrased slightly, are points that Christ makes HIMSELF, magnifying and stressing the importance of the sacrament of Baptism (water and the spirit; born again in), and the Eucharist (eat my flesh, drink my blood, no life in you).
Try to really understand that, and look into that further. Please try to be open minded about all of this, because if you are and you begin to open your eyes more to this, you will see how much it matters to have a true relationship with the Lord. He has left us instructions, and guidance in more than just the Bible, but also in the traditions and living body and the life of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
God bless you.
The Protestant church is not exclusively (or even mostly or a plurality) nondenominational and/or megachurch, which is what her concerns focus on. I would imagine if she gave a high church/liturgical Protestant church a try, her experience would be much the opposite from what she described.
The Episcopal Church is so random.
The closest is Orthodoxy, but it's not Protestant. Even the Orthodox churches don't have consistent teachings and often disagree on what should be dogma.
The traditions and continuity of the Catholic Church is unmatched. The reverence and order is only imitated and never replicated by even liturgical Protestant churches.
But real Protestant churches (not these megachurches) like the Presbyterian church teaches sound doctrine and actually encourages people to read the Bible for themselves. The Pope doesn't want their church to read the Bible for themselves. If the parishioners did, then they'll find out that they've been lied to their entire lives. I don't want this young woman to be lied to as well.
Also, Catholicism has changed the groupings of the 10 Commandments so that they can worship the Virgin Mary and other Biblical figures other than Jesus. Also, where is the passage in the Bible that supports confession?
Orthodoxy also is not true Christianity because, like the Catholics, they make things more about the flashy traditions made up by men rather than about worshipping Jesus.
Most protestant churches are not megachurches. However, I do understand that many of these churches have already started going woke and that's one of the many problems which the Protestant church has to fix, but it doesn't mean that the church can't reverse the number that's been done on them.
Nevertheless, just because this young woman is not able to understand the truth of the Bible, it doesn't mean she's correct by going to Catholicism. She clearly not interested in knowing the truth. The truth is not dependent on her opinion. She's hiding from the truth. I pray that God would help her to see the error of her going to Catholicism, an idolatrous religion of works. I pray that God would help her believe in the truth of Jesus Christ so that she would be truly saved and that she might want to try a proper Protestant church.
No need to attend a church with the teachings of Martin luther and his man-made religion. Why go to a church established only 500 years ago when christ clearly established his church on Peter more than 2000 years ago? Christ said "I will build MY church on this rock and the gates of hades will not prevail". Understand? Jesus said he will build HIS church not the church of Martin Luther or the wide variety of Protestant denominational churches scattered throughout town! Jesus said the devil will never destroy HIS church, so where were all these protestant churches 1000 or 1500 years ago if they are the true church of Christ?
I can understand Catholic reasoning for high church even if I don't agree with it but any protestants church that claims high church makes no sense
@@papasfritas6071the churches described had their own leadership and only had apostles to guide them. When they died there was no command to put 1 man in charge of the body of Christ as we already have one Jesus
We need to be careful about despising the worship of other believers. There are likely many sincere believers rejoicing in our Lord in the big E church she described and to disparage them because it is not to our liking can put us in a place similar to Michal despising David's exuberant worship before the Lord.
She's been to some weird Protestant Churches...
nah bro lets be honest most protestant churches like that, for me if there are no sacraments, no scriptural teachings, and no mass then that is no church
most people complain about the whole saints and Mary thing but even though i think their prayers are important again for me a church has to have a Christ and Scriptural centered faith and it has to have the sacraments and also mass, because i really dont get why people go to church to hear a sermon or have scripture being read to them, i just dont get it... like yea some sermons are good and we get to learn from Scripture but where is the sacrifice for God? its no longer for God but for ourselves
@@elmayonezotebe4245 Not like that in any CofE or Methodist that I've been to.
@@elmayonezotebe4245my church has music in the begining then we do prayer then scripture then a last prayer again. Other days we have other things mixed in too but a typical Sunday is just as that… I don’t find it bad? It’s not as crazy fancy as I have seen some online but I feel it’s a good mix and is a good church environment. You get the songs you get the prayer you get the teachings and the scripture ect.
@@elmayonezotebe4245but may I ask what you mean by “sacrifice to god” in a church setting? I’m new to it all so I’m not to sure what church has to offer to the fullest
Should have come to a Mennonite church, or any conservative protestant denomination. There are plenty of conservative protestant churches that aren't like this.
Actually mennonites don't follow the true Jesus that Protestants do. The former (the mennonites) believe that God Himself came down and had a baby with Mary and thus Jesus was born. However, Protestant believe the account of Jesus' birth as it was written in the Bible that Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit, which gave Him His divine nature as God while at the same time taking the form of a human being. It also enabled Jesus to not be born of sin, but of God, making Him God's Son (the Holy spirit is one of three persons in the Holy Trinity). These are the facts about Jesus which made Him qualified to be able to overcome sin and thus be the perfect sacrifice on the cross for the sins of all people. He is both man and God at the same time and He is the only one time sacrifice who ended the need for all animal sacrifices.
And we still have to eat Him as He said, if we don’t, we won’t have life within us.
@@sopad4629 Yes, Jesus said that He is the bread of life and the living water! Hallelujah!!
No problem with her feeling the need to return to her church roots. What I do dislike is the smug assertion that her search was thorough and that what she described is indicative of all Protestant churches. My small Baptist church is nothing like what she described. If her church experience is so all fired positive as she suggests, then focus on that instead of degrading and demeaning others with inaccurate generalisms.
She complains about generalistic sermons but returns to a religion that since it's conception has taught it's people that they are too ignorant to understand the Bible so trust us and we will let you know what you need to know. Spiritually immature people are people that do not study the Bible for themselves and are easily duped. She obviously doesn't have any knowledge of the history of the Roman Catholic Church because if she did she would know that she went back to the group that burned people at the stake for having a Bible in their possession.
@@munkandbear2818hahaha ah yes we should trust the people who go against the Bible huh?
The people who made up purgotory so that everybody if they are not Hitler are saved? Most people go to hell because of this doctrine
Worshipping of saints and Mary like they are God? Yes yes yes you say its not worship but interceding but those who read the Bible know it is FORBIDE TO SPEAK TO ANGELS AND IT IS FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK TO THE DEAD. You can only speak to God.
Next one is idolatry..... I remember from my catholic days when we had classes.... What constitutes idolatry.... How doing or looking up to things is called idolatry.... The same principle goes for the saints
Oh and one more thing, you either are a saint or you go to hell
@@munkandbear2818 Wait, what?
Baptist doesn’t even have consistent beliefs, you can drive to another region and it’s a whole other bunch of error loaded doctrine
Or how about you allow people to talk without getting offended by every single thing? Nobody should cater to your sensitivities, and actually I’ve been to a ton of services like what she described because I was raised evangelical
It took me 5 tries to leave catholocism, but I finally gave it up for lent in 1997. Permanently. I had read and understood the gospel message for the first time in my life..not spoon fed by the misselette, but reading the entire Bible helped me understand that I was an idol worshipper and a sinner. That broke my heart. The Lord saved me!
Never been to a single protestant church like what she is describing... Closest thing to that was a youth retreat I went to several times when I was a teen and even that we had our own music that was explicitly Christian.
Doesn’t matter if you haven’t many have like myself.
In my country, substantially all of protestant churches are like what she described.
That’s all I grew up with was what she described.
I was raised Catholic but my husband attended only Evangelical Protestant Churches exactly like the ones she described.
He hated it. Couldn’t wait to move out of his parent’s house to stop going to them.
there are tons of protestant churches like that.
Shes talking about no denominational evangelical churches not protestant churches
You say potato
Any church that isn’t Catholic or Eastern Orthodox is a Protestant church. Saying it’s non denominational or evangelical is still a Protestant church
What do you do differently?
Non-denominational evangelical churches are Protestant. Of course some Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, and other churches are more high church, but they still fall victim to these same trends since, at the end of the day, their reasoning for doing things the way they do them is up to the opinion of the individual governing body of the church. There’s no historical and present authority that must align with tradition. Non-denominational churches are Baptist and have no authority, which is why you see extremes like rock concerts so often.
Literally no difference
See it's interesting because, as a Catholic, I've been to many Protestant churches just like the ones she's describing, but I've also been to many that are the opposite. I still remember one year we were visiting family over Christmas and were invited to a late-night Christmas Eve service at my Uncle's Methodist church. It's a tiny simple church in a small rural town, but I still remember that service being the most warm and fulfilling Christmas service I've ever been to. I love going to Catholic mass and I find it very peaceful, but that one service at his church still stands out to me.
That uncle just so happens to be my Godfather. And you might be wondering, why as a Catholic do I have a non-Catholic Godparent? Well, my parents knew he and my Godmother are the most loyal, loving, and faithful Christians and to them, choosing him meant having a close loving family member who would always care for us and guide us spiritually was better than having a Catholic distant relative that we weren't super close with. My younger brother and I share the same set of Godparents for the same reason, which is another departure from tradition.
Now that I'm an adult, I firmly believe my parents made the right choice in choosing them. To this day, my bond with my Godparents are the strongest that I have with any of my other aunts and uncles, bar none, and they've both guided me immensely in my faith.
So I guess my point is, even though I agree with her opinion that a lot of Protestant churches are very secular in their practices, I still think that's not true across the board. Protestants are capable of having as much or as little faith within their church as Catholics, and their services can be just as fulfilling.
Just curious is the title uncle or Godfather more emphasized in your relationship with this person? Do you call him uncle or Godfather?
The Catholic Church allowed you to have non Catholic godparents?
Protestants cannot have "more faith" or be "more fulfilling" in their services because they do not have the fullness of truth or faith and also don't have the Eucharist. They are dead members of the Body of Christ and you should not be attending their heretical and schismatic "services".
@@Murph_gaming I call him Uncle but all of his birthday cards are Godfather cards lol. It's more casual. Same thing with my Godmother, who is my aunt.
@maddiemaccheese8170 ok and thanks! I was wondering how that worked when godparents are also family members.
There are Protestant churches that do actually preach the Gospel and not vague sermons catering to the secular culture. Adding to that, the sermons aren't the only source of biblical wisdom and interpretation. Classes and studies outside of the Sunday sermon are at the root of a biblically grounded church.
People forget that GOD made ALL types of music and different music can touch different people,why judge,praise God that people do come to GOD because a song touched their spirit. This spirit of division is disgusting
Yeah,a genre isn't necesarily bad UNTIL it's corrupted with promoting sin,that's where the problem roots,in it's use,not in the music genre itself.
I understand that some people might not like certain types of worship because it's "too modern/secular" or "very old fashioned" but just because it doesn't suits them,doesn't means it's "wrong".
I see what she’s saying, but I don’t think this is just a Protestant problem. The Catholic Churches in my area have the least Christian Christian’s and community youve ever met. Most of them would say they are cultural Catholics; they really don’t believe in much and bend to the culture more than most people I know due to wanting to be “good people”. I started going to a baptist church for this reason when I came back to God. Not because they were Baptist, but because they didn’t bow to the culture or make it a feel good sermon. It’s challenging, biblically based, and has an engaging Christian community. Regardless of denomination, look for a church that has that. It’s silly to pretend the Catholic Church hasn’t become Americanized or bent to woke culture. Hell look at what’s happening with the Catholic Church in Germany even. Catholic Churches may stick to tradition aesthetically, but otherwise they face the same problem Protestant churches do.
Parishes can be very different. If one wasn’t faithful to the faith, I’d look for another. However, when I became Catholic at age 48, I knew I could never go anywhere else because I was encountering the living Jesus in the Eucharist.
"Biblically based" he says as he doesn't recieve the Body and Blood of Christ. As he cluelessly wonders "what's this thing about the keys to the kingdom of Heaven?", "huh what's this authority to bind and lose?". You can claim to be Biblically based but the only church that's Biblically based is the Church that compiled the Bible. You're always welcome to join Christ's Church at any time though!
Lotta value in the Catholic Church presently and historically for sure. To pretend it isn’t bowing to culture the same way other denominations are is silly. To pretend there aren’t divides in the Catholic church and between parishes is even sillier. Your ad hominem attack makes you sound defensive @xymage. That’s usually not a sign of confidence. Do better. I’ll assume the invitation at the end is a gesture of good will though, thanks brother.
@@MOTM_ That wasn't an ad hominem attack. Swap "ad hominem" and "personal," and you'll have an easier time telling what's personal or not. Now, let's deal with your argument.
"Divides" depend on what you mean. Do you mean disagreements on Dogma and Doctrine? I suppose their could be, but that's completely irrelevant to my argument, and I'm uncertain if you read my comment at all. Anyway, even if a certain parish was in disagreement with the Church, this doesn't disprove the Catholic Church in the slightest, just because someone is wrong doesn't disprove the original idea they disagree with. If someone thinks 2 + 2 = 4 is racist doesn't mean 2 + 2 doesn't equal 4.
Lastly, I'm not sure what you mean by "bowing to culture." The Catholic Church is the only Church remaining that hasn't bowed to the culture in the slightest. Contraceptives are still banned [except for medical use in specific contexts not related to impeeding life]. Divorce is still banned. Female "priests" still aren't allowed. The Church still doesn't recognize homosexual "marriage." I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on this one because I know if you just listen to the media you'll believe all sorts of silly things, I'd like to remind you that the media is only there to drum up attention and what better way to do it than to mock Christ's Church.
So next time you want to respond to a comment, let's avoid claiming a logical fallacy that's not even present and make sure that when you respond to a comment critiquing you or something you said you make sure you've addressed the points presented or else you'll run into a situation like this where you completely ignored my comment and just called me rude. That's usually not a sign of confidence. Do better 😋.
@@MOTM_ to pretend the Catholic Church *is* bowing to cultural pressure is silly.
There are individuals pushing but things haven't changed.
We don't have women priests or bishops.
We don't allow divorce and remarriage.
We don't allow contraception.
We don't allow homosexual "marriage" or clergy.
The German bishops are about to put themselves in schism if they don't knock it off.
There are individuals, including priests and bishops, that behave badly and advocate and push for change, but they're not getting their way, not in terms of Church teaching.
One thing I will grant you, there is indeed a certain malaise and cultural lukewarmness among many Catholic groups and parishes, including among the laity, that doesn't boldly proclaim the teaching of the Church and seems to want it to change.
But it hasn't changed
Agreed!
As a ex Muslim ex Protestant ( wasn’t sure what I was protesting against ) can tell you that our blessed Lord Jesus Christ gave the key to one person, stablished one holy and apostolic church which is universal. One God, One faith, one true church where we receive His Holy Body and precious Blood every day🙏🏼
JESUS is our KING and Mary our Queen.
Fiat! Fiat! Fiat!
She’s talking about “Protestant churches” using a broad word to define a small portion of the adherents. There’s plenty of Protestant churches that aren’t like what she’s talking about. In fact, “secular music”? I don’t know a single church that sings secular music outside the odd Christmas song during that time of year. No idea where she was going.
Well, I guess she was not in all 35000 different churches
It’s so hard to have conversations when everyone acts like a snowflake picking apart every single thing someone says to get offended. She was speaking on her own personal experience.
They're Catholics, they're generally clueless.
@@elijeremiah1058 Yes, and I am here clarifying that her personal experience doesn’t account for all of Protestant churches 🤷♂️
I used to go to a Presbyterian church that was quite evangelical in worship style and doctrine. Once in a great while, they may be a secular song However, the sermons weren’t highly Reformed. They were strong, however, with morality.
And curiously, this was actually a PC(USA) church.
Yes. That’s why I came home🇻🇦
That’s why Jesus said “be fisherman of men”. You wouldn’t use the same bait to attract different species right? Everyone has different personalities and things that attract them to a church and how they worship. As long as they are preaching a true gospel, that Jesus died for our sins and we can only come to the father through Him and to do so we need to repent, and accept and believe in Him
The roots of her own faith (the Catholic tradition) are also based in a particular culture, just not our current one. It’s a mistake to say that because the practices are old, that they transcend culture. The beliefs indeed do transcend, but the attire, the music, the architecture, etc were based in the culture of that time. Is it wrong to bring the Christian faith into modern culture with modern attire, musical genre and other things? No, it’s not. Modern sounding music is not essentially secular music, and the fact that it promotes memorization is good and is also what liturgy does in a high church. A pastor tailoring sermons to his congregation does not mean that the focus of service is not on God, it means that he is feeding the sheep the things from the word that are relevant to their own needs and directing them to God. She returned to Catholicism because that’s where she grew up. And that’s fine! We have our preferences, but her criticism (although true of many Protestant churches) is not a valid rebuke of them all.
I left the Catholic Church and found Jesus at a Calvary Chapel Church. The Catholic Church never taught me to read the Bible and even dissuaded me from reading it. It built roadblocks between me and God by telling me I had to go through intercessionaries to talk to God. There is comfort in the high church rituals, but distance built between me and my Savior.
I hear you and I have a long story and the Catholic parish I attend as much as I believe in the foundations of Catholic religion my connection is with Jesus unfortunately other than the youth ministry connection which is beautiful the adult cradle Catholic behavior is racist Territorial and bigoted I hate to say that I'm glad there are the Hispanic and Filipino Catholic groups I wish they weren't segregated but they are but they give me a sense of comfort in Christ and Humanity the Anglo cradle Catholic culture just completely rubs me the wrong way I never thought I'd have to say this but here I am a newer to Catholicism but older to Christ coming from a cosmopolitan San Francisco Bay Area culture of classical music and a lot of beautiful Asian culture as well here I come to this part of California where the Anglo culture is rather closed bigoted territorial
Do you even attend daily mass? because if you do you will hear Bible reading everyday... I never understood the vague accusation of the protestants who say 'Catholic Church dissuaded me from reading Bible'.
Also all traditional Catholics have night prayer with family where they read bible and do prayers. Was that not the case for you?
"Catholic Church ⛪ dissuaded me from reading 📚 the Bible." My response: that is not in the CCC. I am in Gen X. I traveled overseas (outside of the USA 🇺🇸). No priest, other clergy member, nun, professor/teacher in a Catholic institution ever discourages anybody from reading 📚 the Bible, anywhere.
A Mass or any other Church service is steeped in the Bible.
Rites and rituals are sacramental = they bring you closer to Jesus. You need to be re-evangelized.
Your lying
Damn... This is so true! I felt the same way. I was raised Roman Catholic and went to the Protestant church searching for an "easier, softer way" aka things that aligned with MY beliefs, and ended up with the fullness of the faith. Brothers and sisters, come back to Catholicism!
I’m protestant and I completely agree with what she just said. We must pray for the American church✝️
We definitely need the Catholic Church. It's leaders are plagued with the same things the leaders of many Protestant churches are: fear of the foundations in the original Mosaic covenant. The strength of the Catholic Church seems to be in it's people right now. We need that. Believers should all be praying for all the churches right now.
This clip is not edifying to the body of Christ. It is only sowing disunity and only serves to act against Jesus’ prayer for his church: that we would all be one. There is no constructive criticism here. Only ignorance. This is bad click bait, and I expect more from this channel than uninformed Protestant bashing … it makes me want to unsubscribe. If I ever see something like this again, I will. Take it down. It’s gross.
Why so sensitive?
Protestants that don't participate in the Re-presentation of Calvary are already not in unity with the Church.
Why can't it be pointed out that services without the worship and sacrifice are lacking what God planned for His people?
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimal The objection is that she is characterizing "the Protestant church in America today" but describing a very non-Protestant experience. She is describing something else.
@@mj6493 no, that was not his objection.
His objection was that her opinion sows disunity.
My contention is that we are already divided, why can't we point out that the re-presentation of Christ's sacrifice is the worship that God intended for us to have, not just a prayer service?
@@scroogemcduckismyspiritanimal But the REASON that this video sows disunity is that it so misrepresents Protestant teaching and worship. Almost all Protestants do believe in the re-presentation, or at least re-membrance (anamnesis), of the sacrifice of Christ at the cross. The cross of Christ is central to Protestant worship. Admittedly, not always at street level, but if that is your standard, most Catholics are just as confused. By the way, communion among Catholics was rare during the Reformation era. It was the Protestants who argued for frequent communion and partaking of both the body AND blood of Christ.
I am a Protestant I am very fulfilled!!!
Same here. I pray that this young lady finds Jesus again.
Amen! God bless her.
Same bro.
May be what you find in it is what you were looking for not real worshiping but other things may be music, dancing, or your favorite preacher.
@@aleksandrasialtsis4382 Don't worry, she found Him.
He's at the altar. She consumes Him as He commanded us: "Amen amen I say to you: unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you."
Christ was pretty straight forward about that, and yet there are so many prot churches that don't do the Eucharist anymore...where does it say in the Bible to throw up hands and sing alleluia 20X to make it true? Or to gather in a church building? Or to have the Easter and Christmas services as a holiday? Oh right, it's not in the Bible. Why? Because someone 1000+ years ago needed to interpret it. Who did that? The Doctors and Early Fathers of the Church: St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Gregory, St. Irenaeus, and so on and so forth.
The Bible is a Catholic book, the Church is the institute Christ founded...Prot churches are not founded by Christ, they are man-made...why would Christ, the great unifier and victor over sin and death itself, ask someone in the 1510s to SPLIT from His own church? Really think about that, and really try to justify the necessity to leave the communion of Christ's Church because of some sinners being bad leaders...if that's the excuse, then no one should be American right now, because we have a bad leader in office rn.
Sincerely, I pray and hope you come home to the Faith and One True Church.
God bless.
What Protestant Churches are you going to? The service at our church is quite solemn and straightforward. No jumping or dancing. We sing hymns, listen to scripture and partake in Communion. I've never witnessed a rock concert service in my church.
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Greetings & Prayers ♥️🇮🇳♥️
Yeah, that’s why I stopped going to non denominational/bapticostal churches that twist the gospel and now go to a classical Protestant church that teaches sound doctrine and sings psalms and hymns for worship. I dare you to go to a single Presbyterian (I’m not a Presbyterian) church that actually tries to make worship good and see if you have the same issue
Nah, I'd rather recieve the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ
@@Xymage That’s cool, have fun with your never ending, non perfecting, unbloody, propitiatory sacrifice that will never fully pay for your sins. I, however, have been made perfect by the single, once for all sacrifice of Christ Jesus and do not need human works to justify me in the eyes of the Father.
@@fuelmotive8716 That's quite prideful of you, to think oneself worthy of Heaven is very bold.
@@Xymage No one is worthy of heaven but Christ. It is not prideful at all to believe that the righteousness of Christ is imputed to me by grace through faith. If you believe that is prideful, then Paul must be extremely prideful when writing Philippians.
”and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,“
Philippians 3:9 NASB1995
Not only is it not prideful on my part, it is lessening the sacrifice of Christ on your part.
@@fuelmotive8716
"Not only is it not prideful on my part," you sure about that? lets see what you said again.
"I, however, have been made perfect by the single, once for all sacrifice of Christ Jesus and do not need human works to justify me in the eyes of the Father"
you seem to be reading a lot into what St. Paul is saying there, because he was not saying he has been made perfect [nor does he teach your "imputed righteousness" nonsense].
The issue is your ego and you claiming to be worthy of Heaven, and that you're perfect while denying that you must do good works. Repent and believe in the Gospel.
Rock concert, old hymns, AME soul gospel, take your pic. Your “church” is not a church if you aren’t receiving our Lord’s body and blood in the most holy Eucharist. The pinnacle of our faith is being united with Jesus in sharing his body, the sacrificial lamb that gave himself fully in his love for us. There’s a reason the last supper and the crucifixion fell on Passover week: Jesus was the Passover sacrifice. The Jews ate the sacrifice after it had been offered to God. So too are we called to eat of the sacrifice, Jesus’ body and blood. The Jews were never allowed to drink the blood of the lamb, because the life of the flesh is in the blood. BUT, Jesus gave us his blood as pure drink, giving his life for us that we may live eternally with him. It is not a symbol. It’s the entire point of Christianity. Come home to the Holy Catholic Church, all you faithful.
That’s not what Jesus meant. In John 6, He was speaking metaphorically about a spiritual concept. It would be absurd for that to be cannibalism. Jesus mentioned that His words are “Spirit”.
Catholics argue about the Greek words “phago” (eating, in any fashion) and “trogo” (gnaw food). At the end of the day, it’s irrelevant since trogo is just a form of phago.
And this was still quite a while before the Last Supper, so this whole passage is really an allegory of faith.
All i wanna add about 'protestant' churches is that you get the very modern ones like the Baptists and Pentecostals and the much more traditional one like Presbyterian and Reformed.
please don't confuse them
It sounds like you are unfamiliar that Protestants believe in receiving the body and blood of Christ. You can verify this by looking at the Lutheran, reformed/Presbyterian, anglican, Methodist, and Baptist confessions, for example, the 1689. So historically and the majority of Protestants don't hold to what you are referring to. 2nd, feelings don't determine truth, Scripture does. 3rd. Protestants reject Transubstantiation, which is a false historical innovation, denies Scripture and denies our God given senses. Please read 1 Corinthians chapter 11 and Gospel of Luke chapter 24.
@@frankwm1988 then why was the Eucharist historically believed to be the true divine body of Jesus Christ? Saint Ignatius of Antioch, one of the first bishops of Antioch wrote on objection to Christians who believed that the Eucharist was not truly the body of Christ. Ignatius was ordained by St Peter. So did the church Jesus started just flop that quick? The birthplace of the term Christian (Antioch) just completely missed the mark?
I choose to believe that the gates of hell did not prevail against Peter or the Church.
@@frankwm1988 Patriarchy gave men's power to women so that they could eat it.
She’s generalising a lot and basically speaking about “low churches” of the group of Protestant churches. Low churches don’t carry “high church” traditions close to that of Catholic or Orthodox churches, such as Congregationalist, non-denominational, Baptist, Pentecostal churches - giving it that “rock concert” affect she’s referring to. There’s still Protestant churches carrying “high church” traditions such as Lutheran and Presbyterian.
I flew out to be at my mother's bedside when she passed on. For 10 years, she was tied to an oxygen tank bec of emphysema. The doctors took her off of all her medications and oxygen, so she was barely able to take a breath for several days.
But within 10 seconds of her dying... she Screamed Bloody Murder! It made me think about that movie Ghost, with Patrick Swayze, when the demons came and got the guy who was hit by a car, and then he was dragged off kicking and screaming into the abyss.
I used to be a Religious Hypocrite, but for the last 7 years, I read my Bible every month and evangelize to everyone I meet.
I was raised Catholic by my family and I never read my Bible until I was 50yo. Then 7 years ago I found out it only takes 1 Day to Listen to the New Testament Bible,l. The Truth scared the Hypocrite right out of me!
The whole Bible is 72hrs÷30=2.4hrs/Day.
He would rather have 10% of every day from a Wise Virgin, than 10% of a Foolish Virgin's income. (Matt 25)
So I read A-Z: Acts-Zeph every month. I have not gone to church in years. If anyone is caught in wilful sin, Pastors are to expose them before the entire congrigation as an example. God can't stand Religion, but is looking for a relationship: The small Remnant that ❤ God with ALL of our heart, mind, soul and strength and Obeys Everything His Word says to do. All scripture is God breathed. Every VS quoted in the NT came from the OT. so it makes sense why Satan convinces the Jews to Reject the NT, and for the Christians to Reject the OT.
Yeshua did away with anything having to do with The Temple/Priests, Animal Sacrifices, and killing people caught in a sin. So the rest of the 613 All fall in line with 1 or more of the 10 Commandments:
#1 ❤ YHWY with ALL of your Heart, Mind, Soul & Strength (Not Most)
#2 Have No carved images: cross jewelery, statues
3 Keep His Name Holy:
Yeshua was a Hebrew and a not Greek; so Jesus is Blasphemous
4 Remember The Keep The Sabbath Day Holy (Saturday)
~❤ your Neighbor/Forgive your Enemies 70x7
5 Honor your Parents
6-10 Don't: Hate, Lust, Steal, Lie, Covet
~Never Eat an unclean animal: Pork, Shellfish, etc...
~YHWH
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H A T E S
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PAGAN
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WORSHIP
Amos 5:12 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
I'm not concerned about this life, when a Million, Billion, Trillion Years is only the beginning of Eternity!!
She's not wrong about the idolatry of some Protestant services, but jumping out of the frying pan into the fire of multiple cultic aspects of the idolatrous catholic church is the height of hypocrisy.
I see nothing but hypocrisy in this Catholic Church
Another completely uninformed comment. Actually research the CC yourself and you will see that these kinds of accusations are just not true.
You wanna take the low blow route and call the Catholic Church a cult, then fine: it is a cult. Guess who our Cult leader is, cuz believe it or not, it ain't the Pope...can ya guess? That's right: Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, consubstantial with the Father, who was born before all ages (God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God). Idolatry is such an easy game to play, that next time you make a big deal about something more than God Himself and actually choose something over God, recognize that it may've been idolatry. Not promising it is, but it may be.
Lord have mercy on these sinners...have mercy on all of us sinners...
How you "feel" is irrelevant. Is the theology sound, should be the question. Catholic theology is so riddled with pagan beliefs systems it's simply not sound.
There's nothing pagan about Catholicism
Exactly
There are no pagan beliefs in Catholicism. The Church pretty much eliminated paganism from western civilization by preaching the gospel all over the world. What have you done?
Where did you get your theology? Where did you get your Bible? Who told you these things?...answer: Catholics. Because until the 1500s thats all their was. So in short, no they aren't Pagan. They are the True Church Christ founded.
@jbeck1234 i agree with you up until the 1500 year, search what happend in 1054, its called "The Great Schism"
So Sunday mornings are for fellowship & big broad strokes, making sure you’re on the same track. Small groups are for personal connections, discipleship, & to ask questions. Finding an elder member of the church is about personal mentorship & guidance. Finally reading the Bible daily is where you grow your roots & really begin to understand who God is & cultivate a personal relationship. It doesn’t matter what denomination of church you are in. That church is a collection of your brothers & sisters in Christ. You measuring your intentions & the reading the Bible will always be your foundation. If you still feel like Sunday morning is the best part of your walk with God, that means you’re not spending personal time with him.
Worship isn’t singing and dancing. It’s praise. Worship is denying your self. Instead of looking at that girls pictures you deny yourself. Instead of going out and having drinks you deny yourself. Instead of throwing hands with the guy who insults you deny yourself. That’s true worship. It’s obedience. Sin isn’t acceptable. Never has been. Read the entire book. Sin is not ok. Todays church has made you believe that all you got to do is believe and your good to go. He says on the day on judgment many will be told to get away. And these will be people who have had successful ministries. They have casted out demons. They have worked miracles. They have saved people in his name. That sound like someone who truly believes right? He said those who don’t do the will of my Father. Well what’s his will? It’s in his word. Where is His word. It’s in the first 5 books and had you if read the entire thing book by book in no o text you’d know that but instead they’ve convinced you to read a bit here and a bit there or this verse her and then this verse. All out of context. Many will take the broad easy path. He wasn’t talking about all people. He was talking to those who believe. If not he would have said hey you all right here are good you believe your on the right path it’s the rest of the world that’s on the broad path. It’s the believer. How do I know. I read the book. He said MANY will be told to get away and this MANY are believers doing things in his name so these must be the MANY on the broad path. But church is nothing more than a synagogue which is a place of worship. The word church doesn’t exist in the Bible. The word translated is congregation and that’s is the people. Not a building. And just like he said don’t be like the hypocrites praying on the street corners and in the places of worship for all to see
Truly they have their reward. It’s sad really. When I see someone online praying for all to see I know they didn’t read it. They are following the traditions of men. But regarding the church. It’s a show. Why do you think there is a stage. Before the 4th century the gathered together and had a meal at a table and fellowshipped as brothers and sisters with Him as their leader. Church is phony. They say all you need is Jesus but as soon as you stop coming to church they think you’re doing bad. As soon as you move away from church life they say you need to come back to Jesus. Who left? He is in me. I don’t need your building. It’s no authority. Show me in the book where your building has authority? You want to get
Closer
To Him. Do as he did. Take the next 40 days read 37 and half pages a day. For 40 days. Not outside interference. Meaning don’t ask anyone questions. Don’t even let them know what you’re doing. He went out into the wilderness for 40 days. Alone. Do the same with the word. And when you have a question about something you read. Write it down in a notebook. And by the time you finish the questions will have been answered
The hymns from centuries ago were once considered like the Christian rock of today. As long as they are God-centered, they are leading us to worship our Lord!
Exactly and speaking of demographics apparently the demographics of Catholicism has a huge bearing and difference unfortunately I'm noticing this as a newer to Catholic culture this parish is bigoted segregated territorial bottom line the hypocrisy is palpable I understand about the sacraments I take them seriously the homilies are often highly critical of non-catholic everything when the non-catholic Ministries where I also serve are helping the marginal and the desperate in this area
Their mouths / words flatter God but the music is far from him.
Please don’t speak if you don’t know🤦♂️ I apologize I have to speak to you like this, but brother we can’t worship god anyway we want we have to worship him the way he want in his glory and reverence, and I’m pretty sure hymns where never hated considering it’s tradition😅
@@vowelsounds6312, It is and always will be about the heart of His followers. It doesn't matter if a lyre, an organ, or an electric guitar are used. If you are praising and loving the Lord and inviting His Spirit to inhabit you, that is true worship.
@@Joséthechristlover, the first clue you potentially aren't connect to God is that you don't capitalize Him, showing a lack of reverence for our Lord. Second, it is always about the heart of the worshipper, not the instruments used to worship. There was no organ in the time of Jesus (or Moses, David, or any other Biblical figures) and no instruction manual on the "appropriate" way to worship Him. You sound like a Pharisee. Ditch your man-made traditions and worship the Lord with all your heart, mind, and soul.
I am a Baptist. My church has a traditional service and a modern service. Our pastor is the most kind and knowledgeable man imaginable. Don’t knock all Protestant churches based on one or two. Each is different.
They all suck compared to real thing
Each is different. Exactly. Not what Jesus planned when he set up His Church. (Not Churches.)
Why not just go to the Church founded by Christ instead?
Those rock-concert style protestant churches are a pretty small percentage of protestant churches. Many Protestants have the same complaints.
One of the ways you can look at true worship, is what you do or don't do when no one sees you, spent some time in a prayer room, learn what it means to die to self & lay your life for another, such things can't be done without Jesus, that's why I have relationship with Jesus, not saints or Mary etc. it's Jesus who healed me from cancer, freed me from addictions, and taught me how to live my life Christ centered.
The irony of lofi music being played in the background (as opposed to e.g. Gregorian chant)
Every time I leave my Protestant church I feel fulfilled knowing I’ve recieved the body and blood of the Lord Jesus, heard the gospel preached clearly, listened to the word read, and worshipped almighty God with ancient hymns. My church is liturgical, we have bishops, and we have apostolic succession yet we are also Protestant (Anglican).
Imagine being founded 1511 years after Jesus Christ because a man wanted to divorce his wife.
@@XymageThe Anglicans did incorporate Protestant theology from the Reformers.
@@frankwm1988 Anglicans are protestant... I'm not exactly sure what you meant with this comment.
Honestly, I have nothing much for most Protestant churches, either. Until the last 4/5 months, I hadn't attended a service in years. Only after helping at a local congregation have I found any genuine love or desire for Christ.
Exactly. Amen. 💯🙏🏽✝️ It's not about us. It's about God!
Ya no. That’s a non denomination style church. Most Protestant churches I know focus on singing hymns and other Gospel and choral music. We focus on expository preaching. We don’t sway and throw our hands up. It’s not a show, it’s the word of God being presented to the congregation. This is a church that Protestant churches call experiential and feel good loose living.
Exactly
Another straw-man argument against Protestant churches: pick on the non-denominational churches and pretend that the traditional, mainline churches don't exist. Also, she said that Protestant churches are Americanized. Umm, America was founded by mostly super traditional Protestant churches--you can even say that the Puritans/Congregationalists were more conservative and traditional than the Catholic Church at the time.
Puritans were one of the best eras of American Protestant history.
Puritans can't be more traditional that the literal tradition of the Early Church, which is Catholicism.
Get real
I searched for a few months for my church when my family moved. My main focus was finding a church that was true to the word, and one that was not motivational in nature, one that kept the focus on God and did not make everything about me. We landed at a non-denominational church. Is there a full band that sing contemporary songs? Yes. However, they are not secular, they are God glorifying and biblical in nature. Our preacher is a third generation pastor that teaches directly from the word and delivers messages that aren’t always easy to hear. Just because a church doesn’t uphold to the same traditions as a church 1500 years ago does not mean that it isn’t biblical. To be honest some of those old traditions are very unbiblical. Purgatory is not mentioned in the Bible one time. In fact the idea that those who are saved by grace through faith have to suffer for their sins after death is contrary to everything the Bible says about salvation.
The host at a dinner party is the one that feeds the guests. The Host at mass is Jesus himself who feeds the people. That's how I look at it.
She’s been going to the wrong Protestant church
She's referring to the seeker sensitive movement which is still around. She's not referring to Bible believing churches.
There's only one Bible believing Church. All the other ones removed some of the books from their Bibles
Presbyterian, Reformed churches. Dutch reformed, Reformed Baptist. Not all protestant churches are the same
I’m a former Protestant turned Catholic and I honestly very much miss the charismatic services we had and the 1/2 hour long sermons, that yes, do place the Bible right there at your doorstep and ask you to take a look at your life. And in singing the hymns sung in the Catholic Church, which I can see many are from recent years (1900’s), which then that statement about “pop songs” is subjective.
What we have to overcome in religion is exclusiveness and embrace inclusiveness. Jesus excluded no one and he is the example we follow along with the guidebook provided (aka the Bible). It’s relatively simple.
God be with each and everyone reading this! 🙏💯
You cant beat the one true church. Whether the prot church is modern like those or "traditional" in their own way its still an apostacy. They have no sacraments no validity and no priests just random people that misinterpret scriptures and deny real traditions created by Jesus in his church. The Catholic church is the only way.
Wrong Jesus is the only way telling people that Catholicism is the way to Jesus is already going against the Gospel my church does a couple of hims and we have a pastor giving us the lecture which is biblically accurate they teach about repentance to deny yourself and pick up your cross and strive to be holy now i respect catholic traditions but the main problem i had with growing up catholic it that it all felt like tradition i did my comunion and my confirmation but i did not know Jesus it was all religion and most of the people i knew in the Catholic Church were catholics by tradition not by practice but then i went to a Christian church and everyone there was seeking the lord everyone was talking about getting together and studying the Bible group prayers they were all welcoming and friendly something ive never seen in the Catholic Church
@@nachohernandez7136 you'll regret the decision to leave the one true church. No amount of feel good nonsense in prot churches will ever replace what is needed. Waving your hands and acting like an idiot does not bring you closer to him. Catholicism is definitely the only way because it's the way he founded. Simply put your going the wrong direction by following your own desires for a feeling that gives you nothing. You're doing it wrong you're wrong. Chase your feeling of Jesus loves me in your fake churches with misinformation and lies of how you can interpret Scripture and make you're own way. All you have in the end is regret and separation from Christ
@@knight3115 God bless you brother but i didn’t leave Catholicism because it feels good because like I said they teach repentance to crusify your flesh to deny yourself and repent sinning no longer feels good im not bashing Catholicism i think if practiced correctly it can lead to eternal life but not because of the church but because of what Jesus did on the cross for you and I and the church I attend isn’t like that we don’t wave our hands in the air we sing hims to the Lord my point is that we’re fighting the same fight we shouldn’t fight eachother Ephesians 6:12 “ For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” I love the lord I pray I repent but i never had a relationship with God because it didn’t feel like i was doing it for him it felt like i was doing it for the religion and religion isn’t what saves its Jesus
The Catholic Church is not always safe. If one carries mortal sin (as they call it), but does not confess it to the priest, they cannot enter heaven. But Protestantism can guarantee salvation because of what Jesus did.
And we have two sacraments, baptism and communion. But that’s it. The other five are not viewed as Gospel-based and not part of our ministry. (Except for the Anglicans, who use those five as peripheral.)
@@frankwm1988 I know exactly how confession and mortal sin works I'm catholic and it's the only way it can work. All other way including prot nonsense are completely wrong. The only sacrament prots can sorta pull off is baptism and most certainly not communion. No prot can be "saved" no matter what you think. If you're not catholic, which is a real Christian, then you are not living the way christ intends for us to live. Without the church He founded and the sacraments He instated for us then you will not make it. Prots always seem to think they're enough on their own lol it's ridiculous
Try orthodoxy
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@@Stephen_Paul4444 Hmnn interesting
Orthodoxy is orthodox in name only. In fact, they view the Bible as a part of tradition! This makes it equivalent to Patristic (Church Fathers) documents, which are not inspired scripture, and the first 7 ecumenical councils. And like Catholics salvation is also faith plus works. And probably other kooky doctrines.
I go to a Protestant church. There are people here who have been faithfully serving the church and community for decades. Our music minister has been doing it for 50 years now. If you just “explore” churches you’re going to miss out on what it’s like to be fully plugged into a community of faith.
This is why faith and church community are 2 separate things. Church is for fellowship. Fulfillment comes from Daily being in the Word. God loves to meet us where we are at.
To me what she explained is just that you have a find a church that fits you. Some people like that stuff and some people don’t. If you want a focus on the Bible itself within church find the church that has that. It’s just part of what we all have to navigate on our journey to have a deeper connection with god.
She put Protestant church in a box of only a small fraction of Protestant churches so obviously either she doesn’t know or she may have had Catholicism as an influence.
As a Protestant who goes to church regularly. Our house is not like this. We know and are taught everything is for God and His glory. We as created beings exalt the one who is not created.
Important thing is to find a true Bible believing church that follows the teachings of Jesus Christ. It's not a particular church that can save you - it's only Jesus Christ who is our Saviour. Belonging to a particular church is not the answer..... it's not just the building.
The church is the body of true believers in Jesus Christ. Jesus is the head of that church.
When it’s not about us, it’s more sacrifice but according to Jesus, if you want to follow me, you have to carry your own cross. He said to love God first then your neighbor.
Thank You I'v felt like this and wanted to share it with others. Thank You for sharing it 🙏
It really depends on the community and the specific church you go to. I hear so many people think the one church they visit or grew up in represents the whole faith.
It’s sad that big churches have ruined many peoples idea of Protestant churches. I go to a Pentecostal church in a small town. I always feel so fulfilled after I leave on Sunday. From the worship songs to the actual service.. to the people and the family vibe we all have. We drive an hour to go to that specific church because it’s OUR church. I tried finding a Pentecostal church closer by but they didn’t feel right. Like example this morning I got a call from an older woman who does Sunday school with my kids just checking in and letting us know she missed us because we missed the last couple weeks. She makes handmade cards with handwritten poems for everybody. I love my church so much ♥️ they are family.
I had the opposite experience of feeling scrupulously anxious, confused, unseen, and unloved in the Catholic Church, while occasionally seeing signs of God’s spirit moving through it. I went to a baptist service and felt all the love, warmth, presence, and care of the loving, present Father in Heaven. I was denied all of this by my earthly father, so intentionally choosing a church that reminds me of my alcoholic, physically, mentally, emotionally abusive, forgiven father just felt too difficult to grasp. I felt weighed down by my scapulars, not lifted up. I want to believe in Catholicism, I want it to be true, I want to feel safe in it, but I feel a wretched hatred in my heart towards it, and the loss of all the peace of God in my soul at this point. If God leads me to it, I will become Catholic in a heartbeat, but at this point I’m sure it’s not where He’s guiding me.
She’s absolutely right. Sadly some evangelical churches are like that, particularly in America. But not all Protestant churches are that way. It’s very sad that, for Americans in particular, the only version of Protestantism they’ve ever been exposed to is a big rock concert with me-centric sermons. You may well disagree with Protestantism, but it has many rich traditions that are Biblically sound and Christ-centred.
It’s not a rock concert, it’s Praising and Worshiping God. It’s also about having a relationship with Jesus not Catholic rituals.
Perfect description of the way Protestantism often drifts from God, not however a profound claim against the doctrine itself.
I’m a keyboardist heavily involved in contemporary worship events, the goal has always been to offer our skills in worship to God, not push an emotive response. It’s so easy for ego to get in the way, which is unfortunately why we see it so much in the church.
To each his own.
If she someday finds that the Catholic Church no longer fulfills her spiritual needs, lets hope and pray that will find another Christian denomination that can strengthen and deepen her relationship with our Father, God.
Bless her, Father, for her staying on the right path with the purpose of becoming even closer to You.
In Jesus' holy name, Amen!
Classic un-curious Catholic misunderstanding of their own religion. These are not what most protestant denominations are
Its not which Church you end up following. But it's always about Jesus. If it isn't Jesus your central idea of preaching, singing or worshipping then that Church has left the True Church of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit will work through you in any denomination of Christianity. And this includes Catholic, Orthodox and Any Protestant Church.
This is a criticism of the EVANGELICAL church, not the protestant church at large which would include reformed and orthodox communities. But all that really matters is what is true, not what type of church service you prefer.
This is why I started my search for what the church is supposed to be. Not affected by the modernized Western idealized culture
She should join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and actually have a voice in the Church.
Boy that took a long time to find one of my own.
I dont understand these people complaining about the music, really.. they probably are going for the wrong reasons to church in the first place, to me that has never been an issue, as if God wanted certain type of music, other wise He wont be there.
i wonder if people play in certain church the music that was played when Jesus was alive, or when King David was alive, the truth is NO ONE KNOWS how it sounded like, and if it were important Jesus would have said something about it, if your attention is going to a band and not to worship God then the person who is wrong is you, not the band or musician
I came from a protestant background, went through Catholic Catechism, but didn't feel quite right with it enough to commit to the church due to some of their teachings. Back I went to church hopping until I learned about Orthodoxy, I fell in love with God in His Holy sacraments, tradition and the historical understanding of where we came from. For me, this is the only way to experience church as the disciples were led to create it.
There’s definitely some truth to what she says about some of the mainstream “Evangelical“ churches, where they cater services towards the individual. However, most of your historical Protestant churches, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Baptists, etc particularly those that hold to conservative Protestantism, these churches services focus entirely on God. That is what sola scriptura is all about, because scripture is focused entirely on God. so lumping all other protestant church services with contemporary Americanized person centered evangelical services is a bit of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Plus, it doesn’t really represent truly conservative protestant services.
Especially the ‘non denominational’ ones. Protestant churches It’s all about ‘look at me’ instead of Look at God. The first time I truly remember feeling God’s presence in a church was at the Catholic Church, and more recently the Tridentine Mass. It’s overwhelming.