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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 3697235" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>The Catholic Church formed when, 3rd Century?&nbsp; 4th?&nbsp; New Testament Christianity flourished after Paul was dead for hundreds of years.&nbsp; Paul warned of wolves in sheep&#039;s clothing who&#039;s God was their belly.&nbsp; Ambitious men saw the potential of controlling the masses and getting rich doing it.&nbsp; That wasn&#039;t Paul&#039;s fault.&nbsp; If Paul was inspired by God in his teachings then you can&#039;t just discount that portion of the New Testament.&nbsp; The Church grew exponentially because of Paul.&nbsp; And really, Protestantism arose because of abuses in the Catholic Church.&nbsp; To say wanting to worship God as they did in the Bible is worse than the Catholic Church is a bit over the top.&nbsp; &quot;For man looketh upon the outward appearance, but God looks upon the heart.&quot;(That might be off a few letters).&nbsp; God knows what&#039;s in our hearts.&nbsp; We divide ourselves.&nbsp; Jesus and the Apostles didn&#039;t.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 3697235, member: 24302"] The Catholic Church formed when, 3rd Century? 4th? New Testament Christianity flourished after Paul was dead for hundreds of years. Paul warned of wolves in sheep's clothing who's God was their belly. Ambitious men saw the potential of controlling the masses and getting rich doing it. That wasn't Paul's fault. If Paul was inspired by God in his teachings then you can't just discount that portion of the New Testament. The Church grew exponentially because of Paul. And really, Protestantism arose because of abuses in the Catholic Church. To say wanting to worship God as they did in the Bible is worse than the Catholic Church is a bit over the top. "For man looketh upon the outward appearance, but God looks upon the heart."(That might be off a few letters). God knows what's in our hearts. We divide ourselves. Jesus and the Apostles didn't. [/QUOTE]

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