Is the Holy Spirit Misleading You?

[Jehanne]

I was raised in Protestant evangelical Christianity.  I love the quote by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, "A single friar who goes counter to all Christianity for a thousand years must be wrong. I have decided to mobilize everything against Luther: my kingdoms and dominions, my friends, my body, my blood, and my soul."

Protestant Christianity is a joke.  John Calvin taught that God had predestined some (the Elect) to everlasting bliss while he had predestined others (the Reprobate) to everlasting torments, infants included.  The Roman Church taught that infants who died without Baptism were forever consigned to Limbo, the uppermost level of Hell, while others said that infants are covered by The Atonement, and those who die are in Paradise.

Christianity is a man-made religion where no one can agree on anything.  I used to have arguments, while in college, if there was going to be 1,000 years of peace ("the Millennium") after the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.  We used to argue if The Rapture would happen at the beginning of The 7-year Tribulation, or during the middle or at the end.

So, sorry!  I SHOULD have been studying during this period of my life, preparing for graduate school; instead, I blew my studies on religious nonsense, and I will go to my grave regretting how much time I wasted in non-productive bullshit.

 One thing you can't prove protestant Christianity is a joke, it's helped millions through life's crisis. Calvin taught something the Bible doesn't teach and it is unfortunate. When God told us Christ died for the world we need to pay attention. I thought you were Catholic.

GC

I am an ex-Catholic.  How do you know that Calvin was wrong?  Maybe he was right?  Whose to say??

Saying that religion is useful is completely different than saying that religion is true.  Islam has helped millions through life's crises, also; does that make Islam true?