(June 28, 2015 at 9:59 am)PiousPaladin Wrote: Christianity has only grown in numbers since its founding, God also promised that the Gates of Hell would not prevail over his Church. The word of God is not to be doubted and his promise is true.
I am not a Catholic because it feels good. God calls us to be loyal not happy. Obedience to his will will lead to eternal salvation and joy in his presence, but in this life such base concerns as pleasure are irrelevant.
What if submitting to gods will didn't lead to eternal salvation? Your saying you submit to his will because your going to get a favorable reward in the end, that really is the same as saying your catholic because it makes you feel good. Lets face it if gods message was "do what I say, because being commanded by me is its on reward." the catholic faith would not have that many followers, they are offering eternal life, which makes people feel good. Also why do we need salvation? What are we being saved from? Oh ya, its god offering us salvation from his own wrath, how loving he is indeed.
