Hi Loose,

His mind has been washed by Roman Catholicism, so he only understands what they say, not what Jesus said!



It does seem that way, the particular "it" that makes up the whole deposit of Catholic faith, to include the private revelations that come by an oral tradition, after the commandment of men, forces them to believe the church and their sect in particular as the high place with a widened authority…… higher than the word of God, as "it" is written.

In the end of the matter the "it", of Catholic faith, widens the authority of the word of God and thus reduces "it", as "it" is written, to a mere theory through the philosophies of men that ultimately compare themselves by themselves and not by the word of the law of God, written in the book of the law, the Bible alone.

But idols and philosophy go hand and hand, where ever you find philosophy as an established way of coming to truth, you will find the idols right along side of "it" to support "it"

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

The walls of the Vatican are lined with such idols, their ominous presence towers over the whole city, they have eyes that cannot see and just like every one that bows down to them, they will be like them.

To these certain men that ruled over the faith of the members of this city through certain philosophers, through their strange gods, to them the God of heaven looked strange to them, because by it did not lead men to the same conclusion of these philosophers who sat around all day discussing the newest private revelations, that came by their unspiritual fleshly puffed up carnal minds.

Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. Act 17:16

But when the Spirit of Christ takes away the philosophy of men, that takes away the understanding of God, He also takes away the vain deceit of idols that come as a result of the philosophy.

Men must turn from their idols and vain philosophies to the living God, not turn to idols, as their living God

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Col 2:8