As a Southern Baptist I understand that different Protestant denominations came about because of minor differences of opinion about doctrine that caused them to break away. The Protestant denominations all held onto the core belief in the gospel of Christ which ensures the salvation of all believing Protestants. Being unfamiliar with what Catholics believe I just assumed the 1.5 billion Catholics were similar to the 1.0 billion Protestants since we’re all called Christians. I thought our differences must be minor doctrinal issues. It wasn’t until I started studying the Catholic faith that I realized Catholicism and Protestantism are totally different. It’s wrong to lump both groups together as Christians. Christianity is Christ. Protestants worship Jesus Christ as the author and finisher of our faith and head of the church. Protestants accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and pray directly to Father God in Jesus’ name. Protestants believe the Bible is the unerring Word of God and look to the Bible as the supreme authority in their lives.
Virtually every tenet of the Catholic church is just the opposite of what Protestants believe. In Catholicism Jesus is given lip service and then relegated to being a cookie during communion. In Catholicism the Pope is head of the church and his views take precedence over Jesus and what the Bible says. The Catholic faithful are taught to pray to to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and to totally bypass Jesus. Catholics are not taught to obey the commands of God or Jesus and are instead instructed to obey the traditions of the church. Jesus is called Lord in name only and his honor and glory are usurped at every turn. Jesus is not truly worshipped as God. The Catholic faithful don’t believe the work of Jesus on the cross was sufficient for the forgiveness of sins. Instead they confess their sins to not to God or Jesus but to another human being, a Catholic priest sitting in a box who is himself full of sin and has no power to forgive sin.
Only God is divine and only God can forgive forgive sin. In Catholicism what the Pope says takes precedence over what God says in His Word and the Pope is the supreme authority in the lives of all Catholics. When you have virtually every tenet of the Catholic faith just the opposite to what God commands in His Word it can’t be by chance. It has to be by design and since it’s in opposition to what God says it can only be coming from Satan. There is no other logical answer. The fruit produced by the Catholic church is evil. That’s how I know the Roman Catholic church is controlled by Satan. If you don’t believe me look at the evidence yourself and you’ll come to the same conclusion. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck!