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Lil Gustilo commented on Does U.S. involvement in Iraq limit us elsewhere? on February 29, 2008, 9:18 AM

Kay- you're right on. In fact, it is not charitable/merciful/loving to WITHHOLD the truth from others... Yes, they may be sincere, but if YOU REALLY believe what you say you do (that you have found "THE TRUTH" aka "JESUS CHRIST - THE WAY THE TRUTH THE LIFE"), then you MUST out of charity, tell them they may be sincere, but they are sincerely WRONG/i.e. God DOES exist, and JESUS DOES call them to a personal relationship with him and his bride, the Church. It is not charitable EVER to confirm someone in their confusion or sin... Which is why YOU should look at the Catholic Church- the true Church founded by Jesus Christ. You ACCEPT the authority of the Church everytime you OPEN your Bible, because it was CATHOLIC BISHOPS in 300-400 AD who gathered up the apostolic writings and early church father documents and SET THE CANON and CLOSED THE CANON... Read the writings of the Early Church Fathers (some who learned at the knee of the apostles) and find out that Christ's Church,the Catholic Church, from the beginning believed in the REAL PRESENCE OF CHRIST IN THE EUCHARIST! IT IS HIS BODY BLOOD SOUL AND DIVINITY! There was only ONE Church, the bride of Christ, for 1500 years before the first protestant heretics began substituting their own infallibility for that gift given only to Peter's Chair. The Holy Spirit did not suddenly leave the Church at that time. Christ promised that the 'gates of hell shall not prevail' against his Church. Do you take Christ at his word? Christ has only 1 bride, not 30,000 protestant denominations (as exist in the U.S. today)... Don't be afraid to look at the historical Church- which is the Church Christ founded... it has the FULLNESS of the TRUTH! SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF GRACE! God bless-