Steve John 6/30/21 Steve John 6/30/21 8.0. If the Vatican II Church isn’t Catholic, was my childhood faith fake? Was there no Holy Ghost in it? What did I experience—was it all just emotion or made up? This is all very confusing. Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 6/28/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 6/28/21 8.1. Why do you accuse Vatican II popes of heresy? Isn’t that judging them? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/14/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/14/21 8.74. Doesn’t the Church today just emphasize God’s mercy over things like Hell and Judgment because it’s more loving? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/13/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/13/21 8.75. Didn’t Vatican II give us a more hopeful view of death, focused on mercy and love instead of fear and judgment? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/12/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/12/21 8.76. Isn’t judgment after death more about God understanding our hearts than passing strict sentences? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/11/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/11/21 8.77. Isn’t Heaven just about being happy and reunited with loved ones? Isn’t that what God wants for everyone? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/10/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/10/21 8.78. But doesn’t God love everyone and want everyone to be saved? Why would He send anyone to Hell forever? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/9/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/9/21 8.79. Isn’t it okay to hope that everyone is saved, since God is all-loving and wants no one to perish? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/8/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/8/21 8.80. Isn’t salvation permanent once I believe in Jesus and accept Him into my heart? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/7/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/7/21 8.81. Doesn’t the Church today teach that God accepts people just as they are—including if they’re in same-sex relationships? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/6/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/6/21 8.82. Who am I to judge? Isn’t it better to just love and let God decide who’s right and wrong? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/26/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/26/21 8.93. Why are traditional Catholics so rigid and judgmental? Didn’t Jesus teach us to love and accept everyone? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/12/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/12/21 8.107. Are you saying my devout grandmother went to Hell because she didn’t attend the Latin Mass? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/11/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/11/21 8.108. Aren’t sedevacantists judging everyone and acting like they’re the only ones going to Heaven? Isn’t that prideful and uncharitable? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 2/28/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 2/28/21 8.119. My Protestant friends say Purgatory is made up and all sin is equal. I don’t believe in it either—it feels like a scare tactic. What do traditional Catholics say about this? Read More Steve John 2/21/21 Steve John 2/21/21 8.127.13. What does the Catholic Church traditionally teach about the end times and the last days? What about the rapture, tribulation, and second coming? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 2/7/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 2/7/21 8.139. Didn’t Vatican II teach that every person has dignity—even in sin—and that we must follow our conscience above all? 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Steve John 6/30/21 Steve John 6/30/21 8.0. If the Vatican II Church isn’t Catholic, was my childhood faith fake? Was there no Holy Ghost in it? What did I experience—was it all just emotion or made up? This is all very confusing. Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 6/28/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 6/28/21 8.1. Why do you accuse Vatican II popes of heresy? Isn’t that judging them? Read More
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8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/13/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/13/21 8.75. Didn’t Vatican II give us a more hopeful view of death, focused on mercy and love instead of fear and judgment? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/12/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/12/21 8.76. Isn’t judgment after death more about God understanding our hearts than passing strict sentences? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/11/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/11/21 8.77. Isn’t Heaven just about being happy and reunited with loved ones? Isn’t that what God wants for everyone? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/10/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/10/21 8.78. But doesn’t God love everyone and want everyone to be saved? Why would He send anyone to Hell forever? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/9/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/9/21 8.79. Isn’t it okay to hope that everyone is saved, since God is all-loving and wants no one to perish? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/8/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/8/21 8.80. Isn’t salvation permanent once I believe in Jesus and accept Him into my heart? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/7/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/7/21 8.81. Doesn’t the Church today teach that God accepts people just as they are—including if they’re in same-sex relationships? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/6/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 4/6/21 8.82. Who am I to judge? Isn’t it better to just love and let God decide who’s right and wrong? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/26/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/26/21 8.93. Why are traditional Catholics so rigid and judgmental? Didn’t Jesus teach us to love and accept everyone? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/12/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/12/21 8.107. Are you saying my devout grandmother went to Hell because she didn’t attend the Latin Mass? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/11/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/11/21 8.108. Aren’t sedevacantists judging everyone and acting like they’re the only ones going to Heaven? Isn’t that prideful and uncharitable? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 2/28/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 2/28/21 8.119. My Protestant friends say Purgatory is made up and all sin is equal. I don’t believe in it either—it feels like a scare tactic. What do traditional Catholics say about this? Read More
Steve John 2/21/21 Steve John 2/21/21 8.127.13. What does the Catholic Church traditionally teach about the end times and the last days? What about the rapture, tribulation, and second coming? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 2/7/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 2/7/21 8.139. Didn’t Vatican II teach that every person has dignity—even in sin—and that we must follow our conscience above all? Read More
8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 1/28/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 1/28/21 8.149. Didn’t John Paul II say the Church of Christ exists in other Christian groups with valid sacraments? Doesn’t that mean they’re part of the Church too? Read More
Steve John 1/18/21 Steve John 1/18/21 8.160. Pope John XXIII said to use “the medicine of mercy not the weapons of severity.” Isn’t that just imitating Christ’s compassion? Read More
Steve John 1/16/21 Steve John 1/16/21 8.162. Wasn’t Pope John Paul II just being respectful by kissing the Qur’an and receiving a Hindu blessing? Isn’t that a beautiful gesture of peace and interreligious humility? Read More