You "found" your own video and you agree with most of it? That's great.
Personally I don't think I care if you say Mary is mother of God. I mean Jesus was literally God manifest so he needed a mother and God chose her because she was so humble. Where I draw the line is when you pray to Mary and worship Mary. The rosy and all that. Also the idea that she is somehow an eternal virgin. I mean come on. Makes you feel sorry for Joseph if that's true. He had to marry a eternal virgin ... poor guy.
She was just a girl that God used for the glory of God and salvation of mankind and she was a great person; but she's not some kind of deity.
It's not good to worship anyone but God.
As for the "gates of hell shall not prevail against her". He means the church as
a whole not necessarily the church that is in Rome. Because no individual church should ever think they're invulnerable. That would be pride and God is against that. The fact is the scriptures say if you think you stand take heed lest you fall. Because we should all be watching for the encroachment of sin and praying lest we enter into temptation. Otherwise the Son of man will come and take your candlestick from your church like he warned in the book of Revelation.
In the book of Revelation Jesus Christ addresses 7 different churches in Asia Minor with warnings or approval. So I don't see the church in Rome as being somehow special and invulnerable from the very same temptations. Sorry. It's just not true. Even if Peter was the bishop of Rome; after he was gone then all bets are off. Anything could happen. Yes God will always preserve a remnant the "true church" throughout history but nothing says it had to be always in Rome.
- And Paul said that after he is gone he knows that grievous wolves would come in among the churches not sparing the flock.
- He also warns of the coming of false apostles. (2 Corinthians 11:13)
- Jesus warns to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees. This means that no Christian should ever think they are immune to falling into that category.
- Jesus said to know them by their fruits. Well, since you know a bit of history you should know that no "Christian" organization ever did more murdering and slaughter of innocent people than the Roman Catholic church. Some others did do some of that; but not on the same scale that the RCC did. What with their crusades against the Cathars and others. Their constant inquisitions and torturing so called "heretics" and Jews. According to Jesus Christ it is Satan that is a murderer and his children do the same things. So you tell me who is the sons of the murderer Satan and not the sons of God. Know them by their fruits. Don't just blindly follow people because they say they are the Catholic church.
The fact is we know that Rome itself murdered many Christians in 68 AD and at other times before Constantine became emperor. And secondly we know for sure that the Roman Catholic church continued to murder people just like the Roman empire did
after Constantine. So like mother like daughter! The Roman Catholic church used political power of the Roman empire and later on the political military might of European medieval kings to expand it's own influence and control throughout the world. It literally would force other churches to submit to it's authority by force of government and force of arms. It was not displaying the love and patience of Jesus Christ.
To be honest it seems to have been often largely motivated by worldly lust for power and greed.
That being said I'm not putting down
all Catholics. I believe many were sincere and
not murderers. In fact many died as martyrs all over the world in missionary journeys. Tortured to death in
very exemplary fashion for any Christian. Like by the native Americans, the Japanese etc. These Catholic missionaries definitely have my respect for all they endured.
Basically, it's the leadership that I don't like. The corrupt, rich, fat decadent bishops and popes. The kind of people you would never see being tortured to death on some missionary journey. Instead they were enjoying caviar or something in their castles and palaces while their indentured peasants worked their butts off in the fields. Many of these bishops lived like very kings in the middle ages and lorded it over the very people that were supposed to be their flocks.
Also the child molesters and those priests who were raping nuns ... I'm not a fan.
But there were many exemplary people that were Catholics.
