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From: sm@cadre.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian,net.religion,net.flame
Subject: Re: Supposed claims to be the ONE TRUE CHURCH
Message-ID: <341@cadre.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 23-Feb-85 11:16:44 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 23 11:16:44 1985
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References: <193@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <346@teklds.UUCP>
Reply-To: sm@cadre.ARPA (Sean McLinden)
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Summary: 

In article <346@teklds.UUCP> larryg@teklds.UUCP (Karen Clark) writes:
>The Catholics, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witnesses,(with Catholics it is 
>a different degree)  All teach that you must be one of their group to
>be saved.  If you look into their doctrine they do indeed teach that
>their church is the only right one.
>
>karen

I don't know about Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses but you are certainly
misinformed about Roman Catholicism. According to Catholic teaching,
salvation was won for all people by Jesus Christ who sacrificed his life
for this. Of course, there weren't any Catholics back then so it would
be ridiculous to assume He did it only for Catholics.

The sad fact is, however, that very few people (especially Catholics)
have any real knowledge of the tenets of their faith. (This ignorance
extends well up into the hierarchy, and is not limited to the laity).
This ignorance generates nearly 30% of all the discussions in these
newsgroups, many of which are based on ungrounded opinions rather than
established teaching. What a pity.

Sean McLinden