Mr. Hamilton,<\/p>\n
You do not know me, nor do I know you. I have never visited your church, nor will I ever. I live several states away; thus, our physical meeting will most likely never take place. Despite all of this, I would like to offer a personal “thank you”. “Why” do you ask? Because your church’s website helped me come to a better understanding of a particular subject. Catholicism to be precise.<\/p>\n
I have been interested in Catholicism for some time now. Not because I desire to practice its doctrine, I claim to be a Christian, but because I have often questioned Catholicism. My purpose is to understand the Catholic religion so as to better argue its ridiculousness to the Catholics within my life. It is my perception that one is ignorant or cannot make a sound argument if their predicates are invalid. Often I receive the counter-statement: “What makes Christianity right and Catholicism wrong?” Your website offered dates and facts — yes, I checked several of them for validity — concerning Catholic deviance from God’s Scriptures that will help me in my spiritual fight against the Catholics in my life.<\/p>\n
I plan to save the address of your website for future reference when dealing with Catholics. It is not my sole weapon against Catholicism but will serve nicely as needed. So on behalf of a Christian trying his best to evangelize to those that would hear, I thank you for having a quick and savvy reference available to me.<\/p>\n\t
I’m glad are getting use out of the material.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Mr. Hamilton, You do not know me, nor do I know you. I have never visited your church, nor will I ever. I live several states away; thus, our physical meeting will most likely never take place. Despite all of this, I would like to offer a personal “thank you”. “Why” do you ask?…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[127,1599],"class_list":["post-35792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site","tag-roman-catholic-church"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16509,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/thank-you-for-the-resources-on-catholicism\/","url_meta":{"origin":35792,"position":0},"title":"Thank you for the resources on Catholicism","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Greetings. I am writing to thank you for all the wonderful lessons on Catholicism that you have on your site.\u00a0 I have been dating someone who came from a Catholic background, and although he went through the Catholic school system, he is learning that he doesn't know anything about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":93568,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/my-days-as-a-roman-catholic\/","url_meta":{"origin":35792,"position":1},"title":"My Days as a Roman Catholic","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by David Weaks I was a Roman Catholic for the first twenty-one years of my life, and during those years, I was truly ignorant about God. That is my answer when people ask what it was like to be a Catholic. 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I have studied a lot about Catholicism, and it was offensive in the ways\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20193,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-do-i-talk-to-my-catholic-girlfriend-about-catholicism\/","url_meta":{"origin":35792,"position":3},"title":"How do I talk to my Catholic girlfriend about Catholicism?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 21, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I absolutely loved this page: \"What is wrong with Catholicism?\" I feel like there are much more political based things wrong with Catholicism, but I like how you kept it as \"What is wrong with the teachings.\" I loathe the Catholic church for the many reasons posted on your\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1828,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-did-jesus-start-catholicism\/","url_meta":{"origin":35792,"position":4},"title":"Why did Jesus start Catholicism?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 25, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Why did Jesus start Catholicism? 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