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The New Testament essentially abolishes the need for priests. It states that no man should know your personal situations; only God has any business knowing what your sins are.
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Actually, it expands the role of priests in the community.
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This also precludes the ludicrous notion that you need to pray to Mary to deliver your message to Jesus, and THEN God finally gets it. Nevermind that many Catholics see Mary as an object of worship, something expressly forbidden. Idolotry.
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She is not an object of worship. she is a person we hold in high esteem. We treat her like the USA treats Washington, Lincoln etc. Not as a diety herself, but as a human who pulled off an extrodinary fete.
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Christening babies is a horrific practice, as well.
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No more than birth or a flu shot.
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The Bible states that baptism should only be performed on an individual that is of the mature understanding of what he is doing.
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Which is the reason for godparents and for the Sacrement of Confirmation.
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Catholics have this notion of children being damned if they are not baptised. Babies have no perception of what is being done, and so baptising them at that age is ridiculous.
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Its a practice from the Middle Ages when there was sky high infant mortality rate. And really, do kids have any concept of half the shit we put them through?
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There is more, certainly, but I have to leave for a movie right now. I will return later.
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Its not Left Behind by any chance, is it?