It shouldn’t; private revelations do not supersede General Revelation, and (if authenticated) are binding only on those receiving the private revelation. That is the official policy.

However, there are a LOT of “The REAL Third Secret of Fatima” fanboys out there. It’s one of the Catholic versions of Christian Conspiracy Theories, and shows lots of the dynamics of Conspiracy Theory obsession in general. Which is in itself the essence of Gnosticism — “The Secret Knowledge I And Only I Possess.”

Evangelicals flake out with End Time Prophecy, Catholics flake out with “Mary Channeling”.

The main reason that Roman Catholicism plays such a large role in these stories is that the gap between the Evangelicals and the Catholics is one of the largest in America. If there were more Orthodox, there probably would just as many stories about them.

I do miss the friendships that I might have found as a Baptist, but I treasure the inner peace that I found there. There are many things that I regret about the divide. But, I will not reject the path that God has placed my feet upon.

Peace and God’s blessing upon you.

I think a large part of that is because they know that my wife and I’s relationships to our Protestant community is such a big part of her faith. She isn’t theologically opposed to the Catholic Church, but she never had any real faith until we started going to this certain Protestant church.

But acting in a leadership role there is one of the few subjects where I feel a tinge in my faith. I must remember to bring it up at Confession.

We will NOT be able to find unity without being diligent about Bible study and theology. We can’t get around it. ” Theology ” is NOT a dirty word. “Theologian” is NOT a dirty word. I think i-monk is making a real contribution. Let’s have decent discussion, as we are. It is good.

And I just wanted to mention the Book of Concord, the Lutheran confessions again. Are there people who really don’t think it’s a great collection of documents (Bible based documents) ? Read the new “reader’s edition” from Concordia Publishing House.

Lots of people here have commented that they have been disowned and rejected for leaving a certain theology, so it appears we as Christians don’t have room to put down other religions since we do the same thing.

Blog eisegesis? I want to say it makes me wonder what thread they’re reading, but I’m used to it by now.

My wife’s family is Mormon. When we got married I was a fairly new Christian contemplating Catholicism and my wife was unsure what she believed. Given this diversity of opinion, finding a church to marry us was impossible. We ended up getting hitched by a justice of the peace.

Now I’m a protestant with a Catholic leaning spirituality (I still listen to EWTN podcasts). My wife is still unsure, but often falls back on Mormon theology. This isn’t the forum to go into the Christian/Mormon divide, so I’ll just say things are difficult. I really want to practice my Christianity with my wife, attend Church with my wife, and have a Christian marriage with my wife, but theologically that’s impossible. I have delayed joining a church in the hope we could find one together. Now I’m looking for one by myself.