The Lord Is My Shepherd

Every religion, except Christianity, contended with the others on the basis of power. “My god is more powerful than yours because he grants more wishes, and offers better protection from enemies.”

God is not someone to bargain with, and prayers cannot be bought.

In all religions--but one--the gods demand a sacrifice in order to have your wish or prayer granted. This is also how witchcraft functions. A sacrifice produces a result. God is imagined to be a kind of genie. It is the pagan tradition to make trade deals with God.

When Jesus died on the cross, he died for all mankind so that no sacrifice would ever... See more

Just as cold is absence of heat, darkness is the absence of light, so evil is the absence of God. The existence of darkness doesn’t negate the existence of light. Catholicism teaches that original sin was man’s departure from God and the severance of this relationship corrupted the whole world with evil, disease and sorrow. Little children are pure... See more