Michael Rood's lack of credentials would be natural since he criticizes the authority of traditional Christianity and being a Messianic Jew, could never have authority among traditional Jews. I think Jesus was faced with similar criticism, no credentials as a rabbi yet he was referred to as Rabbi. Both lacked authority from the religious elite of their time but at least one of them has it from on High. Michael Rood's teaching is very interesting, may or may not be 100% accurate but worth giving a listen to.
On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 8:13 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: Don't know how seriously I'd take what Rood has to say. His credentials don't seem to be of the highest quality: http://www.apologeticsindex.org/687-michael-rood I wouldn't argue with the idea that the "purity of Jesus' teaching" has been lost, but I wouldn't look to Rood for the details. Michael Rood, a Messianic Jew, referrs to Catholicism and subsequent protestant religions as being a combination of the teachings of Christ, Yeshua, mixed with Babylonian Sun worship. In other words, the *purity of His teaching* was quickly lost. On Monday, February 24, 2014 7:14 PM, "yifuxero@..." <yifuxero@...> wrote: http://www.helpersoftheholysouls.com/purgatoryqa.htm . Lack of time doesn't allow me to go into this further but offhand, I'd say that the whole concept of sin in RC theology has serious flaws, the moe serious being limited in scope. A more inclusive concept would be "bad karma". http://www.helpersoftheholysouls.com/purgatoryqa.htm
