What is the Measure of a Man’s Life?
Why do you Live? What is your Purpose Here?
If you couldn’t answer these questions, what do you think that says about you? Your ancestors fought, suffered and died for what they believed in and loved, but here you stand, unaware of any good reason that you should exist at all. How frustrating, to live, but for nothing..
62,000 Graves in Nigeria
For 2000 years, Christians of all races, of all lands, of all ages: have suffered gruesome martyrdom for our God, knowing that He suffered more for us and our executioners.
One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church
Who You Are
You are a human-being, made in the very Image of God, the creator of All (this does not deny evolution, as Catholics are lovers of science). This means you have innate worth, just as all humans do.
Why is killing objectively wrong?
Without God, there is no objective morality, nor do humans have any intrinsic worth. When we lean on society for morality, we are lead to evil (Nazi Regime, America defending Slavery, the Soviet Union). ALL human societies have the disgusting pride to say they aren’t evil.
What Your Purpose Is
Man was made good, and in a unique state of divine-union with our Creator. We humans broke this by choosing to love ourselves more than our God. Now we are broken, our world is broken, and we see this every day. Your purpose is to love God and love each other, so that God may bring us back into our State of Grace with Him someday.
Why Christianity
Would you die for something you knew to be false? Knowing that in choosing that death, you would almost ensure the death of your family and closest friends?
Right. Neither would I.
Yet this is what atheists claim that all 12 Apostles did. These historical figures who abandoned, denied and rejected Jesus (the real historical man) during his trial and execution, saw something a few days later that made not 1, but all 12 of them eager to accept gruesome deaths to testify on behalf of the man they saw die 3 days earlier.
It would take me far too long to give you all the reasons to be Christian, the whole answer is:
BECAUSE IT’S TRUE.
Why Catholicism
For most Christian churches, they rely on the Bible to prove they are speaking the truth. Catholics on the other hand existed 300 years before we even wrote the Bible. We are not ashamed to say that we have been the keepers of Lord Jesus’ truth for 2000 years, on which all other Christians rely. The Truth that we provide is not solely reliant on some book that you may or may not believe (of course we believe it is 100% truthful, we wrote it after all). Our Truth transcends the Bible, and it is the foundation on which modern science and western civilization were built. We maintain and present the eternal and unchanging Truth of Life, our Universe, and God.
The Truth
If real deep truths are to be meaningful, they must be objective and unchanging. Society’s idea of truth and morals and existence are constantly changing, but in the face of this, the Catholic Church has been an unwavering pillar of truth for 2000 years. We don’t go with what’s popular, we don’t deny science, and we don’t bend to the will of flawed men. We aren’t like other Churches, we aren’t afraid to be disliked. We stand for Truth.
Sanity and Cohesion
Certainly you feel the chaos in our world. Certainly you see our world happily accept insanity and division into its ranks. The Bible teaches that division is a visible sign of heresy and evil, yet protestant churches grow increasingly schismatic and divided, to the point that there are over 30,000 protestant denominations in the world today. The Catholic Church is one, undivided and orthodox since it was made by Christ. The Bible is our history, 1.3 Billion Communed Catholics worldwide is our present.
How does God punish mankind when they rely on evil and humans instead of on Him?
God destroys the Tower of Babel, and He divides the people so that they speak different languages. Anywhere in this world that you see disunity and division, is a place devoid of God.
The Kingdom of God
If you are wishing to be a part of God’s glorious kingdom in heaven, you should join His visible kingdom here on this earth.
The Catholic Church is the Kingdom of God.
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