#12595 Is Receiving Ashes Against Scripture? | Why Aren’t You Catholic? - Joe Heschmeyer

<p>&#8220;Is Receiving Ashes Against Scripture? This question opens a discussion on the intersection of faith and politics, addressing concerns about the implications of such support. Other topics include the challenge of serving both God and money, and the complexities of identity in faith, such as navigating historical claims about the papacy and exploring the differences between Catholicism and Orthodoxy.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>03:12 &#8211; Reading not doing public penance, but then we get big ashes on our heads.</li>
<li>09:23 &#8211; Jesus said you can’t serve God and money. Is it contrary to being a christian for a Church to support a political party or movement?</li>
<li>18:38 &#8211; Isn’t it condescending to ask the question, why aren’t you Catholic? You’re asking, why aren’t you one of us? Wouldn’t it be better to ask who raised you to be the faith you are?</li>
<li>40:56 &#8211; 1689 London Baptist confession of faith claims the pope is the Anti-Christ, how do I navigate that as a non-Catholic?</li>
<li>51:52 &#8211; I’m looking into Catholicism and Orthodoxy. What&#8217;s the Catholic response to the claim that Rome used to be orthodox before the great schism?</li>
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