When I hear someone apologizing for their own personal beliefs whatever they may be, I find myself thinking why would someone apologize for something they're doing that they think is best for themselves?

It is with fear and trembling I hold my very own beliefs. I know I'm commanded to witness for others, but this is very personal. I'm looking at what alternatives will be for me, alone, in every consequence of a belief there is or can be. It's a huge part of what makes me who I am and I can't help myself from it if I wanted to. So can this short explaination explain that I'm simply seeing wrong facts and the consequences of it? And how this puts it in my heart to pray for those doing other things they also believe and think is best for themselves. It has been my experience in life that Religion is sin and more and more of it's fallacies are seeping in.

It's been my experience once that one particular avid practitioner of Judaism was hellbent on putting me in my place just because I was a Christian believing Jesus Christ is God sent in the flesh to die for my sins. There are so many churches that hold so many pagan beliefs that include idolatry and works salvation issues like The Purpose Driven Church and I've even felt shunned for not giving in their particular area need for tithing. Those claiming that all there is is love who don't want to listen to your Biblical evaluations or give their explanations otherwise make it very hard to confide. And I find solace in Psalm 12 that God knows. Then again, is it just my own perception at the same time, being that conflict scares me and I'm in a situation where I should not be, and/or just be, or get out? Because I know God looks down on conflict in the church and I don't want in the middle of any of that. I think it is a case that can be answered with prayer that leads us where we need to be. I also know those that are persecuted are blessed. I can also see and understand when God closes one door, He always opens another one. (Please don't message me for bashing Judaism or pagan practices according to Biblical evaluation. I'm just sharing experiences and making points that are absolutely water under the bridge).

I came to an understanding of repentance and salvation when I was 13-years-old where I dearly loved my church, but apart from that experience have watched religion in all it's chaos ever since. For Christians, faith is built on a personal relationship with Jesus. Without it, their salvation would be in question.

I finally found a pastor of forty years, http://www.biblelineministries.org/main.html the late Dr. Hank Lindstrom of Bibleline Ministries and Calvary Community Church in Tampa Florida that confirmed my understandings of repentance and salvation. It has been a big pivotal part that has impacted my emotional psyche since, besides, of course, the scenarios of what entails those understandings including that of (1 John 2:27) secret life and hidden world. I've felt alone much of the time not knowing even one person who shared my belief (other than my husband) and it has meant so much finding others with these shared beliefs.

The stuff God hates: http://www.jimfeeney.org/Godhates.html make me tremble and obey for my own fate.

It always comes to this and that is, "I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not." Because I see others losing their souls for a price and you can bet the consequences of that are not very nice.

I've found a very sound Biblical evaluation of the book, A Course In Miracles by a man named Russ Wise at this site that you may want to see for yourself: http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/thcourse.html

Russ explains The Course in Miracles with Schucman and her Course do not teach that Jesus is God incarnate yet fully human, but that He is an highly evolved being who became divine. That it does not match sound Biblical evaluation.

The Bible says evil entered the world through disobedience and that it does exist. Also, the Biblical evaluation does not match the idea that God is a universal oneness rather than a personal Being.

So many people these days don't believe in hell. The Bible says that hell is a literal place of eternal sufferings, Matt 25:41, Rev 20:10, 20:15. The Bible literally commands that all who reject Jesus Christ as their LORD and Saviour or live a lifestyle contrary to God's word will spend an eternity in hell (See Gal. 5).

Kenneth Wapnick, a Catholic monk, founded the Foundation for A Course in Miracles. Wapnick believes The Course teaches that God did not create the world. Second, The Course teaches that we are all equally Christ. Jesus is not the only Son of God. And third, The Course is clear in its teaching that Jesus did not suffer and die for man's sin as to why The Course and Biblical Christianity are not compatible.

Those differences clearly show why a Christian cannot consider The Course as a source for his or her spiritual understanding. It is absolute anti-biblical and is obviously promoted by Satanic deception. See 2 Corinthians 11:14 (King James Version) ¹⁴And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 1 Timothy 4:1 (King James Version) ¹Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

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In the past, God did convey some of his messages by means of the angels; case in point: The angel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she would be giving birth to a savior. The angels announcing to the shepherds who were tending their sheep, that a savior had been born. Also, the angels that came to Abraham and told him that he and Sarah would have a son. The angels that delivered Lot and his daughters. The angels that sat in the tomb of Jesus and told Mary Magdalene that Christ had risen. But now that we are living under the Christian arrangement of things and Satan and his demons have been cast down to the earth,(Rev. 12:9), the Bible's admonition is "Even if we or an angel out of heaven were to declare to you as good news something beyond what we declared to you as good news, let him be accursed." (Galatians 1:8) And 2 Corinthians 11:14 reminds us that "...for Satan himself keeps transforming himself into an angel of light." Therefore, we do not have angels from God appearing before mankind. But we do have Satan and his demons who will materialize forms to mislead people. They are dangerous and seek to destroy those who come under their control. There is danger in trying to communicate with demonic angels (also called spirits). This is called Spiritism in the Bible. The Bible book of Galatians chapter 5 mentions spiritism as being one of the works of the flesh and that those who practice it will not inherit God's kingdom. Revelation 22:15 says, "Outside are the dogs and those who practice spiritism and the fornicators and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone liking and carrying on a lie". I would warn those who would listen by sharing these scriptures with them and also relating any experiences showing the dangers of trying to communicate with these wicked spirits.

I found this site called The Protestant Knights ; however, we do not pray to Mary, or the Saints that have passed on because, among other scriptures, 1 Tim.2:5 states that "There is one God, and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus". St. Peter tells us in 1 Peter 5:7 whom should be intrusted with our cares when it says "Casting all your cares on Him, for He careth for you." St. Paul also made it clear that our requests are to be made known to GOD (PHIL. 4:6). There is not one verse in the entire body of the Holy Scriptures that tells us to pray to The St. Mary(who realized her own need for a saviour in Luke 1:46-47), nor does it record anyone ever praying to Mary, and the same is true of any saint that has passed on. The LORD Jesus Christ says that "The scriptures cannot be broken" (John 10:35) and that is what we want to do. We simply wish to make sure that the scriptures are not broken.  In Exodus 20:5, God states that "I the LORD your God am a Jealous God." He says with the same authority in Isaiah 42:8, "My Glory I give to no other." John 10:35)