edwitness:
Every pagan god of the nations around Israel made such demands. That is why this deity is by definition pagan. And this is by definition the god of the rcc and muslims.

Ian:
So is yours then, since the other branches of Christianity sprang from Catholicism.

edwitness:
You would be right. If I belonged to another branch of churchianity. But, I do not. I am part of the body of Christ. The church that is made up of all true believers in Jesus.
And the body of Christ shares nothing in common with the harlot that is the rcc. There is not a single thing the rcc teaches that a true believer in Jesus could believe.
Come out of her my people and be not partakers of her plagues. Flee the harlot!!

Ian:
So you're creating your own new religion then.
Sorry, but you ARE a member of a branch of Christianity, and I know exactly which one - it's a particularly nasty far-right one that likes to ignore history and attack other Christians.

edwitness:
Sorry, I am part of the body of Christ that was here when Paul preached to them. The body of Christ that was here long before 325 ad when the rcc was first thought of. So I am not any part of anything the rcc is responsible for. She is the harlot. I am part of the body of Christ. No comparison.
There's true history. And the rcc came along to destroy the body of Christ that is founded upon the prophets and the apostles. With Jesus Christ as the chief cornerstone. But, though she tried, she was not able to destroy the body of Christ. Because the gates of hell will never prevail against us.

Ian:
That isn't historically accurate or honest. There was no branch of Christians running concurrently with the Catholics and Orthodox. Those WERE the Christians.