Thread:TheSquidychicken/@comment-31308946-20170525193032/@comment-31215921-20170602194244

TheSquidychicken wrote: The Morgul Lord wrote: But that concept stems from the proposal by Luther that everyone is part of the universal priesthood, and everyone can go directly to God. Wheras with Catholicism (the other older denominations, the Eastern Orthodox being another example, share this belief), we do not believe that everyone has direct access to God, hence the priest serving as mediator.

But I really think this could be debated elsewhere (now or later, doesn't matter to me), since this thread is dedicated to another debate. Well since it is my wall I have changed the name to belief debate since I tend to take threads off topic fairly often.

Here is what I know (based off what I read in the Bible). When you pray, you go into the presence of God.

Another thing, if you cant go directly to God, why go to the priest? Does God favor him? ''Why does the priest have special abilities that we cant have? ''Does the Bible say only priests can pray to God? Maybe your translation does?

Its almost like the pharisees, who were not Godly men. (I am not saying Catholic priests are not Godly.) They prayed repetitively in Public, for the glory men would give them, not to glorify God. (Jesus has a parable for this).

Do you believe everything in the Bible? It's not that they have "favor", for history has shown there to be many immoral priests and Popes throughout, not that they're a majority. No doubt you believe the apostles had certain power from God. Rather, it's the belief of succession through the men they ordained priests throughout history. I'd be willing to elaborate later, but I have to get going on a road trip for the time being.

To the question you give, that's a very broad question, and you'll probably use it to try debunking my beliefs, but for a short answer, yes, I do.