Few Catholics even realize or understand what Catholicism really teaches and how the actual doctrines and teachings are polar opposites to biblical Christianity. Yes, the Catholic Church does teach morals, as do most religions, but when it comes to salvation, the actual teachings hinder and prevent the lost from finding The Way.

I think few Catholics and even fewer Protestants actually know or understand the Catholic way of 'salvation,' yet it is still printed in the Baltimore Catechism that we are saved by our participation in the sacraments. Central to Catholicism, in fact its very focal point, is the sacrament of the Eucharist where it is believed that bread and wine are literally transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.

This belief is called 'Transubstantian' and is praticed in Satanism in exactly the same manner as in Catholicism; after the human sacrifice is over, the adherents then drink the blood and eat the flesh of the human they have killed for this sacrifice, just as Catholics do when they drink 'christ's' blood and eat His 'flesh'.

Many Protestant leaders are now standing up and proclaiming that we need to glean from the teachings and practices of the Catholic church. Particularly appealing to them is contemplative prayer or mysticism and the spiritual disciplines. There is no doubt in my mind that contemplative spirituality is a bridge, bringing Protestants 'back' to the Catholic church. The emerging church movement is equally a bridge toward Catholicism, and the Purpose Driven movement has had a role in this as well.