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Think About It!, July 4, 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: A Woman Rides the Beast: The Roman Catholic Church and the Last Days (Paperback)
Dave Hunt has done a servicable job of presenting his view that the "Woman" of Revelations is the catholic church and her hierarchy in Rome. Had he not tried to be as inclusive of counterarguments and had written more succintly only on the major chapter headings,the book would have had more cohesiveness. Catholics will be so threatened by the assault on their belief systems that they will "trash" this book without exploring the validity of its main points. As an ex-catholic who spent years learning catholic doctrine but who came to know God and the grace of Jesus as my personal savior only after reading the Bible, the antitheses of catholic doctrine and Biblical Word as presented in the book are both accurate and undeniable. I cannot attest to every reference but can attest to the accuracy of the main points presented when Biblical word and catholic doctrine are opposed and compared. Those who would be so threatened as not to contrast the two from as neutral and nonpersonal a point as possible would miss the benefit of the arguments put forth in the text. A difficult but enlightening read for the Christian non-catholic and a distressing but possibly life changing read for the catholic who can objectively and undefensively read the text and concommitantly read a copy of the Bible. (I recommend The New Living Version for modern syntax but original Biblical accuracy and intent.) The text contrasts faith in God through Biblical understanding and acceptance of Jesus as a personal savior, the faith of a protestant, and catholic faith, faith as good works,indulgences and purgatory mediated through Mary and administered by the church in Rome and its designees. It unearths the core differences between catholic and protestant religions, including the reliance on the Bible as basis of religion for the protestant versus the reliance on the institution of the catholic church for the catholic. A church, which the text contends, purposefully kept the Bible from the hands of its members and made its members feel unworthy and ill-advised to read themselves. The book may, for the first time, make the typical catholic by birth aware of and questioning of the unbiblical principles and practices of the religious institution of the catholic church.
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61 of 84 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent History Book of the Roman Catholic Church, May 18, 2002
This review is from: A Woman Rides the Beast: The Roman Catholic Church and the Last Days (Paperback)
During the summer of 1998, I read this book while on a missionary trip down in Haiti. At that time, I was a Catholic and had been for over 3 years. Mind you, I wasn't born and raised Catholic. However, I wish I'd read this book before I'd converted to Catholicism.
This book covers much of the dark History of the Roman Catholic Church. Many people out there disagree with its contents. However, if you look at teh footnotes, you'll find that David Hunt used many sources, among them national files from countries around the world where the Catholic Church has had a strong presence. Now, if Catholics wanted to, they could try and prove David Hunt wrong and open the Catholic files in Rome for all to see. Are you surprised as to why they haven't? I'm not.
For Protestants, this book is good because David Hunt also exposes the doctrines that divid Protestants & Catholics. I was ignorant of many Protestant & Catholic beliefs until I read this book. In doing so, it forced me to dig deeper into my Bible to find out what the truth really was. This book helped me in leaving the Catholic Church and has helped me to embrace my evangelical roots. This, in turn, eventually drew me closer to Christ. I'd recommend this book to all Protestants, Catholics, and those that are thinking about becoming Catholic.
One lat suggestion-before you rread this book, open your Bible and read Revelation Chapters 17 & 18. Keep that spot marked as you read this book. Trust me, you'll make some startling discoveries!
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Sound Summary, January 1, 2007
This is by far one of the most effective critiques of the Roman Catholic Church and it's abberant doctrines. Dave Hunt amazes me. He shows how his assertions about the church are justified by scripture. I bought this book about 4 years ago but have only now seen the DVD.
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