The Cult of Catholicism Part 2

The common denominator of every cult and false religion throughout history has been esotericism or the so-called existence of secret (occult) knowledge that can only be obtained by a select group of elite scholars.

And the nexus of that esotericism can be found in Genesis 3 of the Bible's first book. That's where Satan, who disguised himself as a wily serpent, deceived Eve into disobeying a direct order from God.

How did Satan accomplish that? By convincing Eve that God had hidden the real "truth" from her and husband Adam pertaining to why He refused to allow them to eat fruit from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden.

Here's the serpents's encounter with Eve as described in Genesis 3: evil. Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,  but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'" "You will not certainly die," the serpent said to the woman. "For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." (Genesis 3:1-5)

Thus, the serpent convinced Eve that he knew something that was beneficial for her. He appealed to her ego by telling her that she could be as powerful as God if she ate the forbidden fruit. 

After she took the bait, Eve persuaded Adam to eat the fruit and the first couple forever changed the course of history by introducing sin and evil into the human race. From that original sin have come all the wars, bloodshed, violence, suffering, multiplied murders etc. that have plagued mankind to this day.

However, the Catholic Church has historically taught that the Book of Genesis is nothing but a fictional account of events that never really happened. The Roman Church teaches that those events are merely allegorical stories that contain mysteries of God that can only be unraveled by Roman Catholic mystics, holy men, monks, church prophets and enlightened scholars.

Thus, according to the Catholic Church, the Bible contains some of God's truth, but not all of it. And so, when Christians claim the Bible to be the sole authority of God's truth, the Catholic Church arrogantly claims that she has other sources of God's truth that have greater authority than the Bible.  

As such, those are the sources that form the theology and liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. Where do those sources come from? From the same source that appeared as the serpent in the ancient Garden of Eden.

Am I suggesting that Satan could be the guiding spiritual source behind the Roman Catholic Church? Yes, I am.

Isn't that harsh? It's only harsh if you can't prove that. In Part III, I'll provide the proof.