Turning Point's FREE BOOK is anti-Catholic propaganda
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The guy said let's see what's in it but failed to discuss the book's content while only naming the book. OP parroted the guy's anti-Catholic claim in the title but like the guy in the video, failed to detail what makes it anti-Catholic. It seems like his message and this post are just as much propaganda as the claim of the book being propaganda.
First, I'm of the opinion Catholicism is a false religion that functions on religious traditions not aligned with the bible or teachings of Jesus Christ.
As far as the contents the guy mentioned: The book talks about spiritual warfare, Christ vs Satan, the Second Coming, and trusting the Bible which are all clearly biblical. Where it gets controversial is that the book relies heavily on Ellen G. White’s visions as an authority, which most Christians, including myself, don’t accept as legitimate biblical revelation. According to a cursory look at its other themes such as doctrines like the Investigative Judgment, the 1844 timeline, and Sabbath-keeping as the final end-time test aren’t clearly taught in the New Testament and are rejected by most scholars. A lot of the book's end-time detail (Sunday laws, America’s role, etc.) are very specific claims by the author but not explicitly spelled out in Scripture in the way the author asserts as biblical truth. Because of that, many see it as a 19th-century interpretation layered on top of the Bible, not something derived strictly from it.
Like anything else in the world, read at your own discretion and come to your own conclusions. I have not read the book personally however based on my cursory look at it, I can tell I would agree with some parts and disagree with others based solely on the Word of God.
Interesting that Kirk was SDA-favorable. The original White vision has been refined and made evangelical with the help of anti-cultist Walter Martin in the 20th century, so it's not solely White anymore. The modern view tones down the anti-Catholic rhetoric but continues to note things like the Catholics priding themselves on "moving" the Sabbath when they shouldn't say that because the reality is much more complex. When you talk Sabbath, all major Christian movements are missing pieces, and it took me over 25 years to get them all and be able to talk reasonably about any aspect of the issue.
My joke is that all SDA predictions about "Sunday law" came true in 2020, when all world governments jointly forbid everyone from most all activity on every Sunday (and also every other weekday). So now we're in the post-Sunday-law era ....
But if Kirk was specifically anti-Catholic it only goes with the territory.