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Why I Think Alberto Rivera Was Rightfully Not Included in "Catholicism: Crisis of Faith"

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While I did retire Chick Publications from my list of sources but they did sell one video that was rather useful. It's called "Catholicism: Crisis of Faith" which is also sold by Chick Publications . Unfortunately, Chick Publications has been guilty of publishing several fraudulent testimonies. Rebecca Brown's story was too fantastic to be real. The late John Todd was a fraudster. A dead man who I put above the pedestal was Alberto R. Rivera. Unfortunately, documentation of Rivera having shown signs of being a fraud while he lived has shown up and I ignored it for several years. What seemed to be just a malicious work by the Vatican turned out to contain facts against the man. Rivera is too dead to defend himself but the facts aren't. What was also amazing is that some Protestant groups and Baptist groups are speaking against Rome also discredit the "Alberto" comics as spurious sources .  Was Rivera really a man of God or a fraudulent man of Satan ...

Why I No Longer Subscribe to Chick Publications Like I Did with Jesus-is-Savior

When I was newly saved - nothing felt more compelling than witnessing and spiritual growth. I was guilt-induced many times into thinking Roman Catholics are Christians when they're not. Something was worth researching - it was all about the devices of Satan. One of them was Roman Catholicism - a religion that I tried to reform but failed. I just needed some validation that my thoughts on Rome were not wrong. I found Chick Publications over the Internet and found it fascinating. The story of Alberto Rivera felt amazing but later drove me to paranoia. Then Chick Publications became the reason why I even started reading through Jesus-is-Savior. Both David J. Stewart and the late Jack Chick are conspiracy theorists that should be ignored. Also, please ignore J.D. Hall's Pulpit & Pen which follows a very similar approach.  Chick Publications had a wide array of entertaining tracts that can convict people. One of the best used is "This Was Your Life" which really c...