How are Catholics any better than Nazis?

Question

Around 9 million people died during the Crusades. Around 9-11 million people died during the Holocaust (though some estimates are higher and all over the place).

The Catholics wanted everyone to be Catholic. Hitler wanted everyone to be Christian and Aryan. They both rampaged around and murdered people who weren't what they wanted.

They both used ludicrous reasoning to justify their mass murders. God agreed with it, so it was just fine and dandy.

The Nazis and Neo-Nazis deny(ied) over and over that the Holocaust never happened. Ancient Catholics justified the Crusades, and modern-day ones just forget about the way their ancestors slaughtered millions of people in the name of "God."

They were all ignorant and couldn't pull their heads out of their posteriors long enough to see that they were wrong. And to this today, they still preach their delusional beliefs and truckloads of hypocrisy.

I am not a "little girl," and if you're going to condescend me at all, you should find one that's not ridiculous. Regardless of age, I'm probably more intelligent than the user who called me a "little girl."

Answer 1

Catholic lets say all Christian because all Christian religion of today have their Organization being in the catholic churches so they are out branches

The Church traces its origins to Jesus and the Twelve Apostles, in particular Simon Peter, the leader of the Apostles, who is regarded as the first Pope.[9] The term "Catholic Church" was first used in a letter by Ignatius of Antioch and Catholic writers list a number of references which point to at least a 'first among equals' status for the See of Rome from the very earliest times.[10]

The New Testament contains warnings against teachings considered to be only masquerading as Christianity, [11] and shows how reference was made to the leaders of the Church to decide what was true doctrine.[12] The Catholic Church claims to be the continuation of those who remained faithful to the leadership and rejected divergent teachings.

After an initial period of sporadic but intense persecution, Christianity was legalized in the fourth century, when Constantine I issued the Edict of Milan in 313. From 380 on, Christianity was the Roman state religion. Constantine was instrumental in the convocation of the Council of Nicea, which sought to address the Arian heresy and formulated the Nicene Creed which is used to this day by the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and various Protestant churches.

During the 11th century (the traditional date assigned is 1054, though it was in fact a gradual process over a number of decades) the Church underwent the Great Schism in which the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy divided over a number of administrative, liturgical and doctrinal issues, most notably the Filioque and papal primacy of jurisdiction. Both the Second Council of Lyons (1274) and the Council of Basel (1439) attempted to reunite the churches, but in both cases the Orthodox rejected the councils. The Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy remain in schism to the present day, although efforts to end the schism are ongoing. Each Church claims to be the "one holy catholic and apostolic Church" of the Nicene Creed. Some Eastern churches have since been reunited with the Catholic Church, acknowledging the primacy of the pope, and together form the Eastern Catholic (sometimes referred to as "Uniate") Churches.


Elevation of the Host by Blessed Pope John XXIII at the opening of the Second Vatican Council, in 1962, in St. Peter's Basilica, where the mass has always been said facing the people.The second great rift in the history of Christianity was the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, in which various groups repudiated the primacy of the pope, various other Catholic doctrines and practices as well as abuses (such as simony) common at the time. Reformers within the Catholic Church launched the Counter Reformation, a period of doctrinal clarification, reform of the clergy and the liturgy, and re-evangelization begun by the Council of Trent.

The Council of Trent and its reforms provided the theme for the next 300 years of Catholic history. The period lay an emphasis on catechesis and missionary work, in both of which the Jesuit and Franciscan orders were prominent. The 18th and 19th century Church found itself facing not only the teachings of Protestantism, but also Enlightenment and Modernist teachings about the nature of the human person, the state, and morality. With the coming of the Industrial Revolution, and the increased concern about the conditions of urban workers, 19th and 20th century popes issued encyclicals (notably Rerum Novarum) explicating Catholic Social Teaching.

The First Vatican Council (1869–1870) affirmed the doctrine of papal infallibility which Catholics hold to be in continuity with the history of Petrine supremacy in the Church, but Eastern Orthodox and Protestant churches consider a theological innovation.

The Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) was convened by Pope John XXIII primarily as a pastoral council, to make the historic teachings of the Catholic Church clear to the modern world. It issued documents on a number of topics including the nature of the Church, the mission of the laity, and religious freedom. Vatican II also issued instructions for a revision of the liturgy, which led to the intermediate 1965 Missal and later the Mass of Paul VI or novus ordo mass. The most visible element of these reforms was that the mass could now be celebrated in the vernacular as well as in Latin. (However, it was intended that Latin continue to have priority.)

Vatican II has remained the source of much controversy within the Catholic Church, with some elements claiming that conservatives within the Church prevented the full "spirit of Vatican II" from being implemented, while other elements claim that liberals within the Church used the council as an excuse to make changes in practice and catechesis far more wide ranging than the council's documents authorized.

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Answer 2

You mustn't put the blame for hypocrisy solely on the Catholics. When people believe in fundamental dogma, whether they're Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish or whatever, they're capable of atrocities that stun us all. Look at Israel right now, in point of fact. The Salem Witch Trials weren't conducted by Catholics. There are plenty of cult leader killers who are protestants. The enemy of humanity is fundamentalism. No doubt about it.

Answer 3

The crusades came no where near killing 9 million people, you should check your facts little girl.

Answer 4

While I might not agree with Catholic understandings of scripture...I'm trying to see how your comparison is any less ludicrous?

Answer 5

He who is without sin cast the first stone. What is your personal background? Would it do any good to beat yourself up instead of moving forward from the position of abuse, war and discrimination?

Answer 6

Girl you got your HISTORY right!!! ^5 ...yes Catholic Church is no better than Hitler or Russians...or any country that committed Genocide... I used to be Catholic...not anymore...NO RELIGION FOR ME. I BELIEVE IN>>>>>>>>>>>> .EVOLUTION...AND GNOSTIC TEACHINGS ...SYLVIA BROWN

Answer 7

Michael D's answer is perfect.

Answer 8

hey
i'm catholic.
it wasn't my ancestors doing so.
i don't think we should forget what happened.

Answer 9

they arent better,they are just as bad!