well that didnt sound very christian .does it!http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At62CnTPxicscCeM.QYw5fzsy6IX?qid=20060918113914AAHzzkO
Yahoo! Answers - catholic people were supose to pray to GOD in the JESUS name not some made up saints?
i mean after all they say that the muslims shouldnt act angry because of what the pope said but i guess its ok for some of them to want to slap people.
2006-09-19 05:36:45 · 9 answers · asked by bassetluv 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
She was obviously an idiot.I'm not a catholic,but I have no problems with friends who are. It's people like her who give religions a bad name..and open the age-old question about how secretive the catholic church is
2006-09-19 05:45:28 · answer #1 · answered by Taylor29 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
saints are not made up - they lived, they represent every day people who lived a life dedicated and offered in death for Christ. while i agree her comment was over the top, we are to turn the other cheek ; )
nah, really though i believe that when someone challenges your beliefs - as you've done with those in the Rcc - you should open up a dialogue and find out why - not just resort to anger. We're told in Ephesians 4:31-32 that we are not to meet non believers with wrath or anger but rather to be kind, tenderhearted and forgiving.
i believe the pope said what he did to open dialogue. unfortunately it was met with the slap, instead of the email ; )
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2006-09-19 20:50:59 · answer #2 · answered by Marysia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately the Catholic Church is filled with sinners, just like every other church.
You are going to get all kinds of answers in a forum like Yahoo Answers and you either look for the good among the bad or go else where.
There are also many people pretending to be what they are not.
These people need our prayers.
With love in Christ.
2006-09-20 00:26:16 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's how Catholics do it.
At least in the old days.
If you opened your mouth and asked that question in a Catholic school you'd be bandaging your hand for a week to stop the bleeding. The nun would just come over and whack you with a ruler!
No lie!
Ask any Catholic who went to Catholic school prior to 1980.
If you asked it outside you would get slapped for asking it!
Questioning is not allowed!
In the Catholic Religion what the Church Says (as decided by the Pope) is law and not to be questioned!
That's how God made Protestants. One day a Preist named Luther was wondering why half of his more affluent flock was not coming to his Church and he founds out there were going to another Catholic Church that let you pay in advance to get out of sin.
This outraged Luther, who promptly shot a letter off to the Pope. How DARE Luther question the church policy!
They didn't just slap him, one Priest wanted to BURN him at the stake for doing this!
Be thankful she didn't say you should be burned at the stake for saying such a thing.
To her, it doesn't matter WHY or HOW it came about that there are Saints, the Church SAYS IT IS SO, so therefore it IS!
2006-09-19 12:47:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
When you question someones beliefs and you are not polite abou it, many people are thin skinned about their beliefs. Sometimes, I think it's because they have questions and when you touch an exposed nerve...they get way too excited.
The fact of the matter is (where Christianity is concerned) we pray to the living God (the Father), through Jesus Christ...cutting out ANY middleman (saints, priest...etc). We confess our sins and repent directly to Jesus.
May you find the grace of the living God and His Son Jesus!
2006-09-19 12:40:02 · answer #5 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I understand her comments. Don't agree that you should be slapped, but you could have asked it in a more positive way.
We, Catholics, pray to Mary and the Saints for intercession, read below for my answer (as posted on my 360).
If you have any further questions about Catholics and what be believe, please ask a Catholic - A protestant will rarely give you the right answer, just as a Catholic will rarely give you a right answer about a Baptist (for example)
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Fundamentalists challenge the Catholic practice of asking saints and angels to pray for us. But the Bible directs us to invoke those in heaven and ask them to pray with us.
Thus in Psalm 103, we pray, "Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word! Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will!" (Ps. 103:20-21). And in Psalm 148 we pray, "Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host!" (Ps. 148:1-2)
Not only do those in heaven pray with us, they also pray for us. In Revelation, John sees that "the twenty-four elders [the leaders of the people of God in heaven] fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints" (Rev. 5:8). Thus the saints in heaven offer to God the prayers of the saints on earth.
Angels do the same thing: "[An] angel came and stood at the altar [in heaven] with a golden censer; and he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne; and the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God" (Rev. 8:3-4).
Jesus himself warned us not to mess with small children because their guardian angels have guaranteed intercessory access to the Father: "See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven." (Matt. 18:10).
Because he is the only God-man, Jesus is the only Mediator between man and God (1 Tim. 2:5), but this in no way means we cannot or should not ask our fellow Christians to pray with us and for us (1 Tim. 2:1-4), including those Christians in heaven, who have already had their sanctification completed, for "[t]he prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects" (Jas. 5:16).
2006-09-19 12:48:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I knew a Cathoholic girl who thought I should be put to death because I was an Atheist. Muslims aren't the only repressive delusional superstitionists on the planet.
2006-09-19 12:56:36 · answer #7 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Most Catholics, myself included, do not mind answering intelligent and polite questions about our faith. I have read your question and am hardly surprised that the girl in question reacted as she did.
2006-09-19 12:41:29 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You said that a part of he faith was "made up."
Don't you get annoyed when we non-Christians say Jesus is made up? Of course you do. So that's why she got mad.
2006-09-19 12:40:16 · answer #9 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋