Why the *&^% do certain non-Catholics STILL believe that Catholics are not Christians?

Question

I got tired of all the messages here that slam Catholicism. There are post that explain exactly why Catholics are christians and yet I encounter posts which do exactly that. Can't they read? Or are they simply uninterested to stop being bigoted? Or do they think those who defend Catholics are liars and/or gullible idiots? What do YOU think?

Answer 1

Those that believe that Catholics are not Christian do so because there are a number of different definitions for the word "Christian".

Fundamentalist Christians follow the concept of Sola Scriptura, in that the Bible alone is the source for Christian doctrine. Catholics do not believe that. Catholics also would add Church tradition and the word of the Pope, speaking ex-Cathedra. Catholics therefore believe that God reveals himself in more than just the Bible.

Catholics also have traditions which some find questionable, such as praying to saints, and the concept of sacrament.

The Catholic form of Baptism is also called into question. Many churches believe that Baptism should only occur when one has made a conscious decision to follow Christ. They also believe that sprinkling is not acceptable, and that full immersion is necessary.

Many fundamentalist churches include other denominations, along with Catholicism as being non-Christian. Obviously these would include Mormonism, Jehovah's Witness, Christian Scientist, but also, some protestant denominations considered more mainstream.

The Catholics get the lion's share of the garbage though, with all of the tracts from Chick Publications and the like. In any event, It's really over the top, and kind of sickening. It gives all of Christianity a bad name. While I'm not a Christian, I still think that the in-fighting is not at all worth it.

Answer 2

Yes,due to the fact that pretty much Catholicism and Evangelical Christianity include the identical center perception: Christ, because the Son of God, grew to be incarnate, died at the pass, and God rose him from the lifeless. See additionally the Nicene creed, for such used to be headquartered to direction out the Arian heresy within the 4th century, as a result the Nicene Creed is most commonly utilized in liturgical church buildings as a declaration of religion. The Catholics additionally use this creed. All in all it is dependent upon the religion of the character and whether or not they believe in what Christ completed.

Answer 3

Just because one goes to church or is baptized or who prays or eats the wafer at mass doesn't mean one is a christian. Doing religious things doesn't ensure eternal life. Example: In Revelations a mulitude of people claiming to be christians say to Christ: "We prophesied in your name, we cast out demons in your name, we did all of this and more in your name" and He will say to them "Depart from me workers of wickedness, I NEVER knew you." These millions upon millions of people thought they were following the true gospel but were all decieved into following the imitation gospel that satan created which is thriving as a big business today. It looks sort of like the true gospel to those who don't pay close enough attention, it is very deceiptful and so far has tricked millions today. It's your heart and whether you know Jesus personally or not, that is what God is looking for . You can't know Him by attending church or doing religious ceremonies etc....it is a spiritual event. Accepting Chist as Lord and savior and believing in your heart He is the Son of God and that He died for your sins and rose again. There you go! there is the true gospel.That is it. If you have received Christ this way through faith, then you are a true christian. Being Catholic doesn't make someone a christian no more than being baptist, or Lutheran.

Answer 4

I'm a member of a protestant church... well, my whole family is so I don't have much choice, but I'm fine with it. I don't know which denomination I'll join when I'm older, but whatever... Anyway, I certainly believe that Catholicism is Christianity. I agree that those who don't believe that Catholics are Christian really need to learn some history.

Answer 5

They don't really believe it. They have never even looked into it. It just seems like a good thing to say when you are desperately trying to prove how bad the Catholic Church is, in an effort to validate the rebellion against God's Holy Church that was the origin of their tradition. If the Catholic Church is what it claims to be, then that rebellion was obviously a blatantly ungodly act, and the resulting manmade tradition is clearly against the will of God. (Of course we already know it is because Christ said all His followers were to be ONE.) Still, the only possible way such an apparently ungodly act can be partially justified is to demonstrate that what they rebelled against was and is absolutely EVIL. So, making such groundless claims against the Church Christ founded, while rather silly, is really just a desperate attempt to try to convince themselves how AWFUL that Church is, so that maybe, just maybe, there was some legitimate reason for rebelling against it.

Certainly the Catholic Church does not teach that salvation is by faith alone, because that belief is a modern tradition of men that no Christian on earth ever heard of until a few hundred years ago. The Bible says no such thing. It couldn't, because the Bible was compiled by the Catholic Church, and the Catholic bishops who compiled it obviously didn't allow any writings that were contradictory to the God-given teaching of God's Holy Church. Of course, some unauthoritative personal interpretations of the Bible may say that - but there lies the sad folly of Protestantism. 20,000 conflicting denominations can't be wrong, because all their contradictory beliefs came straight from the Bible! Sad.

Answer 6

A Christian is someone who not only professess to believe in Christ but actually follows his teachings. The teachings of hte Catholic church not only conflicts with Christ's teachings but also aim the lesson the role and authority of Christ and his purpose on the cross by inserting figure heads such as the Pope and Saints and Mary as go betweens when Christ want all men to come to him directly. So though Catholics call themselves Christians, by definition they are not. At best they are a Christian offshoot that became extremely successful

Answer 7

1) Thou shalt not make graven images and yet the Catholic church are filled with Wooden Crucifixes, statues of saints, prayer by intercession of saints, etc.

2) The Catholic Church is more concerned about church dogma/canon over the real teaching of Christianity which begins with the bible.

3) The Catholic Church has been the instigator of the most atrocious crimes in history (the Crusades, the Inquisition, the secret approval of the Genocide of 6 million Jews in World War 2).

4) Personal experience: My Roman Catholic grandparents were murdered by their Roman Catholic sons and daughters who are influential members of the Catholic Church. I renounced Catholicism because of that and now I'm a Muslim convert.

Whatever defense the Roman Catholic Church puts up, it's the Roman Catholic Church who tarnished Christianity's reputation.

Answer 8

I would never say that there are no catholic christians, but I don't think anyone ever became a christian through catholic theology. Catholics do not believe that salvation is by faith alone, which is what the Bible says, and what Christ taught. Eph 2:8-9 says "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast." The Catholic church does not teach that! and the Catholic church will admit that. That is why the protestant reformation took place and that is why we do not accept Catholics as being true christians. If Catholics became true christians they would come out of the Catholic church.

Answer 9

It could be do to the fact that for years Catholics taught Catholics that if you were not Catholic but Protestant, you would not go to heaven cause you the Protestant were not Christians. They tried to drum that into me when I was in grade school in the 50s. It didn't work cause it didn't make sense to me when I saw/knew there were girls in my school in the 7th and 8th grade who were working prostitutes. Go figure!

Answer 10

These people (Protestants) do not understand the origins of their own religion! I don't see how a protestant couldn't know about the Reformation, or the first 75% of their own religion's history (when it was all Catholic)! I wish people would take some time to trace the origins of their religion, including text, traditions, ceremonies, leadership, and rules! People need to be educated so they know what they're talking about and can become tolerant and understanding.