If Catholics are Christians then why do they act so angry and arrogant when you question their doctrine?

Question

Real christians aren't offended when people doubt their salvation, because they don't doubt it themselves. And real Christians aren't sarcastic like Catholics, because they don't rely on their own understanding. They rely on God's. Catholics have spent their lifetime trying to defend false doctrine so they have alsmost perfected their defense to the point that you can't reason with them. And if you ask them to prove what they believe with scripture from the Bible, they start quoting from somebody that's not even in the Bible. Catholics have always judged other people for being heretics, when they are ones trying to earn salvation by performing all these rituals and rites, after Jesus already saved from the law of moses with grace. They just love religion is what it is and don't want to let go of it. Islam and Buddism are religions to, but it wont save them, because the only way to Heaven is Jesus.

Answer 1

They are not Christians. Catholics who follow the official teaching of Rome are not Christians by biblical standards*...I found 10 biblical reasons why at a website. Here's one reason, check my source for the other nine, and click on details for more information on each.


The Roman Catholic Church teaches that it is the only source of salvation for sinners. The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is the only Saviour for sinners.
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13

Answer 2

Oh boy, forgive me - this is going to be long. Yeah that's interesting. I personally think it has to do with the theory of "cognitive dissonance", which basically says the more a person is invested in a belief (religion, spirituality), the more they will choose to stick with the belief no matter what evidence is presented to them. So the non-Catholic Christians who do misrepresent Catholic doctrine are so invested in their own beliefs that they need to push away any belief that contradicts their own. I used to do this when I was a devout Catholic: I would often not make an attempt to understand Protestant beliefs but I would still believe that those beliefs were wrong. Now that I'm not Christian, I understand everything from an objective point of view, and I think it's the same with atheists. They aren't invested so they can remain objective. Another reason that there is misrepresentation by non-Catholic Christians is because I think many are taught that way. A friend of mine didn't feel connected to her Catholic church, so she went to a non-denominational church. When she went there the first few times, she held no negative views of Catholicism, but after she got more into that church, she became kind of anti-Catholic. And I know it was because she heard all these negative things and misrepresentations about Catholicism from some of the people from the non-denominational church (she told me what some of them said, so I know this is true). She didn't know her own (Catholic) faith, so she went elsewhere and learned about Catholic doctrine from non-Catholics, and naturally it wasn't exactly what Catholics teach. This happens a lot - Catholics don't know their own faith and so they leave and hear it skewed from someone else. This is the fault of their parents, for not raising them with knowledge of their own faith, and the fault of the Church, for not providing the lessons, and their own fault, for not investigating on their own what it is their faith that they were raised with actually teaches.

Answer 3

Well speaking from my own experience, was a catholic for 28yrs, and never ONCE did I hear the simple plan of Salvation while attending the RC church. They rely on church traditions over the Bible, the pope over God, a priests forgiveness to the forgiveness of our advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, they have idols and statues they say prayers to, there's the rosaries, which is nothing but vain and repetitious prayers and meaningless to God, to name but a few things. PLUS they're ecumenical to boot!

Once I heard the plan of Salvation, God convicted me that I was hearing the TRUTH for the first time in my life. He didn't have to tell me twice! I repented of my sins then and there. That was almost 17 yrs ago, and I've never been the same since Jesus saved me and transformed my life!!

Answer 4

I have met many Christians, from many denominations, who do those things. Haven't met too many that can be reasoned with.

And, by the way , the Catholic Bible contains books that were removed by Protestants after the Reformation , so the Scripture you are unfamiliar may be from the original compilation of the Bible, Not that that makes it any more valid than any other Scripture.

Answer 5

Why do Catholics act so angry and arrogant? Maybe it is because people like you act so arrogant.

A VERY good example of this is your use of the phrase "real Christians" in which you imply that Catholics are not "real Christians".

If you are getting a response of anger, first check your own attitude. Catholics are responding to your attitude.

Answer 6

sir, if you are a Christian, then surely you have been taught to love all people, right? The definition of Christian is 'follower of Christ' correct' ? We do follow Christ and are proud to say that christ has started our church. it is also unwise to say that every catholic judges others as heretics and spend our lifetimes defend 'false doctrine' for i assure you, unless you have met personally every catholic in this world, putting into that category is really gonna make others question YOUR authenticity as a christian...if you think we are at fault, kindly say so or pray to God about it...but you'll never accomplish by offending every one of us!

Answer 7

As a Catholic we are not to act arrogantly, I'm sorry you feel this way. We are to "correct one another with kindness." I read your other question, it is ok to ask a question about the Church in kindness - i hope you understood why we pray to Mary now. Maybe what you learned about the Catholic Church isnt what the Catholic church really teaches. Email me anytime you want to talk and discuss faiths in a proper manner [e-mail].

Answer 8

your theory is based simply on your own experiences, and does not speak universal truth.

you are judging so much in this statement from such an arrogant point of view, you do not realize you are opening yourself up to the exact same criticism.

you are also assuming you are speaking as a representative for all christianity, which obviously says nothing about validity. sorry.

Answer 9

you can't condemn a whole religion from your own personal experience. you can't say that all muslims are terrorist, that all white people are racist, that everone hates jews, that you are right and everone else is wrong, so why say that all catholics are arrogant and angry? we are all people. in our own little ways we are all ignorant, arrogant, choleric etc. of a greater power. we will never know the full meaning of everything.. but we all have a good side too.

Answer 10

You are the very swine we're cautioned to avoid casting our pearls before, because you couldn't recognize authentic Christian truth if it jumped out of your Bible and landed right on your head.

How's that for arrogance?