Are protestants crazy?

Question

By the way Catholics don't worship statues, they are built to symbolize our great saints and mary. we do not worship mary weonly adore her as our mother and the mother of god. we do not worship her we pray through her to jesus. whoever thought we did these things is a conplete dum dum.

Answer 1

>>Are protestants crazy?<<

Hmmm...well, they do seem to think the way to honor Jesus is to be disrespectful to His mother..that sounds pretty crazy to me...

I had to leave Protestantism because the more I studied it, the crazier I found it to be. I do have to wonder about people who stay and continue to hold Protestant beliefs...

Answer 2

Crazy dum dum. Is this the type of language that followers of Jesus use?

We, as believers, must believe the same on the essentials of the faith, but beyond that there is great latitude in how a Christian should worship, serve, and live his life. This latitude is what causes so many different flavors of Christianity. Diversity is a good thing, but disunity is not. If two churches disagree doctrinally, it is fine that they remain separate. This separation, though, does not lift the responsibility Christians have to love one another (1 John 4:11-12) – and ultimately be united as one in Christ (John 17:21-22).

Answer 3

whoever thought we did these things is a conplete dum dum.
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I AM a Complete Dum Dum!

I was dedicated to the Priesthood many years ago, and was trained by "Grey Nuns" and Jesuit Priests at "Holy Rosary" in Regina Saskatchewan Canada.
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Those reminders statues often have worn out feet from catholics KISSING those reminders.

There seems to be a SUPER FINE LINE between Worshiping and Adoring!

Mary was the Earthly mother of Jesus who is indeed THE GOD. THAT does NOT make her the Mother of THE GOD!

Jesus told us to PRAY TO GOD through JESUS - catholics put yet another between the sinner - and THE GOD!

catholics have, since the henchman named Constantine HIJACKED True Christianity, been following "ANOTHER GOSPEL" ...... strange that they call others Dum Dums!

Answer 4

Point A: putting a statue of anyone in a church is a no-no just ask the children of Isreal
Point B: never has the Bible refered to Mary as our spiritual mother, nor is she, or anyone other than Jesus ever said to be an intercessor for us to God through prayer
Would you like to question a few other things that the protestants have figured out, or are we done here?

Sorry for the tone, I just think you should research the reformation a little better.

Answer 5

People ask people to "pray for me" all the time. Why not ask the Virgin Mary or any other saint to "pray for you?" Just because they are no longer "of this world" does not mean they don't "talk" to God. The saints in heaven are not "separated" by death from the community of the Church (Romans 8:38-39) as we are ALL one Body in Christ (Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:12) and Christ "abolished death" (2 Timothy 1:10). Therefore, the saints in Heaven can pray for us just as anyone here on Earth can. In fact, better, as they are presently with God. The Virgin Mary asking God to help you should "carry more weight" so to speak than having your best friend on this earth praying for you. True or not? In fact, Christ's first public miracle was performed upon the "intercession" of His own mother (John 2:2-11).

During the Reformation, did the Protestants "re-evaluate" all the deutero-canonical and apocryphal Christian writings such as the Gospel of St. James, the Acts of St. Paul, the Apocalypse of St. Peter, the Gospel of St. Mary Magdalene, the Gospel of St. Thomas and the myriad of other writings from the first and second centuries of the Christianity? No. The Protestants accepted the New Testament as defined by the Catholic Church in the late 4th century. Why accept the Canon as defined and preserved by the Catholic Church yet not accept the other teachings of this same Church?

The Roman Catholic Church follows the teachings of Jesus Christ, unlike the Protestants who use the Bible to spread Martin Luther's wrong gospel.

Answer 6

WOW- little touchy huh?
Catholic or Protestant it is the same God you know that right!
Having walked in both of those "spiritual shoes". I have a solid foundation of both. I adore both for the incredible lessons of spirit and hope.

Each church, no matter the affiliation prays its own way. Much more importantly the individual PRAY the best way for their spiritual needs to be met.

As Catholic, we do honor Mary as a "most high", and many to pray directly to her, ask them....it is the truth. There is nothing wrong with that. We often can only connect for reconciliation by praying for forgiveness with a Priest and pay penance to receive the "release" from the pain of such sins. We have set practices "the Sacraments" that are followed by the people and are established by our Pope.

As Protestant it is believed we don't "need" to connect with anyone besides Jesus and God "his father". The bible is the ultimate "source" of reference and quoted, carried and made to study as part of the spiritual awakening of the person.

FYI- Christan acceptance and understanding is part of both religions and more attention needs to be directed that way personally in this case.

You lead by example, everyone loves to follow someone full of confidence and healthy in their faith . As a woman, you are the heart and soul of the family unit. Practice that "role" every minute you have on this planet.

God Bless You!

Answer 7

You need to read statements and books by your own Bishops and priests. It is too bad that many don't know the truth about their own denomination's teachings and what their ministers have stated.
One minister says one thing another says another, but if you read the official statement you may be surprised.

I am not just talking to Catholics here either.

1.Religions founded by false prophets who killed those who did not agree does not sound very "Christ Like" to me.
2.Religions that can buy forgiveness.
3.Religions that pray to dead people who have rotted in the ground just as we all will until Jesus returns.

What I am trying to say is this, if any of you are going to try to defend your "religion" you need to make sure that what you say is "fact" and "not" SOMETHING YOU HAVE HEARD.

Statements of Faith is one thing, spouting so called facts that can be disproved is another.

Answer 8

If you read the 10 commandments in Exodus 20, it forbids making graven images (idols or statues) of anyone or of anything, because God wants Him to be worshipped, not the statues. So what is the need for these "symbols" as you say?

If you read the Catholic cathecism, it does say that you all worship Mary, the mother of God. No where in the Bible is there a command to worship Mary.

Answer 9

Most of your saints are just the pagan gods with a new name.

The Catholic Church did this for well over a thousand years. When they conquered a new region, they took the local gods, heroes, legends, etc and turned them into Saints. It was a useful carrot to convert the masses.

Most of the legend surrounding St. Nick is actually taken from the god Poseidon.

Answer 10

Guess what... (drumroll plz)

I'mmmmmmm.......... Protestant!

I'll tell you why we are not crazy and why your religion is sort of messed up.

We (Protestants) think that you Catholics are overdoing many things. For example, we think that the pope has way too much power and people consider him very holy - too holy... When pope John Paul or whatever died, some Catholics made up a myth saying that even Muslims and Jews felt sorry for the pope's death.

Other than the pope being way too overpowering, we think that you think of Mary as being holy and the "mother of God." It's true that Jesus was born unto by a virgin, and that Jesus was God, but isn't it too exaggerating to call Mary mother of God? I mean, Jesus is God, but in physical form. God is an infinitely powerful being and infinitely wise and intellectual entity, so it would be unsensible for something inferior like a woman to give birth to something that created the universe. Mary was a human being, just like any of us, only that she gave birth to a baby who would rid the world of sin.

Also, it isn't right to pray through her to ask for forgiveness, or to ask the priest at the forgiveness thingie to ask God to forgive you... Isn't it much simpler to ask god for forgiveness directly? Are we not God's creation? Is God not a listening and compassionate Father? So next time you sin, pray for forgiveness directly to God.

Also, the second commandment is, "Thou shalt not make for yourself an IDOL OF ANY SORT." Yes, that includes idols of God, Mary, Jesus, Saint Peter, etc. God specifically prohibits people from worshipping any idols of any sort for any purpose. Don't build anything to symbolize anything for worship. Just worship God and you'll be fine.

Answer 11

Exodus 20:4 You shall not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth; you shall not bow down before them OR worship them. So, if I read this correctly, you are not suppose to even make statues of anything, bow down before them, OR worship them. You should not even have them. God's word also says that Jesus Christ alone is mediator between man and God, You are to pray to God directly, as he is the only one who is called the Hearer of pray, in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ. This is the only provision for prayer that God arranged for Christians. (((((((Excuse me Graig L but why don't you try reading John14:13,14, Jesus says what ever you ask for ask in his name, when you're asking for something you are praying to the Father.)))))))