Who wants to play "It's time for today's apologetics?"?

Question

1. I am a Catholic
2. We do read the Bible.
3. We are Christians
4. We don't eat babies or sacrifice them
5.We do have brains and use them
6.We do not worship anyone other than the Trinity.
7. We do believe in the Real Presence
8. We are a people of life.
9. We accept all fellow Christians as Christians.
10.Not all Priests are child molesters. Look it up. Family members are more likely to.

Please list your own "debunkers"

Everyone is invited to post about their faith or stance on faith.

Answer 1

Thank you for the opportunity to answer this question. You always ask good ones!

1. I am a Jewish woman
2. We do read the Bible (Old Testament)
3. -----
4. We don't sacrifice babies to make matzoh.
5. We are driven to improve ourselves through education and hard work.
6. We do not worship anyone other than the One God.
7. -----
8. We are a people of love, life and humor.
9. We accept all those who wish to call themselves Jewish.
10. Not all Jews "run or control" everything. I've always wondered how less than 2% of the population of the U.S. can "control" everything.

Answer 2

1. Faith and belief systems do not coincide with intelligence
2. Raising a child as a Christian is NOT brainwashing
3. We do not all hate homosexuals
4. We do have an open mind even if we disagree with you
5. Most Christians do not hate all science and math, just because some disagree with one point of science.
6. Not all pastors are out to suck money from people
7. We have a life, we are not boring smothered people
8. We do not beat our children (as someone suggested all Christians do)
9. We believe in prayer
10. We do not have all the answers, same as anyone else, nor should anyone think we should.

Answer 3

1. I am an atheist
2. We have read the Bible. Sometimes multiple versions.
3. We do not believe in any deity or anti-deity.
4. We don't eat babies or sacrifice them
5. We do have brains and use them.
6. We do not worship science. We regard it as a very useful tool.
7. We do not have a unified ideology.
8. We like living as much as anyone else.
9. We don't play the "which one is the true Christian/Muslim/Jew" game.
10. Atheists are just as repelled by child molesters as anyone else.
11. We are as trustworthy as anyone else.

Answer 4

Let's see.

1. Who is the head of the church? The Bible says Jesus, Catholics say the Pope.

2. What is the acceptable form of baptism? The Bible says immersion (buried). Catholics sprinkle.

3. Who can be baptized? The Bible says "those who believe, repent and confess". The Catholics baptize innocent infants.

4. Who are to be the church's leaders? The Bible says Elders and Deacons. Catholics have the Pope, Priests, Cardinals, Bishops.

5. Who established the church? The Bible says Jesus. The Catholic church was started by Emperor Constantine.

6. Who forgives a person's sins? The Bible says God. The Catholic Priest forgives sins.

There are many others. A Christian is one who follows Christ. If you are not following Christ and his teachings, are you a Christian?

Answer 5

2. Catholics read the Bible in church, which is more than many Protestants can say. Catholics don't even have a preacher telling them what to think of the passage--they just read three passages at different points in the liturgy. Very interesting.

3. How anyone could get this part wrong is amazing, but it happens frequently.

4. That volume your priest carries around titled "How to Cook Babies" has a smudge over one word. Its actual title is: "How to Cook *for* Babies"

5. I'm trying to come up with a witty reply here, but I see "brains" and I think "zombies," so I'm just going to say, hey, it's Friday.

6. Catholics tend to be less zealous in venerating the saints than Evangelicals are in venerating their modern political heroes.

7. Standard Christian doctrine.

8. I don't agree with them on contraception, but I'm not Catholic, so... meh.

9. All people who identify as Christians? I don't think so. I'm pretty sure the Catholic Church does not accept Mormon baptisms, for instance. Of course, I think the Mormons are as much to blame for that as anybody.

10. "Innocent until proven guilty" and "trial by media" don't mix.

Answer 6

1. I am a Hindu.
2. I do not worship cows.
3. I do not worship idols. (I only worship God, sometimes with the aid of an image. But the image is not God)
4. I believe that there is one God, who makes Him/Herself known in many forms and names.
5. I believe that other religions are also paths to the Divine.

Answer 7

1. We do not worship Mary
2. We do believe that grace is a free gift and unmerited
3. The Pope is not God
4. The Pope is not the anti-christ
5. The Catholic Church is not the 'whore of Babylon'
6. We do not say non-Catholics are unsaved
7. Catholic Tradition is simply the oral teachings of the Apostles, handed down.



etc, etc etc

Answer 8

We are able to think analytically.
We understand logic and can apply it.
We are as intelligent as any other group.
We are free thinkers.
We made our choice willingly.
Many of us are highly educated.
Many of us are scientists.
We don't hate science.
Science is not the polar opposite of the Christian faith.

Answer 9

Are we talking about the nursery rhyme, a variant of the card game or the sexual position involving 2 guys and 2 girls, Alex? j0e

Answer 10

1. I am an atheist.
2. We also read the Bible.
3. We aren't Christians, we don't secretly believe in God.
4. Same.
5. Same!
6. We don't worship anyone.
7.We do believe in Reality.
8. We are a people of life.
9. We accept anyone who calls themselves Christians as Christians, none of this 'not a REAL Christian' malarkey.
10. Honestly, I have no idea about the prevalence of child molestation among atheists as opposed to among theists. But we don't have any institutions that put people in places of moral authority, so that's one less person who might molest your child while claiming to have their best interests at heart.