With all the excesses on the Protestant side (The Reformation was a blood bath) how come the Catholics......?

Question

get to be the "Whores"? I never understood that.

Answer 1

There have been tragic historical events on both sides, both Catholic and Protestant. As a Catholic, I find that many anti-Catholics are fighting against what they *think* the Roman Catholic Church is, rather than what it actually is (which is a body of Christian believers). I've heard the Catholic Church called "The Great Whore Of Babylon" many times now, and feel that it's a misunderstanding of the Book of Revelations, among many other things. People like Jack Chick and other anti-Catholics will never be convinced that the Church is not the Beast or the Whore of Revelations, and that leads to division and strife within Christianity.

Answer 2

Blood bath is relative. Was it a blood bath compared to the inquisition? Not really. Catholics just have a longer history. Not to say that it was all bad, but when one has a considerably longer existence, there is more opportunity for wrong doing. Plus, when someone or something is "reformed", it's automatically implied that it is better. Something in need of reformation has flaws, the reformed product lacks those flaws. Then everyone overlooks whatever new flaws there are and views the first product as inferior.

Answer 3

Good question. The Reformation contributed its fair share to the list of English and Scots martyrs, but we Catholics are always the bad guys, to hear some people tell it. The Inquistion is always trotted out as an example of how horrible we are, but people tend to forget little things like the Salem witch trials and the persecution of Irish Catholics in the United States.

Selective memory must be a nice thing -- keeps you from having to admit you were wrong and take responsibility for what you've done.

I think it may have something to do with the fact that we're not your basic, bland "three hymns, a sermon, and take up collection" kind of church, either. Catholicism is also different from other Christian denominations in that we don't accept "Sola Scriptura" as the sole source of doctrine.

Our refusal to knuckle under and be like everyone else has drawn the wrath of some people who can't accept anyone who's different from them.

Answer 4

Most whores are catholic ≠ most catholics are whores.
Many ethnic groups who are predominantly catholic tend to fall into low income groups in desperate need of income. Outside of the US and the EU many followers of other beliefs are in the same predicament so it isn't necessarily a catholic problem. A girl living on her own in the west can usually support her self with a sales or food service job. It's only when she needs to support other family members (kids, siblings, relatives or parents) or gets greedy, that she's tempted by pimps and drug pushers into "the life"

Answer 5

Well I am a Catholic and I am certainly not a whore so I expect you are referring to that old chestnut `Whore of Babylon` that was used so often by hard-line Protestants to affirm their own tenuous position.

Answer 6

I like it when the Catholic Inquisition is blamed for things like Salem and the mass burnings in Germany....yup, them Catholics snuck into those Protestant cities and started their inquisition.

I think people just don't know history, hun.

Answer 7

Good heavens what have you been reading? My advice is read different versions of this sad part of history.

Answer 8

wow...that confused the heck out of me!!!!