What are you objective views on the catholic church?

Question

Mine it is dying oraginztion. The had the chance when John Pual II died to elect a pope that would revive the church move it forward and bring in some new followers. Instead the elected a pope that seams to want to take the church back to the 12th centtury. If they don't do something about it soon the catholic church may not exist in a 100 years

Note: I am a ex-catholic turned non demonamational christion I don't hate the catholic church or any other religion for that matter this is my intellectual objective opionion on it. Please don't answer is you want a chance to just bash any one religion if that is your aim please start your own question

Answer 1

Unbiblical traditions.
The issue concerning any church and its practices should be “Is this Biblical?” If a teaching is Biblical (taken in context), it should be embraced. If it is not, it should be rejected. God is more interested in whether a church is doing His will and obeying His Word than whether it can trace a line of succession back to Jesus’ apostles. Jesus was very concerned about abandoning the Word of God to follow the traditions of men (Mark 7:7). Traditions are not inherently invalid…there are some good and valuable traditions. Again, the issue must be whether a doctrine, practice, or tradition is Biblical.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

This current Pope was in charge of the theology while Pope John Paul II was in office, if I am not mistaken. The previous Pope was severely criticised for his conservatism - but that was seldom played up in the media.

I think the difference is the media has been less kind to the current Pope, for whatever reason.

As for the Catholic Church, it will exist till the end of time - 'The gates of hell will not prevail against My Church' - Christ.

(The Catholic Church has been in more dire times in the past.)

Answer 4

I love the Church. I love Her with my whole heart. Conversely to you (no offense) I am a former protestant that became Catholic. I did so after much study and research. The Church has so much wisdom (2,000 years worth), so much beauty that I know I’ll die before I learn it all.

My views? She’ll be here till Christ comes because He said so. Pope Benedict is doing what he is supposed to be doing: shepherding the sheep. People think we are in the “modern age” with “modern” ideas and that the Church needs to change to fit those ideas. If so, how does someone account for the great divisions among the Protestants over the ordaining of homosexual clergy, or female priests? It doesn’t work. That is the kind of breakdown you see when people separate themselves from the Church.

People need to realize that the Church is about freedom, not restriction. Jesus gave Her to us 2,000 years ago to sanctify and grace us so that we can get to heaven. Who wouldn’t want that?

Answer 5

The statistics do not support your view.

According to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, the worldwide population of Catholics is as large as it ever has been and is still growing:

1970 = 653,600,000
1975 = 709,600,000
1980 = 783,700,000
1985 = 852,000,000
1990 = 928,500,000
1995 = 989,400,000
2000 = 1,045,000,000
2004 = 1,114,000,000

And in the U.S.:

1965 = 45,600,000
1975 = 48,700,000
1985 = 52,300,000
1995 = 57,400,000
2000 = 59,900,000
2005 = 64,800,000

In 2006 alone, there were
+ 943,264 Infant Baptisms
+ 80,817 Adult Baptisms
+ 73,684 baptized Adults who were received into full communion with the Catholic Church (converted)
And that's only in the United States.

http://www.usccb.org/comm/statisti.shtml
http://cara.georgetown.edu/bulletin/index.htm

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

I'm Catholic, and despite the problems of recent years, I don't think Catholicism will ever die out. It's a beautiful faith with much to commend it, and I plan to live and die in the fellowship of the Church.

Based on what I see here in this Forum, there are still plenty of people who feel as I do. Christ has always watched over His people and His Church, and He will continue to do so in the future.

Answer 7

Kait, for your info, most of the tradition of the Catholic Church are not the tradition of man but what Jesus thought and was never written in the bible but was oral traditionally handed down through the ages! Are you so certain that everything that Jesus thought is written down in the bible? If yes! Were you there?

Answer 8

The real question is why did you leave. You are unhappy with the church's general (notorious) reluctance ti change. The church thinks they have it right and have had it right all along. If it seeks to change to gain new followers, it seeks to change for the wrong reason.

Answer 9

Do you mean, specifically, the "Roman" Catholic church? I assure you that I am Catholic...but I really don't pay all that much attention to what the Bishop of Rome is up to...he's not my Bishop Ordinary.

Answer 10

They have become the high priests so maligned in the bible.