would you still willingly be catholic or christian if you knew?

Question

that the roman emperor called himself god, and through this created the Roman Catholic Church, and all who follow their church ways (using the bible) inevitably serve the god of the roman catholic church which is no other than today pope benedict.... former nazi soldier...

the Roman emperor calling himself god is the only 2000 yr old tradition out there.... why? because in it's rise to power the catholic church murdered every civilization that could disprove it's spiritual divinity

the bible is stories taken by prophecy, he church never intended it to ever be revealed. most of what is written in the "new testament" was actually recent history. a lot of the old testment stuff can't be proven because it did not occur. A strong spiritual shaman masked the true events of today to break down the churches power base. the man refered to as Jesus is actually another shaman living in today's world. they have the truths waiting to be revealed . The church was under the impression that these powerful spiritual people will be dead by the year 2012. These mystical secrets are the things in history that the church has always sought to claim as their own, this time they will fail. Spirituality is meant to be dispursed equally among humanity not monopolized.

Answer 1

Talking about that Neo-Nazi pope- here's some proof of evolution:
Evolution claims that because of random events non-functional and useless body parts will appear, which might eventually find a purpose. Well the pope has a useless body part, his penis!

Answer 2

That's a really uninformed reading of history. Yes, the pagan Roman Emperors did deify themselves (called themselves "God"). The Bishops of Rome were not Emperors, and neither were the Popes, and likewise the Roman Emperors did not consider themselves the leadership of the early Christians.

Constantine, the emperor under whom Christianity was no longer an outlaw faith, did not declare himself a deity (unlike the majority of his pagan predecessors). He did attempt to assert his authority in the early Church, but this assertion was ultimately rebuked, and the Church doctrines did not change because of him.

I am proud to be Catholic, and a reading of history makes me even more certain of my faith.

Your references to "a strong spiritual Shaman" and the year 2012 have no precedent in Church history, nor evidence.

Answer 3

+ Catholic +

The Church has referred to itself as the “Catholic Church” at least since 107 C.E. (about 10 years after the last book of the New Testament was written), when the Greek term "Katholikos" (meaning universal) appears in the Letter of St. Ignatius of Antioch to the Smyrnaeans:

"Wherever the bishop appear, there let the multitude be; even as wherever Christ Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church."

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ignatius-smyrnaeans-hoole.html

We do not know how long they had been using the term "Catholic" before it was included in this letter.

All of this was long before the Council of Nicea and the Nicene Creed from 325 C.E. which states, "We believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church."

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07644a.htm

+ Roman Catholic +

The term "Roman" Catholic is rather recent.

The new Anglican Church in England started using the term “Roman” in the 1500s as one of many ways of demeaning and demonizing Catholics.

Catholics accepted this late coming adjective without too much protest. Today “Catholic” and “Roman Catholic” are interchangeable terms. Both terms are even used in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

To add a little more confusion, some apply the term “Roman Catholic Church” only to the Latin Rite Catholic Church, excluding the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches that are in full communion with the Pope, and are part of the same Church, under the Pope.

Eastern Rite Catholic Churches include:

Alexandrian liturgical tradition
+ Coptic Catholic Church
+ Ethiopic Catholic Church

Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) liturgical tradition
+ Maronite Church
+ Syrian Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Armenian liturgical tradition:
+ Armenian Catholic Church

Chaldean or East Syrian liturgical tradition:
+ Chaldean Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malabar Church

Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition:
+ Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
+ Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Byzantine Church of the Eparchy of Križevci
+ Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
+ Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
+ Melkite Greek Catholic Church
+ Romanian Church
+ Russian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Ruthenian Catholic Church
+ Slovak Greek Catholic Church
+ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The term “Roman” neither increases nor decreases the faith, hope and love of the Catholic Church.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13121a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 4

Real Christianity was born in the time of Jesus-the messinger of God,it had so many enemies (of the jew religion, which is much older than Christianity) . The enemies changed the Bible which was a true Book of God, and according to some sourses the true Bible is locked deeply somewhere in the Church of Rome and that the truth about Christianity will be reveled -- and many people believe that - Muslims do believe that Christanity was a true religion from God and that Islam is its decendent -- thats y in Christianity many things are mystic and secret !

Answer 5

I am Catholic, but to me Pope Benedict holds no authority. I follow a nearly 2,000 year old tradition, but I wouoldn't let that cloud my good judgement. Jesus wouldn't have wanted us to follow blindly, would he? I question every word of the Bible and every speech of members of the clergy. I am a member of the Christian community but I haven't given up my individuality or my common sense. Thanks for posting this question, too many people are ignorant of the Church's history and the flaws of it's leaders.

Answer 6

He was never a Nazi soldier, he was a member of the Hitler youth at a time when membership was pretty much compulsory.

I have no time for the current Pope but lets be accurate shall we?

Answer 7

some people are interested in many points of view..... why do non-christians feel the need to spread lies about Christianty. I thought this is the religion and spirtuality page not the bigotry and hate-speak one. We are here to learn from each other.... when will you leave us alone? Is this what you have left now that you can't crucify us?

Answer 8

If you insist on trying to disprove other people's religions, you could at least get your historical facts straight. Good grief.

Answer 9

Why are you always so angry towards Christians? Accept Christ Jesus into your heart and you to will be blessed.
Stop pouting and start praying.

Answer 10

I will still remain Christian/Catholic and I am searching out more and more of it's roots and probably know a lot more about it than you do.

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