Christians, why do you ask Catholics for proof of what they believe...?

Question

and say things like " If it wasn't mentioned by the early church writers, it's an obvious invention of a man, no matter how well-meaning he was."

But when an atheist or a person of another religion asks you for proof and parallels your argument by asking for proof from historical records, suddenly it becomes all about "faith"?

If you can't prove YOUR dogma, what makes you think you have the right to criticize and demand proof from any other religious group, even if they do have the same deities? After all, your views don't stand up to scrutiny from the Jewish perspective, or even the Islamic perspective.

Don't you think that it's just a tad hypocritical to criticize Catholics and other denominations?

Answer 1

Agreed.

But Catholics are Christians. Some protestant groups want to push Catholicism out from under the umbrella of "Christianity," but that simply isn't the case. Catholics are Christians.

Answer 2

I'll answer this and I doubt you will think my answer is well thought out-but it is an honest one. I can sit here and think about this for another 10-15 minutes and my answer will still be the same. I don't ask Catholics why???? I don't criticize other groups nor do I demand them to prove anything. Why should I??? It's called free will or personal choice. I choose to believe what I want and they(any group) chooses what they want. The only time I will give my views is when someone comes to me personally and asks. If they are interested I give what I think and I base it on what I believe. I give Bible scripture that I feel gives proof of why I feel that way. I don't see how you or anyone can call that hypocritical. I think it's sad that people will accuse and try and lump all believers together and say what right do you have to????? The same right you have to ask and accuse gives me the same right to say you don't know what you are talking about.

Answer 3

I think most people both catholics and non-catholics need to realize is that catholicism, along with many forms of any religion add on things, proofs, criticzisms, rituals to help bring people to its religion.
Now the judgement call becomes how far on has detered from the original idea of how things were supposed to be.

As for the actual question it is simply the fact that Catholics believe they are the best form of religion and they have to or else they would have to follow something else. same deal goes for jews and muslims and all sects within them you can't follow a doctrine if you do not have "faith".

hope this helps

Answer 4

I don't know what is scarier, Protestants hating Catholics or their reasons for hating Catholics.

Here is a little tidbit to all Christians. I am only going to say this once so pay attention:

All Christian dogma is founded on pagan beliefs. The Sun God, God Sun, God's Sun, God's Son... Ring any bells?

Further, "true Christians" believe that God the Father sent God the Son to earth to commit self-righteous suicide and then rise from the dead after 3 days to free all man from sin which was brought into the world by a woman created from the rib of a man made from dust when she ate fruit because a talking snake told her to. All we need do to take advantage of this Jewish zombie's sacrifice is telepathically accept him every day, give him credit for all the good things in our lives and never blaming him for the bad. Like you people have room to call anyone's beliefs insane.

"Hello Kettle? This is pot. You're black."

Answer 5

i think of that there are various stuff that we've faith that have not have been given "information". yet existence is a miracle, each and every little thing around us is. i'm a technology believer, and that i became raised a catholic. i'm no longer a church goer yet I do have faith in the religious worldwide. i think of that the universe became made by using technology, yet how did it first initiate? in my view faith is a manner for persons to compliment the miracle of existence. once you think of roughly your loved ones that have previous away you undergo in suggestions who they have been. Who they have been had no longer something to do with what you will possibly desire to work out on the exterior. i could choose for to think of that all of us have spirits that bypass directly to a extra suitable place. And to three human beings there is information. in basic terms choose for to three human beings there is information of extraterrestrial beings.

Answer 6

OMG, the Catholic Army, own nation, what in the world.
The reason for those supposed Christians criticizing the Catholic faith is out of ignorance like this one from before I answered.
I just had a conversation with a Christian who said that I was less of a Christian because I confess my sins to a man. It is better to do it to oneself? Better not to have the opinion of your brother to help you out? What ignorance.
Ignorance spawns ignorance and that is why you see these type of bashings.
Everyone should ask instead, why do you believe in .... and get an answer, accept it as truth to that person and move on, or why bother asking.
Thanks for the debate, and even though you are atheist, thanks for spreading truth.

Answer 7

"your views don't stand up to scrutiny from the Jewish perspective, or even the Islamic perspective."

Actually, they do, for the Jewish perspective (I can't say for the Islamic).

"Don't you think that it's just a tad hypocritical to criticize Catholics and other denominations?"

No. The Catholic church, for one, is lying to people about the "requirements" for being a Christian. They've set up a bunch of man-made add-on rules and rituals that aren't biblical nor required.

Answer 8

Confirmed Atheist, this is a matter of Church doctrine. The debate is this: did God give men permission to write, teach and enforce doctrine that's not in the Bible, or didn't He?

The point I made, which you have so graciously quoted, is a perfectly valid one. Catholics cannot argue their form of Christianity represents "pure" teaching, yet on the other hand fail to demonstrate that their extra-Biblical doctrines were not taught by the earliest church. Put another way -- they must *prove* their "traditions" are truly traditional. Which they cannot do.

Why does this concept confuse you?!

Answer 9

why should anyone have to prove anything either they believe or they dont you cant prove faith as long as you and God knows is what is important trying to prove faith is blowing in the wind

Answer 10

there are 2,500 protestant denominations, what keeps them together is teaming up against the Catholics


like that Malcolm in the Middle episode where everyone on their street had a block party while they were on vacation. At the end they start to like Malcolm's family, and start tearing each other apart.


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