Why can't Catholics answer a question?

Question

Ask them a question & they reply with meaningless scripture or another question. They seem closed minded & are blindly lead. They will believe a stranger before believing or trusting family. They do not believe in Science. They actually think that Bush is good for our country. Someone that lied to us, exploited the Christian trust for personal gain & someone that steals with help from his brother.
Why can't they say they could be wrong? ... once in a while?

Answer 1

Wow! It must have taken you a long time to poll all the Catholics in the world to come up with those Catholic-specific questions.

Of course nobody else in the entire world disbelieves science except Catholics. And nobody else in the entire world thinks that Bush is good for our country. Nobody else in the entire world, whether they are protestant, atheist, agnostic, male, female, child, adult, genius or moron, has trouble admitting he's wrong except for Catholics. Right?

Dude, get a clue.

I'm a Catholic and so are 90 % of my buds. None of us would answer a theological question with "meaningless Scripture or another question," none of us are closed minded, we all believe in science, we all think Dubya is a moron, and none of us have trouble admitting when we are wrong.

Now, do you have trouble admitting when you are wrong? Can you admit that the blanket statement your question made was wrong?

Answer 2

We do reply with meaningless Scripture and more questions. We are closed-minded and blindly led. We do believe strangers before believing or trusting family. We do not believe in science. We do think that Bush is good for our country, despite the fact that he has lied to us, exploited the Christian trust for personal gain, and stolen with help from his brother. We could be wrong every once in a while, I suppose.

We like meaningless Scripture, because Scripture is worth knowing. If you've never read the Bible, I encourage you to do so; you'll find it more interesting than you think. Questions encourage deeper thought; we ask them of ourselves more often than we ask them of other people. We do not generally entertain the idea that may be other gods (closed-mindedness), although we are happy to learn what others believe about them. We believe in God without scientific evidence to support our faith. We generally have large, close-knit families. One or two of us have been known to pass chemistry, physics AND biology classes. We support a President with whom we may not always agree because it is the duty of a country's citizens to stand behind the leader they have elected to two terms, whether or not they think he's Superman. As we have no evidence of his lying, exploiting, thieving ways, we are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and trust that he has done what he thought best, even if things didn't turn out perfectly. We are probably mistaken in all these things, but we won't find out until we die and know all the answers, so I don't suppose it matters.

Answer 3

Catholics can and do admit personal wrong, but the Church itself is Infallible:

Controversies in the Church
Matt. 13:24-30 - scandals have always existed in the Church, just as they have existed outside of the Church. This should not cause us to lose hope in the Church. God's mysterious plan requires the wheat and the weeds to be side by side in the Church until the end of time.

Matt. 13:47-50 - God's plan is that the Church (the kingdom of heaven) is a net which catches fish of every kind, good and bad. God revealed this to us so that we will not get discouraged by the sinfulness of the Church’s members.

Matt. 16:18 - no matter how sinful its members conduct themselves, Jesus promised that the gates of death will never prevail against the Church.

Matt. 23:2-3 - the Jewish people would have always understood the difference between a person's sinfulness and his teaching authority. We see that the sinfulness of the Pharisees does not minimize their teaching authority. They occupy the "cathedra" of Moses.

Matt. 26:70-72; Mark 14:68-70; Luke 22:57; John 18:25-27 - Peter denied Christ three times, yet he was chosen to be the leader of the Church, and taught and wrote infallibly.

Mark 14:45 - Judas was unfaithful by betraying Jesus. But his apostolic office was preserved and this did not weaken the Church.

Mark 14:50 - all of Jesus' apostles were unfaithful by abandoning Him in the garden of Gethsemane, yet they are the foundation of the Church.

John 20:24-25 - Thomas the apostle was unfaithful by refusing to believe in Jesus' resurrection, yet he taught infallibly in India.

Rom. 3:3-4 - unfaithful members do not nullify the faithfulness of God and the work of the Holy Spirit in the Church.

Eph. 5:25-27 - just as Jesus Christ has both a human and a divine nature, the Church, His Bride, is also both human and divine. It is the holy and spotless bride of Christ, with sinful human members.

1 Tim. 5:19 - Paul acknowledges Church elders might be unfaithful. The Church, not rebellion and schism, deals with these matters.

2 Tim. 2:13 - if we remain faithless, God remains faithful for He cannot deny Himself.

2 Tim. 2:20 - a great house has not only gold and silver, but also wood and earthenware, some for noble use, some for ignoble use.

Jer. 24:1-10 - God's plan includes both good and bad figs. The good figs will be rewarded, and the bad figs will be discarded.

1 Kings 6,7,8 - the Lord commands us to build elaborate places of worship. Some non-Catholics think that this is controversial and the money should be given to the poor, even though no organization does more for the poor of the world that the Catholic Church. We create our churches with beauty because Christ our King lives in the churches in the blessed Eucharist.

Matt. 26:8-9; Mark 14:4-5; John 12:5 - negative comments concerning the beauty of the Church are like the disciples complaining about the woman anointing Jesus' head with costly oil. Jesus desires that we honor Him with our best gifts, not for Him, but for us, so that we realize He is God and we are His creatures.

Matt. 26:10-11 - Jesus says we have both a duty to honor God and give to the poor - a balanced life of reverence and charity.

Answer 4

How can you prove faith or a belief, that's why is is a belief. Of course catholics believe in science, but not ridiculous theories in which conflict with the bible- which by the way is true for christianity in general, not just catholics. All people are wrong sometimes, I'm catholic and I'll admit when I'm wrong. I voted for Bush and I was wrong. If you don't at least believe the scripture in the Bible, then what do you believe?

Answer 5

I am a Catholic, and I did not vote for Bush.

I am a patent attorney. Science is my business.

I will gladly answer any question about the Catholic Faith. The problem is that many of the questions are loaded. If you limit your question to one specific doctrine, discipline, or practice, I could give you a very simple answer. You may not agree with it, but it will be my honest opinion from a catholic persepective. I mean, the Catholic Catechism is over 1,000 pages in size, and yet by reading some of the questions, it appears people expect Catholics to condense the Catechism into 3 paragraphs, which really can't be done.

Thanks for your concern.

Answer 6

wowowow. generalize much?

okay, first of all, your question is just as vague and meaningless as the responses you so detest. where is the concrete detail? show me examples of enough dodgy catholics, and PERHAPS, you can make the statement that "some catholics" are blindly lead. MAYBE if you provide enough evidence, then just MAYBE you can justify a claim that "many catholics" are closed minded. NEVER EVER will you be able to prove that ALL CATHOLICS are the way you say.

second of all, the catholic faith does not exclude scientists! can you think of any scientists who were catholic? 'cause i sure can: copernicus! sir frances bacon!! gregor mendel!!! even EINSTEIN recognized the impossibilty of a noncreated universe.

and about the BUSH comment?? not only can you NOT PROVE that statement with reasonable data, but you automatically denounce beliefs simply on the basis that they are different than your own.

Answer 7

How do you turn a Catholic question into a Bush bashing session? Your question clearly makes no sense. Catholics are very strong in their religion, I am not personally catholic but my family is, so I know where they are coming from. They believe what they think is right. Just like science fanatics dont believe that God created the world... it is just a matter of opinion. As for the Bush comment, you also have you right to an opinion but instead of saying he is a liar and what not... think about the fact that people make mistakes!! It's not always intentional and someone isnt always out to get you! People that are serving in the military today... alot of them signed up AFTER 9/11 and AFTER the war started B/C they WANTED to serve in Iraq! You dont have to support the war and you dont have to like it, but I am guessing you are NOT in the military, probably never have been and probably never will! which is completly your choice!

Answer 8

wow! i live in a city with more than 100,000 catholics and to this day I haven't found but maybe 1 who could even quote a scripture. as for your question. what would be a better source? Freud? Tolkien? Homer? Marx? Confusious? Russell Bertrand? These are great people but they can't answer the questions that I have. Like how to be happy and fullfilled. How to have purpose and an identity. what about you? perhaps they can answer yours and then you won't need to ask anymore catholics.

Answer 9

I am a Catholic, I would never say that Bush has been good for this country. I would also never say I don't believe in science. I've been to other, non-Catholic churches, and most of them are more closed to science than I am. I believe that science is great, and that God gave us the ability to limitly understand His world. I had kidney surgery a year ago; without science, I would have died. I was talking to my priest about evolution, and we got into a very interesting discussion on how it could be possible from a Biblical perspective.

I am the complete opposite of your question. I want you to know that I consider myself to be a good Catholic, too. I'm not one of the "Mass twice a year" people that seem to dominate R&S. I actually attended Mass three times this weekend.

Don't generalize Catholics again. There's not room for 1.1 billion people all to fall under one stereotype.

Answer 10

thats not entirely true you know.

1. its your opinion if scripture is meaningless or if we are blindly led.

2. we believe in science, we just have problems agreeing with the evolution theory.

3. my family's catholic and we believe that bush's term should be over.

4. we do admit we're wrong. i honestly have no idea where you are getting your information wrong, but i go to roman catholic church and i know that maybe some catholics do believe the above paragraph you made. most don't.