Christians VS. Catholics: Why is Christian living more of God than Catholics???

Question

I want to know why people think that Christians and Catholics are the same when there are many differences. Some that I know of are how Christians confess their sins to God while Catholics confess to priests. Catholics worship Mary more than Jesus. Christians follow scriptures in the bible and Catholics follow traditions. The majority of Christian teens listen to Christian rock and hip hop as well as mainstream music while Catholics listen to mainstream only. Catholics have shirts with Mary on the back. Catholic school girls are known to be bad girls while Christian girls are good girls. Catholic teens think there's no point in going to church and hate it while Christians love God more than anything. Catholics say "God" and "Jesus" and all the substitute words for God in vain while Christians don't or try not to. Catholics curse more. Christians wait until marriage for sex (or at least try to) while Catholics don't care that it's a sin. Christians are more forgiving. Similar? IDTS!

I'm not saying that Christians are better than Catholics or anything. My 13 year old sister told me that the majority of the kids at her school are Catholics and they don't care for their religion. I'm sure people can see this in society. Take one random Christian and one random Catholic from this earth and compare their beliefs and way of life. So why are people saying that Catholics and Christians are the same?

For the last time, I don't hate Catholics! My parents are Catholics. However they don't go to church, say God in vain, etc like the majority of non religious Catholics do. To all the responders, you are all good Catholics who go to church, but what I'm trying to say is that if you go up to a random person and ask what their religion is, they will say Catholic, but they don't care about what their religion is all about. There are so many people like that out there and I'm trying to get a point across and find out if these things are true or not cuz most of them seem true. Maybe next time, READ and THINK before you respond. You're surrounded by Godly people and not in the real world where there's lust and everyone abuses God's name in vain, etc. I'm just an innocent 20 year old girl who wants to know why. Not get accused of hatred. Doesn't the bible say to love? You guys have hate filled answers. Go out in the world or go watch MTV and see what I'm talking about.

Answer 1

You have a great handle on it. Catholicism fosters relationships with mere men, and dead saints, and kneeling/prayiing before statues. HEY PPL GOD IS LEFT OUT OF ALL THESE ACTIVITIES. HE ALONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE OBJECT OF OUR WORSHIP!

MARY HAS NEVER AND CAN NEVER HEAR A SINGLE PRAYER! SHE IS A DEAD SINNER IN NEED OF SALVATION HERSELF!

1Ti 2:5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;


1Ti 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

Answer 2

Christians SHOULD confess their sins to God on a daily basis. Catholics DO confess their sins to God on a daily basis, and we do so as a community at Sunday Mass, "I confess to almighty God..." However, Catholics have the additional blessing of being able to receive absolution through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Why must you place a limit on God's mercy and love? You are like the Pharisees who said Jesus blasphemed by forgiving sins.

Catholics do not worship Mary, we ask for her intercession and we honor her as the Mother of our Lord. I don't know what else I can say beyond that.

Catholics follow Scripture AND Tradition. What did the Early Church do before the Canon of Scripture was established in the 4th Century AD? Nothing? How was the Christian Faith and the Teachings of Jesus passed on without the Canon of Scripture was established? The quick answer is Oral Tradition.

I don't care about music. This is a non issue.

Catholics have shirts with Mary on the back. Ok, so?

You are really generalizing. You don't really expect anyone to take you seriously, do you?

Answer 3

Catholics are Christians because we follow Christ. So I think you must mean to ask how Protestants and Catholics are different.

You believe a lot of things about Catholics that just are NOT true. I don't know why you believe them or who taught you to believe them, but do you mind if I set the record straight?

1. Catholics confess sin to GOD in the presence of a priest. The priest is there to hold us accountable, pronounce us absolve by the Blood of the Lamb, and give us counsel and a penance to help us avoid sin in the future. It's Biblical to confess sins in the presence of another person. Check out James 5:16. If you aren't confessing your sins to God in the presence of another person, you're not following the Bible.

2. Catholics do NOT worship Mary! We don't worship ANYBODY other than the Lord!!!!!! We're not allowed to worship Mary. It's written in the Catechism that only the Lord deserves worship. We don't think Mary is a goddess or that she is equal to or above God. However, we have a ton of respect for her and we try to follow her example because it's a really, really good example. You believe Jesus is Lord because He was born, lived, died and was raised again. Mary believed Jesus was Lord before He was even conceived. That is great faith!

3. Catholics follow the Bible -- it's one of our BEST traditions. In every Sunday Mass, we have a reading from the Old Testament, another from the Psalms, another from the New Testament and a fourth one from the Gospels. Most protestant churches don't have half that much. We love the Bible and we follow the Bible...and it's TRADITION that tells us what books go in the Bible and what don't. Plus your own church, whatever it is, is FULL of tradition. Don't you have a worship service that follows the same general outline every week? Don't you have marriage rituals or baby dedication ceremonies or prayer services or healing ministries? All traditions! Traditions aren't bad -- the BIBLE tells us to follow traditions -- see 2 Thess. 2:15 -- oral and written teaching means the traditions and the Bible.

4. Catholics listen to Christian rock, and there are also many Catholic musicians. But Catholics are also free to enjoy art that isn't necessarily Christian. My husband is a Christian rock artist, and one of the guys who used to be in Newsboys is one of our best friends. I know a ton of Christian artists personally -- bet I know a lot more than you do, and we all grove and worship Jesus together. And my husband and I are CATHOLIC. So you don't really know what you're talking about on this point.

5. I'm Catholic and I don't have a shirt with Mary on the back! Maybe some do, whatever, but not every Catholic does. I've seen evangelicals wearing stupid t-shirts that are downright disgusting in how they trivialize what Jesus did for us on the Cross, but I would never say that "all non-Catholic Christians" wear them. Are you just trying to come up with ways to hate Catholics just so you can feel like you're better than we are?

6. There are Catholic school girls who are "bad girls" and there are Catholic school girls who are "good girls." Where you go to school doesn't make you good or bad. It's about where your heart is. And yeah, there are sinners in the Catholic church, same as in your church. I used to teach high school --knew plenty of Christian girls who were having sex but pretending to be virgins at church. It's everywhere. You need a reality check on this one.

7. You might know some Catholic teens who hate going to church, but not all of them do. I know plenty of non-Catholic Christian teens who hate going to church, too. Doesn't mean that your church is bad. Get a grip and lose the generalities!

8. I know non-Catholic Christians who misuse the Lord's name, too. What do you want, a medal for not doing it yourself? I don't do it , either, and I'm Catholic.

If you want to hate the Catholic Church, at least base your hatred on what is TRUE about us instead of this ridiculous pack of lies. Don't you know who the father of lies is? It's in the Bible. Look it up.

Answer 4

They believe in only one God. They have more means to go to heaven. They pray directly to God and for more help in they pray to saints and brother here on earth to intercede for them. Prayer is just to talk. Even the Jews back time Jesus they believe you can pray to saint and they can come down to help them that’s why they sad to Jesus are you the Prophet Elijah, there are other verses in the bible as well like this one. If Jesus was against this, he could mention something to the respect when they asking him, “are you Elijah the prophet”.

Answer 5

Catholics are Christians. your first question alone says a lot that you don't know what you're talking about.

Protestants, which you now are calling "Christians" are merely just a bunch of fall-away a.k.a branches from the original Christian religion, which is Catholicism.

to any Catholics who takes their religion seriously, they know the importance of God's Commandments, the Bible, the Sacraments, the Dogmas and Traditions, by heart, mind and soul, while Protestants are just being emotional God and the Bible.

Answer 6

well, christians and especially born again christians are like hippies from the 60s having free sex and drugs and not accepting responsibility for their actions. Catholics realize an order in live and religion

Answer 7

A. Catholics are Christian.

B. Non-Catholics denomination does not live more of god than catholics. Other then the sky daddy, no one else can claim that.

C. You are generalising to suit your need.

D. For the 1000 times, catholics do not worship Mary as much as they worship you.

E. Do you by any chance know who compiled the bible? Hint ... .Not Martin Luther .... that is provided you know who is Martin Luther.

Answer 8

Theres a difference. Catholics require you to go to church and you have to confess here and there and pretty much everywhere.

Answer 9

Wow, what a hypocrrit you are!

I do not think I will use you as an example of how a Christian should act towards others.

Answer 10

God's Word tells us that unless "ye be born again, you will not see the Kingdom of God."

Catholic churches don't seem to teach many of the truths found in God's Word, thus you miss out on the most important thing - accepting Christ as your personal Savior. That's the ONLY way to heaven.