Catholics are not saved?

Question

says who?

Answer 1

Yeah, says who? They give their lives to Jesus just like every other Christian.

Peopel are so clueless when it comes to Christians - and there is no excuse for that, what with the Catholic church having its own website and all.

Same goes for any other religion - how can you be ignorant about then when all it takes is a few minutes research - you're already on the computer after all.

I have to assume that for some, it's purposeful ignorance- they don't want to learn anything new that might challenge their set ways.

Answer 2

Some are, some aren't just like many people who claim to be christians. But people tend to associate it more with Catholicism because there are many people who go to Catholic churches to feel religious, but don't actually believe that Jesus paid for them by dying. There are also many Catholics who pray to Mary to save them instead of to Jesus and that IS wrong because you are making her a god. I happen to know a family that was pentacostal but became Catholic because of the feeling of peace instead of the intensity of worship (not completely explained, but oh well...) and they are definitly born again.

Answer 3

Some Zealots believe Catholics are not "true" Xians. Obviusly Zealots who have no idea that their faith is a splinter of a splinter of (insert any number of slinters) of the Catholic church.

Proof not knowing history can cause problems.

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Answer 4

One of the two basic tenets of the Protestant Reformation (Revolt) was sola fide (faith alone), the other being sola scriptura (only Scripture).

What has been called "works righteousness" (earning a place in heaven) has been condemned as heresy by the Church. One cannot "work" their way into heaven, but neither is one saved by faith alone. One is saved by faith living in love. James 2:24 says: "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only" (KJV). What this means is that, like Abram (Abraham), one must live out the faith they have in God. In Genesis 15:6 we are told that Abram "believed in the Lord; and he credited it to him for righteousness" (KJV),
but this is not when Abram's faith first manifests itself: Abram has been doing whatever God has asked of him since Genesis 12:1 (some 10 years earlier). In Luke 8:16, Jesus tells us in a parable about faith: "No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light" (NIV).

Likewise, we are to live out our faith so that it shines forth and enables others to come to the light of truth. Also, in the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30) we are told of the fate of one who fails to put God's gifts to work; he is cast out. No one "earns" their way into heaven; to do so would be to put God under an obligation to bestow a gift that is His to give as He sees fit. But no one who consciously fails to put their faith to work will enter heaven either. The "works" which one does in living out their faith are works of love, not obligation. It says in Matthew 7:21-23 and Ephesians 2:10: "Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father" (NIV) "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (KJV).

Answer 5

Not me. You may try people who have been brainwashed by a church that spreads propaganda to discredit other faiths.

Answer 6

says the "holier than thou" cult.

Answer 7

Saved from what?

Answer 8

whatever, Im probably gonna convert anyway...

Answer 9

says the stupid people.