I stumbled upon a question for a while back: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtGOu.2LEaFEfivzwo8PCs8jzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20070715233134AAnRjJo
He argues that "christians," did horrible things throughout the years. The horrible actions recorded in history and credited to "christians" were done by Catholics. NOT Christians. Christians are people that followed Christ and His teachings. When the Bible first mentions the word Christian, it refers to those following the teachings of Christ. Those who praised and honored CHRIST. Not Mary, not John, Paul or whatever other "saint" the Catholic church decides to name. Catholics disobey the first few commandments when God tells us not to be idolaters. Catholics may implement Christ into their teachings, but they highly emphasize praising Mary and all the other saints declared by the popes, making them NOT christian but mary-tians, john-tians POPE-tians..etc etc etc. Anyways, can someone explain why the world considers this?
2007-10-05 02:57:00 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I wish I could respond to answers, lol. Everywhere I look up catholics, catholics explain that they pray to mary because she "intercedes" for us and prays for us. That is completely false. First of all, mary is dead, which means you are praying to the dead, whish is completely against the Bible. Second, just said HE is the way, truth, light and no one comes to the Father, but through HIM, not mary, peter,pope etc. Third, catholics worship false idols and create false idols. Dont bring "history" or "facts," I want Biblical proof that the catholic church is christian. Anything outside of the Bible is vain, because it has nothing to do with God and Christ.
2007-10-05 03:16:41 · update #1
More details. I gather information for catholic sites/blog/forums/etc. Nothing I bring about what I think catholics are, come from my own mind, but of the minds of catholics themselves.
2007-10-05 03:19:23 · update #2
In response to the guy that says anyone bashing on anyone else is Anti-God, Im not directing this at you, but thats a good point. If I remember correctly, the "holy" crusades were due to...guess who? The catholic church!...also...who give the nazis authority/"blessings" to go on with the murder of millions of people, including Jews (God's people)?...I believe that was the pope.
2007-10-05 03:25:15 · update #3
Alright. So where in the Bible can I find proof that God's will was for us to pray to mary or any other "saint" declared by the pope? Where in the Bible can I find evidence that the pope or the catholic church even has power to declare ANYTHING a saint/holy? Whenever I read the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, all I see is that in order to get into heaven, I have to follow Jesus in every aspect. Nothing about mary, nothing about peter, nothing about a pope. I dont find anything about making an altar and sticking a crucified replica of Jesus on it, and praying to it. I dont find anything about praying to mary or anyone else other than God. Yet, catholics do so and are still called christians. Where, in the Bible, when It talks about christians, they didnt have these characteristics the catholics have.
2007-10-05 08:39:00 · update #4
hey! who reported the guy that posted the link? Just because hes not catholic, doesnt mean you have to report him. He didnt say anything wrong. Its an open discussion, many anyone can put their opinion in it and he has his freedom of speech. I guess catholics dont want the world to know the truth about how they are NOT christian? tsk tsk tsk.
2007-10-05 08:45:16 · update #5
Catholics are christians.In fact they are the largest single denomination within christianity with over a billion members.
2007-10-05 03:00:41 · answer #1 · answered by darwinsfriend AM 5 · 12⤊ 3⤋
I'm a Catholic, and I'm no longer burdened in any respect. I recognise I'm a Christian. I suppose it is extra approximately the truth that Catholics check with themselves as Catholic and Christian is of direction what a Catholic is. When nondenominational sects got here alongside, they did not check with a denomination and started regarding themselves as simply Christian. While that is actual, they use it within the identical approach different agencies use their denomination. So for lots of Catholics, they pay attention a nondenominational say "I'm a Christian" it's going to look extra of a denominational designation. They do not suppose it via to visible, that's that they're Christians too. So, sure Catholics are Christians.
2016-09-05 18:34:50 · answer #2 · answered by schiraldi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are asking why the world confuse the compiler of the bible, the original advocate for Jesus to be the Christ as being Christians?
Who are you to say catholics are not christians. Catholics ARE christians. They are more christians then any protestant cults I know. When did Martin Luther become the Christ?
2007-10-05 03:20:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not Catholic, but I believe that anyone who bashes another person's religion is anti-God. If you believe in God, follow a path of righteousness, reject the sins of the world, and try to make the world a better place (volunteer work, forgiving attitude, etc.), you can find Heaven someday. Just as the terrorist Muslims are ruining our peaceful world at the moment, Christians did the same thing in the days before the Reformation. Using your religion as an excuse to kill other people, is wrong and God knows what you are doing and you will be punished for it. God is a God of love. He wants us all to get along.
2007-10-05 03:08:37 · answer #4 · answered by Wiser1 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm not sure what your question is, but I do know that Catholics are certainly Christians! I am a Christian in the Catholic Faith. Catholics DO NOT worship Mary or any other saint. We HONOR Mary and the saints. Our Catholic teachings show it is WRONG to worship anyone or anything other than God! There is so much ignorance about the Catholic Faith, even among those who call themselves Catholic.
2007-10-05 03:07:18 · answer #5 · answered by Ronda S 2 · 8⤊ 2⤋
Holy hot patatoes, Batman.
They do teach the christian message, although that does not mean everyone labelled as 'catholic' has a genuine faith in Jesus (as with us protestants).
The catholic church hierarchy in medieval ages seems very worldly to me, they have got better since. I think an element of politics got in to papal thinking, so they started to control others as politicians often have - which was all very ungodly.
2007-10-05 03:42:25 · answer #6 · answered by Cader and Glyder scrambler 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Catholics are christians. We follow Christ's teachings, we didnt pick and choose what we wanted to be His teachings.
2007-10-05 06:32:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ALL Catholics are Christians,just all Christians are not Catholic
2007-10-05 04:25:36 · answer #8 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catholics are Christians, God is number one in our lives and we only worship Him and only Him
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into Hell; the third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
2007-10-05 03:05:13 · answer #9 · answered by TigerLily 4 · 10⤊ 2⤋
you yourself are confused.
catholics are christians too in fact the catholic church is the largest christian church, representing around half of all christians (and the largest organized body of any world religion).
catholics worship one god and honor mary and the saints. they dont pray to mary or the saints, they pray with them.
2007-10-05 03:06:49 · answer #10 · answered by lorenzo ruiz 3 · 8⤊ 2⤋
Because simply, you are wrong.
You are mis-representing Catholic beliefs.
We do not worship Mary, or the Pope, we worship Christ, so we, by definition ARE Christians.
We don't worship the Cross, or Saints, we don't believe that the Pope is divine.
You really should learn out true beliefs less you "Bear false witness"
Yes, that is one of the 10 commandments.
Peace and God Bless!
2007-10-05 03:02:29 · answer #11 · answered by C 7 · 13⤊ 3⤋