2007-10-14 15:49:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the catholic church is the first to master the deception of humanity through religious manipulation..... "You will know them by their work"... look at the history of the church... murder.. war... today they protect the rapist of young boys... they have supported the mob... hitler through out there is very little evil the church has not been capable of... as if an omen to this fact... the now pope benedict actually served in hitlers army... and don't think he was an innocent through it all... Pope's have been know to have VD.. to promote wars behind closed doors... the first great hypocrites.. and every christian religion follows closely at their footsteps...
2007-10-14 15:57:32 · answer #1 · answered by NO Labels 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Yes, the Catholic Church is God's True Church. In spite of this, God NEVER promised ANYONE that there wouldn't be controversies in the Church, but that doesn't mean the Catholic Church can't be the True 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.
2007-10-15 12:06:47 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it just illustrates what Christ said, that the world would hate us just as it hated him. Other churches have an even worse history of debauchery but yet it is His Church that is in the news and ridiculed.
BTW, The Catholic Church has the lowest rate, by far of sexual abuse among clergy of any Christian group.
In Christ
Fr. Joseph
2007-10-14 23:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by cristoiglesia 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Roman Catholic Church hasn't managed to destroy itself from within (corrupt clergy) or without (secular world), because it's holy sacraments, teachings are protected by the Holy Spirit as the Lord Jesus Christ promised us 2000 years ago. The Roman Catholic Church has been rocked by scandal since the beginning, when the aposltes betrayed the Lord during his passion and death. Yet, we are assured that Jesus Christ is the head, who calms the church and directs it (Just as Christ calmed Peter's/Pope's boat/church during the storm/scandal._ God bless.
2007-10-14 22:53:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I believe it is caused by sexual repression. Religions that teach that sex is dirty or should be used only as a means of procreation tend to have a high number of cases of sexual perversion like rape and pedophilia. I read about one small cult group that taught that sex was dirty and that it was an abomination to have sex anytime other than when a woman was ovulating. The rate of rape and pedophilia in that community was incredible. Many people think that priests are drawn to those positions because they are sex offenders already, but I really think it's the other way around, and the fact that they are expected to remain celibate and have grown up in a church that believes sex is only for procreation is very unhealthy and can cause people to have a very perverted view of sex
2007-10-14 22:59:47 · answer #5 · answered by lindsey p 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes it is God's Church. It is the largest and oldest Christian Church although it is the most maligned. I personally think that speaks volumes right there in today's world.
2007-10-14 22:55:02 · answer #6 · answered by Midge 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋