is reading and listening to anti-Catholic sentiments makes you a qualified theologian?

Question

seriously, every Bible-fundie I've encountered are acting like qualified and inerrant theologians, but all they do is bash the Catholics and back their bashings with their own interpretation of the Bible.

so, my question is, is reading and listening to anti-Catholic sentiments makes you a qualified theologian?

"realchurch", if I would ever decide to take the Bible seriously, I would go directly to the Church that compiled it in the first place.

and that would be the Catholic Church.

"realchurch" you do that too. so don't act like an angel there.

Answer 1

You don't raise your own belief by putting other beliefs down.

Answer 2

No, it doesn't, and this is not a problem experienced only in discussions of theology. I see it in economics all the bloody time - people who hear something from LaRouche or Limbaugh or some other out-there theorist about how M3 should be used to measure inflation instead of CPI - and it comes down to an excess of information but lack of understanding.

Jack Chick comics are the worst. There are so many errors it is difficult to find where to begin, although usually taking them to an Egyptologist or historian helps to clear things up.

As in all things, it is good to learn from the best sources you can. The internet rarely qualifies as a good one, although it is not convincing to non-Catholics that many books on Catholic history and theology are written by Catholics. At the same time, I can hardly imagine a non-Catholic taking time to write about a subject as terse as the development of the Real Presence doctrine. And yet, many take the words written by rabid anti-Catholics (such as Ian Paisely) as truth second only to the Gospel, ignoring the obvious slants.

If you want to know what the Catholic Church believes, ask an expert on the Catholic Church. Don't ask my friend Laura, who says she is Catholic but hasn't been to Mass in four years, has had two abortions, and does an elaborate sun-worship ritual in the mornings. Don't ask a former co-worker, Tom, who says he "used to be Catholic" but hasn't been to Mass or read Scripture since he was baptised as an infant. Ask a theologian (they usually answer well-written emails), ask any of us, or just ask honestly on these boards.

Answer 3

Does being a Catholic make one a qualified theologian?

Why do you get so defensive when questions are asked about Catholic inconsistencies?

I have noticed that all you ever do is slander and cast doubt. In the Proverbs it says that is what Scorners do.

Why don't you actually try to make an informed answer to a question instead of just tearing others down? At least Imacatholic does that.

Answer 4

Depending on the nature of your response to anti-Catholicism can determine whether or not you can function as a Catholic Apologist. One does not need to be a qualified theologian in order to be an apologist.

Answer 5

The direct reason would likely be that maximum unlawful immigrants are Hispanic and hence Catholic there will be an strengthen in Catholics because the Hispanic inhabitants higher. This BTW really does'nt count number in the journey that they are criminal or no longer. I merely relies upon on wording and who you pick to piss off immediately. i imagine a more advantageous stunning actuality will be. As Hispanic inhabitants will strengthen so does the share of Catholics to different religions. reminiscent of if more advantageous Asian human beings all started shifting the following it would stand to reason that the Buhdist inhabitants would improve to.

Answer 6

Well, maybe if Catholics actually believed God when he said that "All scripture is inspired of God" (2Tim 3:16) meaning the Holy Bible alone, and NOT additional teachings such as the catechism, etc. Also throwing in Mary worship and saints to intercede for them, when the Bible clearly says that no one BUT Jesus is acceptable or required. It also says at the end of Revelations to not ADD or TAKE away anything from the scriptures. They alone are sufficient. And no, I don't consider myself a theologian, anymore than I consider the Pope or any of HIS faithful followers to be, just because they held the power to convince themselves and many others that they are the authority on theology.

Answer 7

that would make me like a professor, since i've heard most of it and refute a lot of it.

so, either that's true, and i am a professor and should add "Dr." in front of my name(Dr. Quailman sound's pretty sweet)

or it's not true, and listening to a biased, one sided argument doesn't mean much unless you do research.


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Answer 8

yep, fundies seem to think so. but just like everything about fundies, everytime they think they are right, it's always just in their minds.

Answer 9

No.


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