Why are so many Christians anti Catholic?

Question

most make false accusations because of their ignorance.

Answer 1

Father Joseph: that is all well and good but you are beating around the bush. I was raised Catholic and attended all Catholic schools, in fact my father built the church that we attended and Father Hayes came to our house for Sunday dinner and I have been to his. The bottom line is that Jesus did not hold his Mother Mary above all others. She was to be called blessed. Not once does Jesus say pray to my Mother
as your intercessor. Where in the Bible does it say that Mary ascended into heaven? Where did the idea of purgatory come from some where around the 13th century? Who came up with the idea of paying for indulgences out of purgatory? In all due respect, Father Joseph, I think when you went away from the church maybe you should have studied the Bible with some protestants or Baptists to get a fresh perspective. I am not angry at the Church and neither is Rockastar. He is simply asking a very good question. One for which I am afraid you did not answer very well. I love my Catholic family and Friends because I understand the church. Those who hate them are ignorant of what it is all about. But I think the Catholic church must take some responsibility for this coming to be in that the Catholic church has been so secretive for hundreds of years. God Bless You anyway Father.
Rockastar: Mainly because they don't understand the church and many believe it is cult like. Those who do have an understanding are not against the Catholic people, just the, doctrines and dogma, and the infallibility of the Pope of the Catholic Church. Remember what I said about teachers being held accountable for what they teach...I think many Catholics will be in heaven, it was not there fault that they were miss led. God's grace and mercy is great. So when I come across someone who is anti-C, I just calmly explain that I was raised as one and try to explain what they don't understand. By the way, there are Messianic Catholic churches, who don't believe in praying to Mary, or purgatory, don't have statues in the church, don't take money to pray a Mass for someone, and other such things that are not acceptable to God. You might want to read "Once a Catholic" written by a Catholic priest who left the church for the very reasons I have been talking about. God Bless and keep you RS!

Answer 2

A lot of it comes down to differences that came from the Protestant Reformation:

-The concept of merit: the relationship between faith and works. Martin Luther wanted to remove the books of James, Hebrews, Jude, and Revelation because they didn't agree with his views on faith and works. The end result is that modern Protestants don't realize that this almost happened and that those 4 books have been de-emphasized by most congregations, even today.

-The Bible says that all prayer should be directed to God in the name of Jesus Christ. Protestants have a major issue with the idea of "praying to" a saint or to Mary as an intermediary and take it as blasphemy.

-The Pope. Protestants don't recognize his authority, and some believe that his position is more steeped in tradition than in revelation from heaven.

-The Liturgy of the Hours and recited mass. Protestants see it as vain repetition, which is forbidden in the Bible. The word 'vain' is key to that sentence, and there are a lot of misunderstandings over it.

More recently:
-The deviant sexual behavior of some clergy members has made many believe that anyone with a collar is a pedophile, which is simply not true and a horrific thing to believe.

-The Pope's statement that the Catholic Church is the "one true church" incited a lot of directed anger toward the Vatican, because it kinda implies that the other 39,000 denominations aren't.

Answer 3

Many 'Christians' in this country (and possibly others too) presently do not apply the '2 or more witnesses' (Matt. 18:16, 2 Cor. 13:1) principle. If they did (along with applying 2 Tim. 3:16-17) they would realize the scriptural old testament is the law of Moses not Genesis-Malachi!

Answer 4

It's probably because of the adherence to Latin in services. While it may (just an idea, might not) be to establish a commonality among Catholics from various countries, it really doesn't fit well with the catholic belief that they are the unifying force of Christianity, as it separates them from non-catholics. There's really no other logic to justify the use of Latin, its not like anyone ever said that was "God's Language" in the first place. I've never heard anyone say Jesus spoke Latin.

Compare that with the use of Hebrew in Synagogues. Hebrew IS a historical language, one that ALL Jews on the planet spoke at one time. Its use does tend to distinguish Jews from non-Jews, and no one overlooks that fact, but Jews aren't trying to unify their religion with anyone else, convert everyone, or kill all the non-believers.

I seriously think the overuse of Latin is an issue. Who would put a lot of stock in a religious service they can't make head or tail of?

Answer 5

All Christians, that said they are Christians, are not. there are a lot of false Christians out there. You will find true Christians are all to them selves, they do not judge any one, they are going about doing God' s work, (bringing the gospel to the whole world, they are not trying to save any one for God, for they know Jesus did that when He died for our sin. they know, that when the whole world hears the gospel, the end is close at hand. Every one has there free will, and after hearing the gospel, they Will have to make up there own mind, to repent, have faith and believe. Satan is out there with his false teachings and false religions. so you have to be very careful.

Answer 6

Catholics have been killing people for Centuries,, look at the Davinci code while just a story it showed some truths,

if Mary Magdeline, indeed was married to Jesus and carried his offspring like the french believe, ( there is a statue of her there ) then it would throw out everything the catholics believe in,

Answer 7

Accepting Christ is a personal decision you make when you are ready. I went through confirmation when I was a child. I had no idea what I was doing, and I was scared to death. If I had never accepted Christ later in life would not have been saved. I wonder how many other Roman Catholics feel that way, and really are not saved.

Answer 8

Hence the word "Protest-ant"... maybe??

But, on the other hand, knowledge of history and current events plays a large part in such bias and prejudice as well.

Peace be with you.

Answer 9

I don't think a lot of them are...but some Catholic beliefs contradict Christian ones. I think we all just need to read the Bible and get to the spirtual understandings of everything and then we wouldn't have all these conflicts and confusions...We would be doing what the Bible says...Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself....

Answer 10

Let me direct you to a previous question. Some of the answers may shed some light on your query.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ah4umIpHhZhFZlv1ElgNVX_sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071107125633AAYjK63&show=7#profile-info-ntM7zJwgaa