Are Protestants "Christian" or just thousands of breakoff sects created by individual interpretation?

Question

I want to believe that Protestants are Christian because my parents are Protestant and so is most of my family but they have done too much to destroy historic Christianity to still be part of the faith. Why did the American Bible society take out the intertestimonial books or Apocraphal books? What gives them the right to do this in the 19th century after they had been part of the Bible for all of our history. What happened to the sacraments? And how about looking to tradition to understand scripture instead of reading verses with new interpretations that contradict ancient Christian teaching. How can Protestant teaching on anything be considered Truth when they create it on the spot? If something directly contradicts Truth how can you still call it Truth? So, then if something directly contradicts Christianity how can you still call it Christianity? I love Protestant people but the more I research Christian history the less I respect their flawed understanding of our Saviour.

I am not Catholic by the way as you all assume. I am most likely becoming Orthodox

Answer 1

"If something directly contradicts Truth how can you still call it Truth?"

If you really feel this way, how can you possible believe anything in the christian bible?

Answer 2

All of Christianity is sects. It just happens that one sect gained control of the Roman Government in 314AD and promptly exterminated every religious denomination they were competing with. They slaughtered all the followers of the Hellenic and pagan religions. The religious sects they hunted to destroy most fiercely though were other Christian sects.
So when is the true or original faith to be found. It was not part of the Essene or the Arian sects from before the Catholics either. You certainly not claim it existed after the Great Schism of 1054.
All through Christian history the sects have been battling over theology and even rewriting the texts when they saw fit to do so.

Look upon it all as just a story and take just what you need out of it.

Answer 3

Catholicism split from Christianity in the fourth century. Protestants split from them in the sixteenth century, which makes them even further removed from true Christianity than their brothers, the Catholics.

The ABS didn't remove the apocrypha. There always has been debate about what books belong in the Bible. Catholics have always included the apocryphal books but as we already have seen Catholics are a splinter group of true Christianity so it wouldn't be too surprising if they got the Bible wrong (they ruined a lot of other Christian doctrine as well, mixing it with paganism).

You talk a lot about stuff that contradicts truth but you don't give any examples.

I agree with you that the Protestants, because they're derived from the flawed doctrine of the Catholics, got Christianity wrong.

Answer 4

You seem to have a pretty good handle on the truth of the matter ... but why go orthodox ... when it's clear that Jesus and his heavenly Father created the office of Pope for a very good reason ... and the orthodox are clearly schismatic in their rejection of that very important part of the authentic hierarchical structure of the universal Christian church ... a situation which has led the orthodox to adopt of a number of heretical beliefs and practices, over the last thousand years or so?

Due to this situation, there is NO unified, single "orthodox" church in existence today ... but many, many, different orthodox "sects".

So, by failing to choose the one, holy, apostolic, and Catholic church ... all you're doing is trading in your former protestant beliefs for a slightly better form of schismatic and imperfect Christianity.

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Answer 5

It is "Christianity," because the word "Christianity" is arbitrarily applied to the majority of the religions that evolved from the original Christian Church. The question is whether or not Protestants are a part of the Church Millitant.

Answer 6

Protestants are considered to be within Christianity, though it is obvious that their many comflicting beliefs mean false beliefs (truth can't conflict with truth) and therefore they are really semi-Christian, having rejected many of the beliefs and essential practices of original Christianity.

Answer 7

Preotestants are Christian, but there are also sects that misinterpret the TRUTH and those sects give false fruits instead of the real thing. When you go to Church, check whether your Pastor is preaching the Gospel or just feeding you bunk.

Answer 8

Protestants are denominations or branches of Christianity that mainly split from Catholicism. They are still Christians. Just different expressions or "flavors'.

Answer 9

Satan works through many people CLAIMING to be Christian. just because a person claims, doesn't mean it is so. remember God is in control of all things, whatever was taken out and left in was done under Gods watchful eye. all things are for the greater good. most of the things catholocs do is against the bible, from what i know they dont even read the bible but there own holy book. i pray for everyone.

but many can comment on this right now and live a heathen lifestyle smoking, getting drunk, fornicating, etc etc. my advice is to get/stay right with God and pray for everyone.

Answer 10

Many Protestants have it right, they read what Jesus said and believe it. Since there are so many Roman Catholics who spend all of their time trying to sell the Roman Catholicism to people, it makes me wonder why they don't preach the Gospel. If they were the right church, then why do they have to talk about themselves so much? Answer: Because they are not the true church. Protestants who have it right spend their time talking about Jesus, the Roman Catholics spend their time talking about their Cultic denomination.

"But wisdom is proved right by her actions." - Jesus Christ