Why judge Catholics?

Question

We all believe in the same God so why judge Religions?

Catholics believe in the same God as you do but yet many of you judge us, did Jesus tell you to?

So what if we do things that are different, what has it got to do with some people, why tell us we can't do this and we can't do that, and what we do is wrong, is that your place or not?

Instead of judging why not show love and peace, that is what Jesus wants!

Christians do judge and also we have the same Gospel

We do not worship Mary, please understand that

Java we WORSHIP the same God and Jesus as Christians do, please get your facts straight

Answer 1

Jesus promised, "I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18). This means that his Church will never be destroyed and will never fall away from him. His Church will survive until his return.

Among the Christian churches, only the Catholic Church has existed since the time of Jesus. Every other Christian church is an offshoot of the Catholic Church. The Eastern Orthodox churches broke away from unity with the pope in 1054. The Protestant churches were established during the Reformation, which began in 1517. (Most of today’s Protestant churches are actually offshoots of the original Protestant offshoots.) Only the Catholic Church existed in the tenth century, in the fifth century, and in the first century, faithfully teaching the doctrines given by Christ to the apostles, omitting nothing.

Jesus’ Church is called catholic ("universal" in Greek) because it is his gift to all people. He told his apostles to go throughout the world and make disciples of "all nations" (Matt. 28:19–20). For 2,000 years the Catholic Church has carried out this mission, preaching the good news that Christ died for all men and that he wants all of us to be members of his universal family (Gal. 3:28). Nowadays the Catholic Church is found in every country of the world and is still sending out missionaries to "make disciples of all nations" (Matt. 28:19). The Church Jesus established was known by its most common title, "the Catholic Church," at least as early as the year 107, when Ignatius of Antioch used that title to describe the one Church Jesus founded. The title apparently was old in Ignatius’s time, which means it went all the way back to the time of the apostles.

http://www.catholic.com/library/Pillar.asp

Answer 2

Because people would rather spend their energy breaking down rather than building up the Body of Christ. Many make judgments based about what they think Catholics believe rather than taking time to actually discover what is really taught/believed.

For example, my son as asked at school about drinking beer at church. He told the girl that we don't drink beer, but wine is part of Holy Communion. Her response was that she didn't believe him because her grandmother told her that Catholics drink beer at Mass. She didn't want to take time to actually learn, but wanted to judge.

Another example is the assumption that Catholics worship Mary. Absolutely not. Catholics worship God the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit. A quick comparison of views about Jesus and Mary.

Jesus:
True God & True Man
The Word
The Savior
Worshipped

Mary:
Human
The Ark That Carried The Word
Saved by God
Honored

With all the time spent judging others there is often little time given to doing what Jesus said he will judge us on, Matthew 25:33-46.

Answer 3

I love Catholics. There are many on here I really respect. However this does not mean I cannot question traditions that I don't believe to Biblically correct. Questioning is not judging. I have no problems when Catholics question things my church do. In a perfect world we would be able to discuss religion peacefully and without the hatred. Unfortunately this world is far from perfect.

What "Cuchlain" said is so true. Many of the Catholics on here have a superiority complex. Which really irks people. On the flip side there are some non-Catholics on here who constantly preach hate against Catholics. We would be better off without both of those small groups.

Answer 4

Perhaps it is the case in this forum that often enough, it is beligerence of Catholic speakers that sparks some antagonism.

You would be correct though to point out that this is not the mindset of all Catholics, certainly.

However, I do not believe that "Instead of judging why not show love and peace" reflects the accurate statement of God, as revealed in scripture. If you are or I am in error, and that error is severe enough to cause our soul to be lost, should we not desire to persuade one another to the saving truth? Scripture teaches that we are to judge with righteous judgment (John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment), which means to discern right and wrong doctrines, ideas and persons.

Answer 5

It is not the same Jesus. It is not the same God. The God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob is totally differant then the one the Catholic CHurch says they serve. And any honor towards anyone other then God the Father is not pleasing to God and when the Pope kneels down to a statue of Mary, that is worship, and honor that belongs to God only. God said not to bow yourself down to anything made of human hands or to anyone else other than Him. The Pope represents the Catholic church and if he's dong it than others are following his example. Even just to pray to anyone else is dishonoring God. It is because of love and not judging that I say the things I say. If I were to conform to the world's ways of thinking then I would be pushing the "unity" philosophy which is exactly What the antichrist will be promoting right before he claims to be God.

Answer 6

Some of us can't understand the doctrines of the Catholic faith to such an extent that we are not sure we worship the same God. Jesus taught salvation through faith, but the Catholic church teaches salvation through works and faith. That may seem like small potatoes to you, but to me it's huge. No man can earn salvation, there is nothing we can do we must place our hope in the Grace of Jesus.

Ephesians 2:8-10

8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Answer 7

don't matter what you are.
judgment will come. For one reason or other, no one gets away from being prejudiced or receiving prejudice. That's all this really is. We all automatically pre-judge others. And we all automatically become defensive when others judge us.

We could all take a page from the book of St Gerard.

Answer 8

Some people just can't function without cultivating their ignorance about other people,groups and their motives,practices and "secrets" since they love to condemn others for it makes them feel important and "right".

Love for the outsider and peace of soul and objective concern fro the pursuit of the truth are alien to these people

Answer 9

Same God, different Gospel.

That is a correct statement.

Jesus rebuked the religious leaders of His day which taught false doctrine. Jesus wants me to do the same today.

Mr. Revulayshun and Mr. Edge make excellent points.

Pastor Art

Answer 10

No, Jesus wants us to teach truth, and never taught that we tolerate false teaching. We do not all believe in the same god.