Catholic beliefs Christian or Not?

[Shane]

I dont believe the reformers were wrong and the church today seems to be really becoming more and more liberal under the guise of love. I thought this might be an interesting Poll at this current time with all the attention on the Catholic church, it will be interesting to see what the general consensus is on worthy.

Please keep answers short and lets see what the poll reveals. If anyone wants to start a debate start a new thread.

Edited April 3, 2005 by Shane

[other one]

I'm not sure this is a good time to have a poll like this. We have Catholics on the site and I personally don't think it is a good idea to add to the greif of loosing the pope, a bunch of people telling them that their beliefs are not christian.

I just don't see any possibility of any kind of good coming from it.

Sam

[nebula]

I agree, Other One.

I am sure you meant well, Shane, but experience shows such discussions turn very ugly very quickly.

[Shane]

a bunch of people telling them that their beliefs are not christian. 

I just don't see any possibility of any kind of good coming from it.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I am not asking people to start a bashing campaign here I am simply asking for a poll of the views of people on worthy.

I personally think that is is an excellent time for a poll like this considering the publicity and attention the catholic church will be getting over the next month or more.

[RustyAngeL]

I dont believe the reformers were wrong and the church today seems to be really becoming more and more liberal under the guise of love. I thought this might be an interesting Poll at this current time with all the attention on the Catholic church, it will be interesting to see what the general consensus is on worthy.

Please keep answers short and lets see what the poll reveals. If anyone wants to start a debate start a new thread.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I don't think it is either. This is a time we should be upholding our Catholic brothers and sisters in prayer. I believe the Pope was a Godly man who knew Jesus and rests in the Kingdom of Heaven today.

[Gerioke]

a bunch of people telling them that their beliefs are not christian.

[Fiosh]

I don't mind the poll, Shane. I'm Catholic and I know Catholic teachings are Christian.

I welcome the interest of my non-Catholic Christian brothers and sisters. I think we all want the same thing: "that we all be one" as Jesus and the Father are one.

The difficulty is in achieving unity without sacrificing Truth.

Part of our differences are actual doctrinal conflicts; however, many of our differences are misunderstandings.

If we can eliminate the misunderstandings, we are halfway there.

In the love of Christ our brother,

Fiosh

PS. Thank you all for your sensitivity at this time. Though we mourn the loss of a great spiritual leader; we rejoice that Pope John Paul II now stands in the Presence of the Most High God.

[Katholish]

I am also Catholic, so my vote in this poll is obvious.

[Ovedya]

Be careful when you respond "No" to this poll, saints. The fact of the matter is that a lot of orthodox Protestant theology came directly from the Roman Church. So it is wrong to simply apply a blanket statement like this. Roman Catholicism is rife with Biblical contradictions in both doctrine and practice. But to state that they are not Christian......take heed to yourselves. We are not in such a position to judge anyone's position before the throne of grace.

[William Putnam]

I do not believe that Catholic beliefs are wrong for two reasons:

1. Catholicism is the only Christian community (with my Orthodox brothers making the same claim, God bless 'em) who can trace their history back to Christ Himself. A good study of Church history demonstrates this to the very edge of the apostolic era.

2. If this is so, then consider the words of Christ in Matther 16:18..."...And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (church). This means that Christ will protect His church from error. And this existed this way for the first 1500 years of Christianity, (except the unfortunate Orthodox schism circa A. D. 1051) to the 15th century. But if the Church fell into error, when did it do so, and did it wallow in this error for all this time? Where is the holy Spirit in protecting Christ's Church?

God bless,

PAX

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