Henrietta

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The priests are trying to explain to them that they already are Christian. This reminds me of the time my mom loudly announced in the middle of my living room, in front of my daughter, that catholics aren't christians. Then she suddenly realized what she'd done and in a whisper said, maybe I shouldn't say that in this household. (The other set of grandparents are catholic.)

Ron Garrett

I personally think only Marcionites, Ebionites, Arians, Sabellians, Nestorians, Montanists and Pelagians are actually Christians. Catholics are heretics that used the secular power of Rome to wipe out the true Christians, and Protestants are just heretic Catholics.

Pitshade

The only true Christian died on the cross.

MacPrince

Nah....he was a Jew, remember? :-)

sullster

The fundies are such a-holes. They have to insult and hurt others with their bigotry all the time. What low life trash they all are.
I am no fan of catholicism but given the centuries of protestant anti-catholic bigotry that existed in the US, I feel a bit for them. Just a bunch of white anglo-saxon protestant pieces of dung. I could go on here but you get what I am feeling. UGHHHH.....

Grumpy

What do we make of ex-Catholics who convert to Protestantism, especially the more fundamentalist strains? What prompted them to break with the Mother Church? What was the sales pitch?

I suppose Catholics could be convinced (as Martin Luther was) that their church hierarchy is bloated and corrupt. They might re-read the Bible and be dismayed to find that many dogmas are not in Scripture.

This would mean that scriptural literalism is a personal trait, and exists among Catholics. When exposed to fundamentalism, they gravitate toward the religion which is more amendable to their character.

Of course, Christians are not supposed to lean upon their own understanding. Personal feelings are the way of ruin, not of salvation. That should mean nobody could ever choose to abandon or join any religion.

Pirate Smoker

Jesus was never a Jew! His name was Christ, not Christawitz.

Amos

Nah, Joseph was the Jew that bore him.

Amos

It is just the other way around Ron. Your kind of "true Christians" are found at the foot of the cross trying to repent away the saved sinner complex. Catholics can just go there and walk away from it with a cleared conscience.

Amos

Many Catholics get zapped by the angel of light when they are in a downer. Protestants prey on this ("where the carcass lies the vultures will gather" and evangelists and "two by two's are such vultures). There is no turning back from this or it would not be called the sin against the HS. They themselves do not realize this but just want the company to help alleviate the pain of their torment. Ever noticed that they need new company all the time and that they are restless and always itching to burn scriptures to stay aloft?

It is an age old trick that works every time and was the reason why the children of Isreal were lost in the desert.

Amos