Why are so many Anti-Catholic?
105513
I don't bash catholics, nor preach against it. I just don't understand why you pray to Mary, when Jesus never taught us to. When His disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray He said to pray like this, our Father which art in heaven......\nMary was blessed mother of Jesus, But Jesus said no one comes to the Father but by Me. \nI don't hate catholics, I just don't understand them, like many others. \nIt's good to have a forum like this to try to understand each other and their feelings. \nIt's a small world after all.
648626
Because not all Christians are like you. Have you read some of the questions and answers that your fellow Christians have given on this site? The small minded insults that get tossed at people who don't follow Christ are amazing..and horrible. It is people like that, who unfortunately come to represent the Christian group because they are the loudest, that make the whole concept of organized religion unsavory to me. \n\nThere is no doubt in my mind that there are good people within that faith. But there are also lots of loud horrible ones who keep coming back time and time again with their hate. Until that subsides, I don't think I could ever see Christianity as a truly 'peaceful' religion.
867538
some believe the catholic church
1182241
Because the bible was written by so many man and there are so many versions of the bible they are afraid that if some one find something wrong about the bible and it can be proven, the christian faith will be thought of as a fake. Think of it there are the King James Version, the Mormon, the Catholics, the Protestant,  the Lutheran, the Anglican Church version in England, and many more. I'm not ousting Christian, I myself is Catholic, but I prefer to be opened about what I believe and not be so offensive about some one else conviction. As a Christian you're supposed to love others and not hate other, the bible teaches you to love not to hate, but there are Christians out there that thinks if you don't believe in Christianity than you will go to hell.\nJust remember, Jesus was Jewish, he is not Christian. The Christians was a follower of Jesus not a religion until emperor Constantine adapted the believe of one God in the Roman Empire.\n\nIn that tone also, I would have to say look at the priest that serve the sermon, if he insert his own convictions than he is not a good priest. \n\nOther religions also like that, like the muslims or jews for example, if they have their priest  or rabi telling them lies, what would the congregation believe in? So, for those who hates muslims, or jews or any other religions you should look at your priest and try to understands what he is trying to convey to you. And make your own decision, not what the priest's believes.
887639
surprisinly enough there are some liberal so called catholics, they put shame to our faith, and as far as Im conserned most are catholics in name only, meaning the can and should be excomunicated.
142895
Are you crazy?  Only 10% of Catholic even go to church each Sunday.  Are you asking why are they not preaching on street corners, or knocking on doors.  I accept there would be value to that.  \n\nThere are some small groups, Legion of Mary for example that visit homes and encourage prayer and practice.  St Vincent de Paul Society carry out welfare work in the name of the Church as well as praying together.  Orders of Nuns have set up Hospitals.  Many orders (nuns and brothers) set up schools.  Chaplains and lay-people are appointed to help Seaman at ports, the blind, defence forces personal, Scripture lesson at state schools- buy the thousands, the elderly, the deaf, the house bound, prisoners; there are priest scientists, church sponsored counsellors, marriage guidance, pregnancy help, I'll stop...  it surprises me just how many Church Ministries are carried out without making a big fuss.
405103
Because they were brainwashed from birth. Religion is such a crock of shit. It is funny how many people preach this garbage, and try to push it onto you. I for one do not need this in my life, I have enough complications! And if it is so great, why are there so many priests etc. raping young children? How ethical. Take your bible, shove it where the sun doesn't shine, and roll your holy asses into church where you can join your fellow wack jobs!
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I feel your pain . . . I am a Catholic, a convert, actually, and I see this as well.  But, it is not only in the Catholic faith . . . I see it among all Christians, and I suspect it is the case with most religions (I'm just not exposed to much outside of Christianity).  Many Catholics are what I consider to be "cultural", like people talk about cultural Jews . . . they were born into a long line of Catholics, they follow the teachings of the church on the outside, but on the inside the Devil has free reign.  Not eating meat on Fridays has, unfortuanly, become a way of showing that we are "good" Catholics.  It's like Jesus told His disciples . . . pray in your inner chamber, make sure you look well when you are fasting, so that only God knows your sacrifice (sorry, my concordance is packed away, and my Bible quoting skills are lacking, but it's in there!).  Many, many people do exactly what the Jews in Jesus time were doing . . . making a show out of serving the Lord.  Just as then, we are called to sacrifice in private while preaching the Gospel. But we often fail.  It's very frustrating to me as well (not that I'm all that holy either).
669102
Either because it's become more politically correct to hate, or because they don't believe in God or if they do, they don't have a good prayer life. Why are there so many more ACLU attornays, employees, etc. whose only mission in life is to deliberately and methodically excise God from every facet of our society and our world? Why do they focus their attacks on Christians and not other religions?
769148
Why are some people so offensive about other peoples religion?
440888
Because the Catholic church (especially in LA) is more concerned with politics and money than it is concerned with morals. Illegal immigrants make up a HUGE percentage of their church and they will support those that bring in the money and the masses.  It's pathetic and they are a disgrace to those Catholics who earnestly seek to follow God.
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"It would be hard to find 100 people in the world who hate the Catholic Church, but there are many thousands who hate what they "think" is the Catholic Church." \n Archbishop Fulton Sheen
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One Hundred Fifty Reasons I'm Catholic\nAnd You Should Be Too!\n\nthe top ten are listed, the rest are here:\nhttp://www.ourcatholicfaith.org/reasons.html\n\n1. Best One-Sentence Summary: I am convinced that the Catholic Church conforms much more closely to all of the biblical data, offers the only coherent view of the history of Christianity (i.e., Christian, apostolic Tradition), and possesses the most profound and sublime Christian morality, spirituality, social ethic, and philosophy. \n\n2. Alternate: I am a Catholic because I sincerely believe, by virtue of much cumulative evidence, that Catholicism is true, and that the Catholic Church is the visible Church divinely-established by our Lord Jesus, against which the gates of hell cannot and will not prevail (Mt 16:18), thereby possessing an authority to which I feel bound in Christian duty to submit. \n\n3. 2nd Alternate: I left Protestantism because it was seriously deficient in its interpretation of the Bible (e.g., "faith alone" and many other "Catholic" doctrines - see evidences below), inconsistently selective in its espousal of various Catholic Traditions (e.g., the Canon of the Bible), inadequate in its ecclesiology, lacking a sensible view of Christian history (e.g., "Scripture alone"), compromised morally (e.g., contraception, divorce), and unbiblically schismatic, anarchical, and relativistic. I don't therefore believe that Protestantism is all bad (not by a long shot), but these are some of the major deficiencies I eventually saw as fatal to the "theory" of Protestantism, over against Catholicism. All Catholics must regard baptized, Nicene, Chalcedonian Protestants as Christians. \n\n4. Catholicism isn't formally divided and sectarian (Jn 17:20-23; Rom 16:17; 1 Cor 1:10-13). \n\n5. Catholic unity makes Christianity and Jesus more believable to the world (Jn 17:23). \n\n6. Catholicism, because of its unified, complete, fully supernatural Christian vision, mitigates against secularization and humanism. \n\n7. Catholicism avoids an unbiblical individualism which undermines Christian community (e.g., 1 Cor 12:25-26). \n\n8. Catholicism avoids theological relativism, by means of dogmatic certainty and the centrality of the papacy. \n\n9. Catholicism avoids ecclesiological anarchism - one cannot merely jump to another denomination when some disciplinary measure or censure is called for. \n\n10. Catholicism formally prevents the theological relativism which leads to the uncertainties within the Protestant system among laypeople.
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I don't know why anyone would leave the Catholic Church for any other religion!!!  The only reason I can come up with is that they were not properly educated in the faith.\n\nGod bless,\nStanbo
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because those people are ignorant! and obviously full of hate! \n\nheres an example of how stupid Christians are and how anyone can take them seriously is beyond me! \n\nIn the 1920's my grandmother attended catholic elementary. she was born left handed so therefore it was natural for her to write with her left hand.  well back then Catholics thought it was evil and the work of the devil if you were born left handed because you were "different", and a  minority. My grandmother was slapped on her left hand  with a ruler by the nuns, sometimes till she bled, everyday until she was trained to use her right hand! We can look back on that today and think how ignorant ridiculous right? well one day well look back and say i cant believe gays were treated unequal! Its NOT A  F*CKIN CHOICE!!!! its how you are born! just like you a born left handed!
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A big reason is that many Catholics are more worldly than the Church and God call them to be.  They are "cafeteria Catholics", choosing the parts of the faith that they like and dismissing the rest.  Another reason is that many Catholics are poorly taught . . . they haven't had any teaching since middle or high school (and haven't sought any), so they aren't sure of what is true and what isn't.  Also, there are some who profess the Catholic faith and teach error (my husband was at a meeting of RCIA where a teacher, who had been in the seminary, but left, told the candidates that the Church teaches that birth control is wrong, but that they would be in "big trouble" if they didn't use it).  \n\nIn addition, not using birth control doesn't mean that a woman will have many children.  A good friend, who I think got married in her late twenties, has one living child.  She has also had a miscarriage and had a baby die a few days after birth.  They are not using birth control, but God has not chosen to give her many children at this time.  This is something I must constantly remind myself of, because I tend to judge others based on what I see . . . and a small family doesn't mean small faith in God.  :-)
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Some are good; some are bad; most are in-between.  Same as all the non-Catholics.  What's your point?