Why do people trust Catholicism?
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i am catholic but i believe most of what you said especially the end part. people trust catholicism for the same reason they trust any other religion (i don't know why i follow the religion i am just guided) people use religion because they have weak minds and hearts. there is nothing wrong with this but religion gives them somethin to hold onto. someone in history i believe it was Marx or Stalin said the church was the "opiate of the masses"
1155027
Because people are rude! Catholics are a christian denomination also like every other denomination out there. People make fun of them alot because they know deep inside that most catholics are going to be in heaven when they are not. I am not a catholic i am non denomintial but i know a catholic who has been ridiculed
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Because they know that involving yourself in religion, it means you have to live a moral life. And most people are inmoral these days. Don't worry about them. They lose and we win, whether God exists or not.\n\nIf anyone is reading this post, Jesus has been historically proven by scientists and he indeed existed. There are documents to prove and still people don't want to believe. I'm sure if religion was about sleeping with other people, they'd so love it. Well more heaven for us! This is like back in the day when Jesus existed and even though they could see it for themselves(lucky them) they still didn't believe. So imagine even if Jesus came right now, people won't believe either. I say let's leave them alone. When they die, they'll know.\n\nHave you read about the Shroud of Tourin? So far they haven't been able to prove it is fake. And it will never happen, because God doesn't want us to see it to believe it. I don't think it'd be fair. Notice how religious people have more luck than non-religious?
990184
Some are good; some are bad; most are in-between.  Same as all the non-Catholics.  What's your point?
533722
The better word would be follow.  Not worship, because we all know that worship is reserved for God/Jesus.  And they follow the Pope and the Saints because it suits them.  Catholicism has always been a denomination for people who need structure, rules, disciplines, etc.  It keeps them focused and leads them down the right path and helps them to make the right choices.  Other denominations have branched out allowing for their members to make their own decisions and they will be guided by a well equipped pastor.
200544
Well, that's pretty much the official belief of many Christians, including the Roman Catholic Church. They believe in evolution, an old-earth, etc. They just believe that God was the driving force guiding that evolution.
847022
Catholicism is a branch of Christianity.  Not believing in the Bible defeats the purpose of Christianity.  You can't claim to be a Christian yet not believe in the one book that Christianity is all about.
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It's all about faith. In fact, every religion requires faith. And when a person accepts Christ, God looks at "the faith." People aren't supposed to understand the mind of God. We weren't meant too.\n\nInstead, we're supposed to trust Him no matter what. For myself, I'd rather live for something worth dying for, rather than living for nothing at all. \n\nThough it may seem hard to believe something without physical evidence, a man must wait upon the Lord for renewed strength and a new vision to see the light.
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Because everyone including Catholics...don't know EVERYTHING about someone elses religion...and they ASSUME things very easily...instead of taking the time to learn something new
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Firstly I think your question is slightly misleading, "most people" do not believe in the Bible let alone take it as literal. Within the Christan community I think that the basic tenants of Christianity are regarded as enough i.e do unto others as would be done to you, it is a small but vocal and powerful minority that are fanatical  (the same is true of Islam and there is interesting parells). There is also quite a difference between the European (where I live) views and some of the more evangelistic US versions. I think the fanatics that preach literal interpretations (although missing out all the bits they don't agree with) do so as a means of social control, to gain political power  and make money. But I also think that peole like this, Father K above makes a very valid point; when the Church of Rome was supreme people where able to follow i's rules and doctroines without question. When the reforamation came along and removed that, humanity lost some of its certainty in life, we as a society became lost; there was no objective truth in the world anymore. we have been trying to get back to that certainity ever since, with some of the more fundamental christains this had been be adpoting The Bible as a literal infaliable truth (Father K's "Paper Pope". there is a famous painting of Martin Luther overlooking a church and crying out "My God what have I done", a question Protestants have struggled with, to replace the security of the Papacy they have put their faith in The Bible
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What doesn't!?\n\nTo begin with, it teaches something they cannot prove (I'm a teacher, and my students would kill me if I did). Besides, they make you live according to those unproven beliefs. And some of its members don't bother to live according to their own teachings, and the hierarchy of the Church protects them (I'm talking about child abusers, thieves, priests who supported dictatorships, and torture, in Latin America, and so on).\n\nAnd finally, they have power, and they use it to gain influence on governments, and through governments, on people. Not just the Catholic, but everybody else, too.\n\nAnyway, the Catholic Church is not the only one that acts like this.
200456
They are really into being Catholic...and it's been that way for generations upon generations ... even when they travel abrode, they keep the faith and lead Catholice lives ... raise their childreen Catholic.
354487
Because he was concerned with people as people. he was of course concerned in right belief too, but didn't limit his appreciation of individuals to the beliefs they held. Like Benedict XVI, he wasn't defensive about the Catholic faith either but was open to discussion with all parties who would be led by reason.  I don't agree that the bonds are ungluing. it is true however that the media aren't as interested in covering the activities of BXVI, ecumenical or otherwise (save homosexuality!!!) The websites below will keep you up to speed.
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Catholics are Christians.  Christians believe in God.\n\nHence....
1048116
Even if the belief is presumed to have come from the Catholic Church, it is subject to subsequent reforms as introduced by St. Augustine and Thomas Acquinas. Many of the Christians know much more than what you know about their community and its long history.
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All faiths have their bad moments. The Catholic church is no different. What people need to understand is that it's always the people behind it (ex: pope, bishops, priests, ect...) who are the causes of the evil, not the Church itself.\n\nI know many people who know of and understand the history of the Church and still proudly say that they are Catholic (or in my case, almost Catholic. XD )
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The catholic church, in order to acquire as much power and authority for itself, convinced the masses that no one could know God except through its doctrines.  Through fear, persecution, and the influence of a far-reaching empire, this concept became a reality for anyone in the sphere of influence of the political boundaries of the church-state.  You don't seek God through us, you're going to hell, and we'll see to it that you'll get there in a hurry.