what do people have against catholics?
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They present themselves as PRETTY BIG TARGETS sometimes.
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If you look deeply into what the christian religion is, you'll find its a means of controlling, through fear of damnation, the general public.  the best way of controlling  people is convince them that they have a common enemy,  the devil.  Its motivates people to do things they wouldn't normaly do like kill other humans or give all their money to a church.  Anyone who doesn't believe in the church degrades the churches power over people and therefore must be hated.  This includes pagans.  That's a very very condensed version and I hope it still made sense.
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When they feel they have God "on their side," some people will trample the rights of others with impunity.  \nTo me, a good example of this is the same-sex marriage debate - since the state gives all rights associated with marriage like taxation and adoption, religion should have no say in the matter.  Yet many people cite religious reasons for maintaining such hatreds and prejudices, and think it perfectly OK.  I wonder how they miss completely how hypocritical this is . . .
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Yes, Midge. there is and we have to stop it. Especially us Catholics. We can't just change the whole doctrine of the church just for "Tolerance" and "Appeasement" . We need to keep our church whole and traditional. The Catholic church has been pretty black and white in the past, now some of it is becoming gray. I hardly hear much in my church anymore about pro-life issues. Only the small groups do anything about it, but it is no longer preached. What's happening here? Can't be a liberal Catholic!\nGod Bless and Merry Christmas to you!
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Early leaders of the church tried to make everyone feel welcome, even pagans. In doing this they incorporated many pagan practices into the church by mixing them with Christianity. Because of this, A lot of Catholic ritual has obvious pagan aspects. This by itself makes Catholicism open to criticism by those who think theirs is the ONLY religion. And then of course the pedophile priests don't help things either. When I was growing up in a Catholic part of New Orleans, every kid knew of some other kid that had been molested by his priest. My friend got all of his buddies fraudulent baptismal certificates from the priest that was molesting him. We used the certificates to get ID with drinking ages on them. One guy even used his to join the military at 14. With stuff like this going on for decades, the religion is very open to criticism.
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Given the following:\n\nA) Non-Catholics were not only seen as heretics, but because church and state were so intertwined, they were also traitors, and\n\nB) People tend to be as harsh and hostile as their environment, and\n\nC) the lack of any real technology made theirs a harsh environment with high mortality rates, and\n\nD) being basically ignorant of any realistic concept of how the universe works, and\n\nE) fearing that divine displeasure would result in the destruction of the realm,\n\nit therefore followed that anyone who rocked the boat was a definite threat to the "natural" order of life.\n\nSo, one removes the threat. It's a matter of survival.\n\nLook at it from THEIR viewpoint. Given what I said, they were actually being rather kind. They gave those accused a chance to recant and save their souls at least. By their lights that was Christian.\n\nDo not judge the past by the mores of the present.\n\nWere it to happen today we would be incensed. I know this because the Muslim fundamentalists are busy doing the same thing, with one exception. They kill you without a trial. And look how we responded to the news that a perfectly nice young man was to be killed for becoming a Christian. We're NOT medievals anymore. Muslim fundamentalists may be, but we're not. We've grown up beyond being scared of the dark.\n\nBTW, it wasn't, strictly speaking, merely Catholic involvement. It was Catholic inspired and Crown ordered. The Inquisition was carried out by members of the clergy, but always under orders from the king.
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Lack of knowledge has to take it, I think. Most of what anti-Catholics know about our faith comes from anti-Catholic apologetics and tracts of the Jack Chick kind, and not any first-hand knowledge. The most ardent detractors are often people who have never seen the catechism, don't know what the CC teaches, and people who've never set foot in a Catholic parish. That's where all the weird stuff about "worshipping statues" and what not comes from.\n\nOf course, some people have a bad opinion of the Catholic church because they are Catholics who were badly served by the church itself. There have been too many bishops too quick to protect their priests and their diocese, and did not care enough about their flock to protect them. I'm thinking of the abuse crisis.\n\nWhere that matter is concerned, I think it will be to us, the laity, to take matters into our hands and make the church listen to us.
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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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It sounds like your head is in the right place, but your heart is not.  Despite the uneducated repetition of some anti-catholics on this forum, the Catholic Church was the church founded by Jesus Christ.  As much as they try to point out the sins of churchmen or misinterpret scriptures to their own destruction, the facts - as you stated - still remain.  The true church CANNOT apposticise - Jesus promised that it wouldn't.  And the sins of some clergy doesn't make doctrine untrue.\n\nAll this being said, you can't come at people with attacks.  It turns them away so that they will never listen to your arguement.  If you charitably answer their objections, maybe they will see the truth.\n\nFor those of you who think that the Catholic Church is not the original church - please visit my website.\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/orthodox_doctrine/
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i think it comes from the fact that the general view of a catholic is believeing that this life is just "preperation" for eternity.  they dont think that their time on earth is as important as the time after their death.  that being said i think the catholic religion has an appeal to poorer people because it teaches that your material things dont matter, and as perfect as catholics claim to be, they still have jealousy running through their minds.  that jealousy is not manifested through the attempt to gain wealth, because they dont think that anything obtaind on this earth matters, so they shun the upper class for living life better than they are.  that to me is an extremely depressing way to look at things.\n\ni know catholics are gonna hate me for saying that but take a psychology class and stop being ignorant.
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i ve been asking this for so long. thank god i am not alone. i am so sick of this anti-catholic bs that has no validity whatsoever.\n\nyou would expect this kind of garbage from the secular world, but i have no idea what these protestants are thinking sometimes.\n\nhere's an idea protestants...why don't you actually learn about the catholic church first. as opposed to just blurting out a bunch of nonsense like we worship mary, and the pope ,etc.  give me a break already. still goin with those arguments?? don't even waste my time then.
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There are many stories concocted about Catholics to make them look bad. Lets imagine this is true. It is a good way for that child to not piss its bed. It makes them think about not wetting the bed. This is bad but there are worse things to do to a child. The place at least had them in a warm place and fed them. They could have been thrown out in the street like the Gabinos of colombia. They are street child that are thrown out by thier parents and the children become hookers and drug users.\nDicipline is good for children. Anarchy will bring you hookers and drug users.\nFull of questions. You are not against religion. You are against the Catholic church. Dont try to hide it.\nProtestants are the ones that say the Catholic church is a cult. By the way Jesus founded the Church when he told Peter(the First Pope) on this rock I will found my church.\nJesus founded Catholicism and Jesus did not found a cult.\nThere are cults like the heavens gate, Jim jones and his people and Manson and his cult of killers.\n\n)(Full of questions) if you have more questions, write me\ndoctorkersey@yahoo.com
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Most people hate christians, becuase that they think that Christians are trying to convert them into something that they don't want to be. When in reality God is calling them to a relationship with Him. They are taking their frustrations with God out on the person that is happy being in a relationship with Him. Not out fault your mad at God! \n\nAlso, you have to remember that God said that the church would be persecuted because of Him. We are called to be strong through it all and and keep pressing toward the mark! \n\nNon-beleivers have to remember that every person that claims to be a christian is not one. Just because Bush says he's Christians doesnt' mean that he speaks for all Christians, just because Bobby Joe from around the corner claimed to be a christians and you caught him doing something contrary to Christians beleifs doesn't mean that he speaks for me. That's the biggest problem, they hate people judging them when the person judging is doing the same thing they are doing. The reality, however, is that God is judging and that is all that matters!
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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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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.
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All small regions fear absorption by their larger neighbours. Add to this the long felt distrust between Catholics and Protestants, and you have problems.
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People who misinterpret religion to support their bigotry.\n\nLove and blessings Don