Do calvanist or other protestants actually believe this...if so talk about hypocrisy saying someones religion?
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Not unbiblical, just unpopular to the "world"...\n\nTotal Depravity : does not mean that everybody is an ax murderer..it means ALL are guilty of some sin\nIsa 64:6  But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. \n\n(Rom 3:19)  Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.\n(Rom 3:20)  Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.\n\nUNCONDITIONAL Election...means you can't earn your way to heaven...goes hand in hand with total depravity..\n(Joh 1:11)  He came unto his own, and his own received him not.\n(Joh 1:12)  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:\n(Joh 1:13)  Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.\n\nEph 1:4  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: \n(Eph 1:5)  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,\n(Eph 1:6)  To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.\n\n\nLimited Atonement:\n(1Co 8:6)  But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.\n(1Co 8:7)  Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.\n\nAct 10:41  Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. \n\nMat 7:14  Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. \n\nMat 20:16  So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. \n\n(Joh 10:26)  But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.\n(Joh 10:27)  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:\n(Joh 10:28)  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.\n(Joh 10:29)  My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.\n(Joh 10:30)  I and my Father are one.\n\nIrresistable Grace:\n\n(Gal 1:10)  For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.\n(Gal 1:11)  But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.\n(Gal 1:12)  For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.\n(Gal 1:13)  For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:\n(Gal 1:14)  And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.\n(Gal 1:15)  But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,\n(Gal 1:16)  To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:\n\nPerseverance of the Saint's.. merely echoes the above (total depravity & uncond. election)..we are Christian's not by any great or good thing we do; but, by the will of God...who can stand against the Almighty God???\n\n(Joh 10:29)  My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.\n\n2Ti 2:13  If we
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Jehovah's Witnesses have at least one point correct from the Bible: Jesus commanded us to preach the gospel to every creature (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15).  They are not the only ones to carry out this command, but they are one of the few groups to do this.\n\nMind you, I disagree with 99% of the rest of what they teach.\n\nPeople (including you, I suppose) might consider it harassment, because we have somehow reached the point as a society where we believe that it's wrong to tell somebody they're wrong.  Nobody I've run across in Yahoo Answers has THAT problem! :)
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I believe it is human nature to assume that someone who defies what you believe in, doesn't know what they're talking about. That doesn't make this assumption true however. I am a Christian and I know there are many people out there that are well versed in Christianity, even if they do not share the belief. Some of them probably even know more about it than I do. I know about other religions as well. I think it is important to know about and the different faiths and non-faiths of the world.
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YES.  According to the good ol' American Heritage Dictionary, a Christian is one who professes "belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus."  I'm a Catholic, and I know this describes me, as I'm sure it describes you as well.\n\nI have come to understand a bit more about why sometimes Protestants say Catholics aren't Chritistian, however.  Hopefully, these will help you understand your friends' logic:\n\n1. The Saints.  It's thought that by praying to saints, Catholics are worshiping them.  This isn't true, of course, for reasons I won't get into here - I'm sure you know them - but you can see how people might think you're not Christian if they thought this was true.\n2. The Bible.  Because Protestants don't have a Church structure the way Catholics do, Protestants often end up paying a lot more attention to the Bible, memorizing passages etc.  It seems to them that Catholics ignore the Scriptures and so the word of Christ.  This isn't true either, but it's a not-infrequent misconception.\n3.  The Eucharist.  Catholics say that the Eucharist is the essence of Christ, present with us.  We worship Christ in and through the Eucharist.  If you're Protestant, you (generally) think the Eucharist is bread, symbolic of Christ, but not actually Christ.  So if they see us worshiping God in the Eucharist, they think we're bowing down to a piece of bread.  You can see how this would seem sacriligious?\n4. Salvation.  Generally, Protestants believe that salvation can only come from accepting Christ as your savior.  Essentially, no matter how good a person is on their own, because they're not perfect, they wouldn't be able to make it to heaven if it weren't for Chirst's sacrifice.    Catholics believe this is true, but that you also have to 'walk the walk, not just talk the talk.'  Salvation is based on the acceptance of Christ as savior combined with good works.  The reason some Protestants have a problem with this is because they're thinking we're discounting the importance of Christ's sacrifice and that we think we could get into heaven on our own. \n\nSo you see, the concept of Catholics not being Christian is generally based on misconceptions.  Try explaining these concepts to your friends (without proselytizing) and try to find out why they think Catholics don't count as Christians.  We all believe in Christ as the source of eternal life.  Maybe you can help them see this.
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A fourth-century Church council, the Council of Ephesus, declared it heretical.\n\nIt's heretical because it denies the hypostatic union -- the belief that Jesus, though He has two natures (the divine and the human) is one divine person.  \n\nTo say that Mary is the mother only of His human nature is to "split Him up" in a way that contradicts the hypostatic union.  \n\nCuriously, Protestants believe in the hypostatic union but do not believe that Mary was the Mother of God.  They try to have it both ways, but they really can't.  They're trying to wed their belief in the hypostatic union with their belief that Mary was the mother of Jesus' "human side" only.  \n\nCatholic teaching -- that Mary is the mother of the whole person of Jesus, of His divine and human natures -- is much more consistent with the Christian doctrine of the hypostatic union.
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This is one of those standard retorts that drives a stake through the hearts of bleedin' heart christians and their rabid war-mongering associates even.\nIt's a stumper for some, an opportunity for trotting out the prepared church answer for others.\nI am not one of either of these, thank the Dog!
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Ummmm...here it's called the Nicene Creed.  A majority of protestant churches follow this.  Maybe you should read it...\nMajority of protestants repeat this every sunday during service.\n\nQuoted from the Creed:\n"We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church"
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I would object for the one simple reason.  State and Church are seperate.. Although its seems for from it now.  I would not press my beliefs on someone nor should someone else press there beliefs on someone else.  they are more like to turn away and get mad at you for pushing your religions on them.
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Best not to listen to pretenders. Christians are called to freedom, not bondage to diets, traditions or rituals.\n\ndukalink6000-That's a pretty intolerant thing to say.
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Who says its a medieval lie?  You?  How do you know?  Were you there?  Why should we believe you instead of the church?   Your question is loaded, making it moot.  If you are so convinced Christian faith is a lie why are you concerned about it at all.  You should move on to other things you probably know more about,  like american idol, rap music, gay sex, drugs and booze.  Leave critical thought to those of us that give a damn.
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PRAISE DA LORRRRRRRRRRRRRDDD (a)\nYea... all this religious crap seems a bit shady 2 me too. PPL love to believe in bullshit, it motivates them for some stupid reason
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Yeah you're right. The answers are pathetic. They pretend to know the things that they do not have any idea about. at least they should be polite and tolerant, sometimes they remind of the "christian" persecuters of the pioneers. haha :-) it's just funny why persecute us for our belief that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and Savior of the world? Why persecute Joseph Smith for him telling that He spoke to God and the Son? Does not God answer prayers? or call his prophets anymore? Have miracles ceased? Have revelations and visions ceased? not with our church!!! Faithful and charitable and tolerant some of today's so called Christians are :-) We believe in Christ. full stop!!!
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agrees wholeheartedly with gravesidian. and the same thing happened to me. christian by birth Pagan by choice. Christians, it is needless to say, utterly detest each other. They slander each other constantly with the vilest forms of abuse and cannot come to any sort of agreement in their teaching. Each sect brands its own, fills the head of its own with deceitful nonsense, and makes perfect little pigs of those it wins over to its side."
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Protestants believe that the bible is the authority.  They teach what Christ and the apostles taught.\nCatholics believe that the pope is the authority.  They teach the traditions that he makes up.  Many of these traditions go against the teaching of christ.  This is the reason that the Protestants separtated from the Catholic church.
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I agree,.... no one should ever assume they have it all right. Every denomination or every religion is the product of someone interpretting something different than the guy before. Im a Christian and I see other Christians faithfully following doctrines that I have no idea how they can believe it in light of scripture. Im sure many would see some of my beliefs as false too. Fact being, we do not accept anything as truth that we do not understand so we change what we're told into something we can understand. However it doesnt change what IS Truth. I think our best bet is to realise we cant get it all right and just be open to learn.
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Hard as it may seem to believe, even the Catholic Church says other churchs of Christianty are not the "true" faith.\n\nWhen I was homeless, I used to go into a Catholic church across the street.  Right there in the literature, it said other churches were false.\n\nDon't you just love it how each religion says the other is false?  I thought there was just one God.  \n\nSo, what's the problem?
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I don't know where you get your information from.  You have been misinformed.  There are some so called "Catholics" that are misguided, as well as many others.  I was raised and taught in Catholic schools.  Not once, did anyone ever suggest praising statues or worshiping anyone or anything other than (Jesus, Holy Spirit & the Father) Holy trinity = one God.  We believe in offering prayers for loved ones, and we believe that the Staints offer they're prayers for the living.  But if someone was to assume that Catholics are taught to worship anyone or anything other than God, they are sadly mistaken.  Statues, pictures, etc... are reminders of who are good examples of how to live as Christ did.  Just like having pictures of your children.  The pictures are NOT your children, but an image of your children.  you would feed, clothe or talk to the picture.  Being Cathoilic does not mean that you are out of touch with reality.