To all catholics. Your the ones who can answer this.?
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Yes.\n\nCatholics are encouraged to read the Bible.\n\nThe Catechism of the Catholic Church says: The Church forcefully and specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful to learn ‘the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ,' by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures. \n\n‘Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.'\n\nAdditionally we all listen to the Word being proclaimed and explained in every Mass.\n\nIn every Sunday Mass there are at least four Bible readings \n+ First Reading - usually from the Old Testament\n+ A Psalm is prayed by all\n+ Second Reading - usually from a New Testament Epistle\n+ Gospel Reading\n+ then the priest bring them all together and helps us apply them to our lives in the homily \n\nWith love in Christ.
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You say that you "can't wait for all these christians to be gone." But ... What if we're still here and you're gone?\n==========================================\nTO: jacartamonkey\n\nNo, I know nothing about you. However, based on your statement that you "can't wait for all these christians to be gone." It sounds like that you think you and the Christians will not be in the same place. \n\nYour statement is based on the belief that Christians will be removed and others remain; mine is based on the fact that Christians remain and wicked are removed. NOT saying you are wicked, but just going by what you said.
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Please continue your anti-catholic trolling... I need the points!
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I was raised a Catholic but was never taught anything about faith and that you need it to be saved. I was mostly religious stuff like confessing your sins to a priest when all along I could have just talked to God myself. Why go to the priest anyway???  And the whole rosary thing I never understood. I was taught all the religious aspects  but never the way to know for sure that you have eternal life. Which is FAITH in Jesus and trusting that He is the ONLY way to get to heaven. For it is by grace we have been saved through FAITH and this is not from us but it is a GIFT from God, not by works so that no one can boast. I am so glad that I KNOW that I have eternal life!!!! -I am not saying anything bad about Catholics but just my experience. I actually know many catholics who believe it is by faith and that the other religious stuff means nothing. Besides "religion" is man made, it doesn't matter what one you are as long as you have faith in jesus for salvation.
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I would like to comment on the fact about Mary or the other saints being worship. They where servants of God and shouldn't be worshiped like some people do. \n\n\nYou can get on your knees and kiss the statue of St.Peter and still not get to heaven because Jesus is the only one to forgive you of your sins. \n\n\nAs for the images I too once thought nothing of it. However it is commanded  that we not make any image or likeness of God in earth or the sea beneath. So after searching my own heart I found it to be wrong.\n\n@martha I just got done reading and your right we shouldn't judge. But the bible does tell us to save our brothers from death(Translated from the hebrew word sheol which means hell).
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I quit being catholic because of these things.. Like I have always wondered why they taught us to pray to the saints and Mary when it is made clear in the bible that our prayers are to be to God only..If you ask a priest you will most likely get a 30 minute answer that answers NOTHING...I am still looking for those answers so good luck...Just read your Bible and go by that . It won't lie to you.
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I looked for the statement by Cardinal Castrillon but couldn't find it. So I can't state an opinion.\n\nPlease add a link next time. \n\nThank you.
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catholics are christians
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That was ME. I thought that you would at least be HAPPY! Jeez, I always get happy when I get chosen for a best answer. Catholics are different from Christians because of how we pray. You guys pray directly to god. We pray to statues and things like my necklace with mother mary and Jesus. \n\nOh, yeah, sorry if I am being mean here, but if you think that I am odd or stupid or any other hurtful words, then that is just your opinion. Dont worry, I am used to it. I wasnt joking when I said "sorry if I was being here". May the lord himself smite me if I do.
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Please settle down sadgirlgreeneyez!\n\nThere are pedophiles in other denominations too, not just in Catholicism. Besides that, only 2% would fall under that title.
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here is a good website explaining it.\nI am not Catholic.
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this question is just turning into let's see who can insult the catholics the most, which I find greatly offending. The thing I think is most misunderstood is the celibacy of priests. Because of that and many accusations, most people think that "all" catholics priests are pedifiles which is not true.
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Lanani has eloquently provided the right answer and has earned the points.  That said, I would just like to elaborate a bit further:  Despite "Christian" protestations to the contrary, Catholics, like Baptists, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, etc are ALL Christians.  Despite whatever problems we all may have with the Catholic Church, keep in mind for more than a thousand years they were the Catholics were the ONLY Christians around. If you were Christian, you WERE Catholic.  Nuff said.  \n\nAdditionally, the Catholic Church you love to hate on are the ones who put together the Bible you love to quote from.  THEY picked which gospels went in (there were more than 4 to choose from, you know) and which ones to keep out.  They compile the letters of Paul, and they added in the Revelation of John.  The Catholic Church has picked exactly which words you take literally and choose to live from, every day.  So smarten up.\n\nSecondly, to the two people who said she shouldn't change but he should, um, why is that?  What's with the arbitrary decision making there? Not that either way is right or either way is wrong, that's not for me to say, but how can one be right and one be wrong?\n\nFinally, to all those who ripped on her grammar and spelling, lol.  Some of you did it cleverly and some crudely, but I think you all got your point across.  That's just how it is these days, so chill.\n\nHope this helps--\nJ.
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I am a Catholic.  Catholicism is the oldest Christian religion.  All other Christian religions came from Catholicism.  We do not worship statues and rosaries or even the Virgin Mary.  We worship God alone.  God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  3 persons in one God.  Just as 3 leaves make up one clover.  We ask Mary and other saints for intersession to Jesus.  It's no different than you asking someone to pray for you before a test or surgery.  We venerate certain statues or crucifixes.  This is not worship.  It is a sign of respect to the actual person or act that is being depicted.  Please do not think we worship anyone other than God Almighty Himself.
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I am a protestant, I don't think Roman Catholics are heritics and my church (the four Cs movement within Congregationalism) would not say Catholics are bound for hell I also believe that the good works done by her were done through the power of the holy spirit-- I'm positive she is rejoicing in heaven with Jesus\n\nI have asked a similar question about Ghandi however-- he was a devout hindu but a really good man, where is he today? I don't know and it concerns me
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Have you read the words of the "Hail Mary" prayer? The first half of the prayer is God's words to Mary, delivered through the angel. Completely scriptural. Surely you have no problem with that? The second half of the prayer is simply a request that Mary pray for us. How does this conflict with the idea that no-one gets to the Father except through Jesus? Don't you ask other Christians to pray for you? Don't you pray for other people? Does such prayer deny that salvation is through Christ alone? Prayer of intercession, whether through you or through me or through Mary, has absolutely nothing to do with the truth that Jesus is our only Mediator and the means of our salvation - which, by the way, you would never have heard of, if it were not for the teaching of the Catholic Church.
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I agree totally with you. The Catholic Church does teach the Bible and we hear the Bible at every Mass. We have two readings and usually a psalm reading at every Mass. I really think it is a matter of jealousy with the other denominations. Just like Joseph's brothers were jealous of him they are jealous of us because we have the Mother that our Father loves the best The Virgin Mary. We love and honor her and they don't so I would say the proof is in the pudding.