Are you saying Catholics aren’t Christians?
I’d take issue with that.
Most of the Roman Catholics I've encountered on these threads and in real life when asked what their faith is reply as Roman Catholic....not Christian.
Are some Roman Catholics genuine believers? Possible.
However, based on how Roman Catholicism teaches one comes to a saving faith in Christ....then no....their view is different than what is presented in the Bible.
One of the primary differences between Roman Catholicism and Christianity is how the Mass or the Lord's Supper is understood.
Roman Catholicism teaches the Mass is a continual resacrifice of Christ where Christ is called down from Heaven to be rendered on their altar not once, but a thousand times.
The New Testament teaches Christ offered a once for all sacrifice for our sins. (Hebrews 10:12-18)
Roman Catholicism teaches that Mary is a Co-Redemptrix upon whom we can cast all of our cares and petitions. Some Roman Catholic writers even say Mary is necessary for salvation....that without Mary's help you cannot come to Christ.
Christianity teaches there is one mediator and that is Christ upon whom we can entrust all of our cares and petitions (1 Timothy 2:5; John 14:13-14; 1 Peter 5:7).
Roman Catholicism teaches you cannot know for sure if you are going to Heaven.
Christianity teaches you can know you are going to Heaven through faith in Christ (1 John 5:13. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.)
Those are some of the major differences.
>>Are you saying Catholics aren’t Christians?<<
Of course he’s saying that! Don’t you know that only biblical fundamentalists are Christians, i.e., those who believe only what their preacher preaches?
Being RC and $2 will get you a cup of coffee.
Being P and $2 will get you a cup of coffee and a glass of water.
Me too.
#2 was gone before I got to read it; But I'd say from the initial post, that Catholicism was gaining the new Christians that were formerly Muslim.
Considering that both religious organizations are basically top-down driven; I'd assume the new converts would more easily accept a Catholic worldview than a Protestant one; which is more aligned with greater autonomy for the individual.