It isn’t me who fails to pay attention here, TC. Take a gander at your OWN catechism - just as I suggested - and explain how you can adamantly assert those who reject Catholicism must also reject Jesus Christ when your OWN catechism states:
818 “However, one cannot charge with the sin of the separation those who at present are born into these communities [that resulted from such separation] and in them are brought up in the faith of Christ, and the Catholic Church accepts them with respect and affection as brothers.... All who have been justified by faith in Baptism are incorporated into Christ; they therefore have a right to be called Christians, and with good reason are accepted as brothers in the Lord by the children of the Catholic Church.â€272 (1271)
Like I said, you are doing it your own way when you say things that contradict your OWN catechism.
Congrats to the Freeper religion forum folks for proving the truth of the headline. My own decision to stop attending is due to my own pastor’s challenge one Sunday morning. He said if you don’t believe it all, then you’re wasting your time coming to church. Haven’t been back in over a year and I have come to my own conclusion that my 45 years in the pews were all a waste of time. There was a time in my life when my conviction was real and 100% sincere, but other than as a way to inculcate the young with a good set of moral strictures, I see no more value in it.
Children born into anything are guilty of nothing...they know nothing about the Catholic church and are therefore innocent. However when they reach adulthood, know the truth and continue to deny it, they may have some 'splainin to do.
I make no judgements about anyone, however I find it hard to believe that Christians who know the history of the church can deny her authenticity. Christianity did not start with Luther in the 17th century.