They cling to the fact they are Catholic, and feel spiritually safe, but know nothing about Christ the Savior, and can not discuss religion or their belief, because they have never sat down and asked themselves, what does the Bible really say.
How exactly is it that your wife, and other nominal Catholics, can go through life attending weekly Mass, and end up saying they know "nothing" about Christ?
How is this possible? A Catholic who pays a modicum of attention during Mass, who goes every week for life, should at least have a knowledge of the events and stories and teachings of Jesus. Is this not included when you say they know "nothing" about Christ? Surely the Mass is meant to relive the defining moment of time, when Jesus died for us. A Catholic who goes to Mass every week for life never put together the fact that Christ is Our Savior?
What exactly do you mean that she knew "nothing" about Christ the Savior?
Seriously, I find it interesting. Maybe you mean something different than I do.
For many years it was hidden from them by being taught in Latin,
LOL. You picture perhaps, a group of 1st graders starting CCD and the Father comes up to them and teaches the entire lesson in Latin. LOL.
Forever, the Church has taught her people, especially her children, in the language they understand. Seriously, do you think when the Church held Mass in Latin they did everything in Latin? They taught people abotu Christ in classes and such using the common tongue. Latin is the language of the Mass, but even these words were explained to the children. Heck, the Missals even have side-by-side translations of Latin and English.
To use the use of Latin as a sinister plot to keep people ignorant is just so funny. Think about it.
but then when that was stopped, they were left with an old English writing that unless you had read it since childhood, you couldn't understand what it said
Even the English texts used were too difficult for the poor dumb Catholic folks to understand. I guess if they were spoon fed the KJV from birth it would be OK. LOL
and when they bought a NAB or a Living Bible, even though it was put out with the Catholic Churches blessing, they were still told it was a Protestant influenced translation, that couldn't be trusted.
The NAB is iffy, but did receive an imprimitur and nihil obstat. There are certainly better translations, but the fear is not that they are "Protestant influenced." The worry is, as always, that people will empower themselves to create their own deviant theology.
Most Catholics have been taught from the Church that when someone tells them that the Bible states thus and such, to simply say, if it's not the Catholic Bible, you haven’t got the complete Bible, therefore your Scripture means nothing to me.
Not quite. With certain exceptions, the incomplete text of a Protestant Bible is useful for reading. Again, it's when you become assured that the Holy Spirit has revealed to you (and you alone) the true Truth, hidden from generations of other Christians, that problems begin.
Even the Devil can quote Scripture, remember?
SD
That of course would explain why I have yet to see you quote a scripture.
I know that you prefer to pick and choose words and sentences to attack, and ridicule and belittle, since you prefer to fight your battles with clever clichés and smart quips, and even resort to name calling, but if that is your way of doing things, help yourself, I doubt seriously if anyone on the threads consider you anymore then a Catholic Dershowitz.
Since this argument goes back to the same one you had with Becky, over how your own people perceive what your Church is teaching and what you think is being taught, as with you arguing that you do not teach the worship of Mary verses what most Catholic members are coming away with.
If 98%(not documented as fact) of Catholics come away from your Church thinking that a relationship with Mary is as, or more important then a relationship with Christ, then you are teaching that message, and sticking your head in the sand as to why they perceive it when you don't feel that it is the message you are giving.
If it walks like a duck.........