How I led Catholics Out of the Church

Catholic Educators ^ | September 2005 | Steve Wood

[ArrogantBustard]

There is no truth in your link. It is a site run by a notorious liar and bigot. It's sad to see folks such as yourself deluded and deceived by that evil man.

No, I don't like liars. Jack chick is a liar. You are materially cooperating in the dissemination of his lies. May God grant you the Grace of repentance.

[Larry Lucido]

a profound charity energizes their misguided zeal

Sorry, sandyeggo, but a backhanded compliment is still backhanded. Here, let me fix it for him:

a profound charity energizes their misguided zeal

There, that's better.

(I figure if I can come to the defense of the Catholic faithful on occasion, I can defend my fellow Protestants too)

[netmilsmom]

>>It's "nasty" to zealously defend your faith, don't you know.<<

Especially when it is on a "Pope", "Rosary" or "Mary" thread.
Bet any one of these Protestants wouldn't dare step foot on a Jewish thread to tell them how wrong they are.

Bet Salem (a Christian) would take them out.

[VermiciousKnid]

I see more Protestant men dutifully, even cheerfully, coming to Mass with their Catholic wives and children.

Count my husband as among those men.

Mine too.

Regards,

[ArrogantBustard]

I am tired of liars. Jack chick is a liar.

PS. Protestants killed and tortured my forefathers. How do you like that?

And how do you explain the acceptance of a right to commit murder by the protestant church? Is that OK by you?

[AlaskaErik]

Would you send someone who wants to learn about Judaism and Israel to a Palestinian Hammas Arab?

There's a difference here. I wouldn't expect a Hamas member to be a former Jew. Rick Adams is a former Catholic who has dissected the 1994 Catechism of the Catholic Church. Big difference there.

[Tax-chick]

doctrine of the Catholic Church in regard to leading lost souls to salvation through Christ

I'm the wrong person to ask, I'm afraid :-).

This site might interest you: www.christlife.org. They had a representative at a conference my daughter and I attended last weekend, and had materials for training and encouraging Catholics in just what you describe.

[netmilsmom]

>> And how do you explain the acceptance of a right to commit murder by the protestant church? Is that OK by you?<<

Shhhhh.
Don't confuse him with facts.

[AlaskaErik]

PS. Protestants killed and tortured my forefathers. How do you like that?

About as much as I like what IRA terrorists did in the name of the Roman Catholic Church.

[annalex]

Is this the doctrine of the Catholic Church, that I must sell all I own and give it to the poor to go to heaven?

Mark 10:17-22 is the direct answer from the mouth of Jesus. The doctrine of the Catholic Church is a corollary of it, and of other verses. ArrogantBustard and Sandyeggo gave an excellent and complete answer courtesy Gophack.

Specifically in relation to the Parable of the Rich Man the Church teaches that salvation is by faith which should be sustained by moral living, works of charity (the part you singled out), and carrying Christ's cross.

[rollinginmybuggy]

snicker...

no need for childish put downs now... of course, if you are insecure in your faith that may be all you have to offer.

btw, did I ever tell you how the RC church boiled one of my forefathers in hot oil? alive. and that was after they tore his fingernails out one by one.

all because he wouldn't convert to their religion.

[Larry Lucido]

Well, that was quick.

AlaskaErik, I don't know where Jack Chick is eventually going, but he will certainly be surprised by the number of folks who made it to Heaven despite his repetitive publication of false witness against them.

[Tax-chick]

Interesting point. You don't see people jumping onto threads about Jewish interest to tell them that Judaism is wrong ... or even (usually) into threads on Orthodox Christian points, although the Orthodox have all the Sacraments, the Apostolic Succession, and revere the Mother of God. (In foreign languages, too!)

I guess Catholics are it, for better or worse!

[DocRock]

Those are nice prayers, but you question yourself twice.

" But we must be baptized,"

Is this the official doctrine of the Catholic Church?

[VermiciousKnid]

Man...you still say the Confeitor at Mass every week?

I haven't heard it in church for YEARS.

You are lucky indeed.

Regards,

[visually_augmented]

jo kus:"What does a Protestant base his faith on? His own interpretation of the Scriptures."

Actually, this is true statement concerning the Assemblies of God. Not all Protestant faiths are Sola Scriptura.

But most Protestants do not rely purely on their own interpretation of the Holy Bible. Most of the mainline Protestant denominations rely on creeds, Confessions, and catechisms that have been handed down through many centuries. These are not whimsical interpretations, but precepts that have been debated and discerned throughout the ages (much akin to the RC church).

Of course, all this must be taken with the understanding that men are fallible (something the Roman Catholic Church needs to learn). The Scriptures are THE authority. I think even the Catholic church would agree with this for the most part. I don't think the Catholic Church would say the Scriptures are in error - I think they merely maintain that some Protestant leaders have wrongly interpreted Scripture.