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For example, I would imagine that most Protestants would be surprised to learn that in a typical RCC mass there is more of the Holy Scriptures read than in your typical Protestant service. A lot more. The RCC, as far as I can tell, has a deep, loving respect for the Word of God.

What planet are you from? Not earth, because I have never ever seen any Catholic parishioner open a bible while at Mass. They don't even offer Bibles for those who do not bring one themselves like most Protestant and Evangelical churches do. They offer Hymnals, but no Bibles.

According to a recent poll, 25 percent of Evangelical Protestants read the Bible daily, as do 20 percent of other Protestants. While that is bad and I can honestly say that I know for a fact that almost 80% of those who attend the church I attend read the Bible at least once a week, and 55% read it on a daily basis.

Compare that to a survey of Catholics that shows only 7% of Catholics read the Bible EVER!

When was the last time a RCC Mass went through the Bible one verse one chapter one Book at a time. In my Church we go through the Bible from Genesis to Revelations, and usually it takes 10 years on the norm.

I went to a Catholic Church as a child, even got out of school every Wednesday to attend catechism classes for a few years after my Mom remarried a Catholic guy.

When I began attending an Evangelical church I noticed that they told us to open the bible and go to the Scriptures he was speaking of or mentioning. I never went through the Bible like that at the Catholic Church.

Like the Bereans many Evangelicals I know study the Word daily to make sure that which is spoken from the pulpit is correct. I study my Bible intently along with using a Greek/Hebrew/English Linear to fact check everything I learn. You should see my personal Bible, it’s so marked up with notes and highlited passages it looks like a coloring book.

Every Catholics I met would never ever dare to mark their Bible with a pen or highlighter. As we know 93% are so afraid of the Bible they never even open it. How can they ever fact check what the priests are teaching if they never read it?

Maybe if more Catholics did read the Bible as you incorrectly believe, they would stop worshiping the ground the Pope walks on.

As we know 93% are so afraid of the Bible they never even open it. How can they ever fact check what the priests are teaching if they never read it?

ROFLMBO! This is like a Huffington/DU statistic: As we know 93% of conservatives are so afraid of black people they never even talk to them.

"Fact check" what the priests are teaching? You are so, so, so incredibly stupid in your "knowledge" I don't know where to begin. But why bother; you "know" it all. This whole thread is simply a flamethrowing exercise for the anti-Catholic bigots, plain as day.

“Not earth, because I have never ever seen any Catholic parishioner open a bible while at Mass.”

So you never attend Mass? At EVERY single Mass everywhere, the Gospel is read out loud, as are the Epistles of the day and a psalm or two.

http://www.aboutcatholics.com/beliefs/do-catholics-read-the-bible/

Did you know that the Catholic Church reads the entire Bible to her congregation over the span of three years? Of course we do; Catholics invented the Bible!

The Bible is read during the first part of the Catholic Mass: 3 readings on Sundays and 2 readings Monday through Saturday, also known as daily Mass. At each weekend Mass Catholics hear an Old Testament reading, a New Testament reading, and a Gospel reading, all relating to a central theme. Then the priest gives a homily (or sermon) typically on that theme or sometimes directly regarding one or more of the Scripture readings. At daily Masses is typically one Old Testament reading and a Gospel reading.

Catholics also sing the Scriptures during the Responsorial Psalm which takes place between the first and second readings, and Scripture is also sung throughout the hymns which are primarily based on the Bible.

Catholics are also encouraged to read the Bible for personal devotion and study outside of Mass. Additionally, there are many excellent Bible studies held at parishes around the world.

Not only do Catholics read the Bible, they experience the Bible like no other Christians in the Mass. Sprinkled throughout the Mass, in the prayers the priest prays or the responses from the congregation, are rituals and quotes directly from the Bible.

You see, the Catholic Church celebrates, lives, and teaches everything through the Scriptures. The Catholic Church is the most biblical church in all of Christianity.

Maybe if more Catholics did read the Bible as you incorrectly believe, they would stop worshiping the ground the Pope walks on.

Catholics WROTE the bible that you describe....even the parts that Luther took out...we know what's in it and carried it to you through the ages, copying it BY HAND for a couple of thousand years.....withyout Catholics, you would have no idea of who Christ was nor the story of His life, nor His teachings.....there was no one else around to write it all down....the Catholic church did and you have them to thank...

Please forgive my lack of clarity. I was speaking of the Bible being reading publicly at the Mass, not necessarily individual Catholics reading the Bible on their own at home.

As you no doubt remember from your childhood, at the Mass a layperson (or sometimes more than one layperson) reads passages from the Holy Scriptures. Generally, it is a passage from the Old Testament, then a Psalm, and then a passage from the New Testament (a passage from an epistle, for example). Then the priest reads a passage from the Gospels. The Scripture passages are taken from the Lectionary.

My contention is that this practice of publicly reading large portions of the Holy Scriptures is rarely seen in Evangelical churches.