[Malcolm]

If you've accepted Jesus Christ as savior, you are a saint. This is not the purview of anyone on this earth, least of all the Church of the Inquisition and the Crusades. The Catholic Church is in error up to the rafters, (celibate priests, penance vs repentance, etc.), but this issue burns me up most of all.

[Mike Fieschko]

Declaring that someone is in heaven (part of what canonization means in the Catholic church) doesn't mean that others are not in heaven. Canonization and sainthood are different.

There are saints known only to God.

[Pyro7480]

This is not the purview of anyone on this earth, least of all the Church of the Inquisition and the Crusades.

Oh, God forbid us from defending Europe from the Muslims and freeing the Holy Land! If you can think of a war where atrocities didn't occur, I have a certain bridge in New York to sell you.

[The Iguana]

If you've accepted Jesus Christ as savior, you are a saint.

No intent at offense, but that rather sounds like the sin of presumption.

[Cronos]

If you've accepted Jesus Christ as savior, you are a saint. This is not the purview of anyone on this earth, least of all the Church of the Inquisition and the Crusades. The Catholic Church is in error up to the rafters, (celibate priests, penance vs repentance, etc.), but this issue burns me up most of all.

You set yourself up to oppose god's church? quite presumptious. However, note that the Saints are held as heroes of the faith. The Church acknowledges that there are many unknown saints.

[Aquinasfan]

If you've accepted Jesus Christ as savior, you are a saint. This is not the purview of anyone on this earth, least of all the Church of the Inquisition and the Crusades. The Catholic Church is in error up to the rafters, (celibate priests, penance vs repentance, etc.), but this issue burns me up most of all.

Believe it or not, Catholics have heard these objections before, and they've all been answered.

If you want to change the hearts of Catholics, you will have to inform yourself regarding these issues.

Some resources:

Catechism of the Catholic Church
Summa Theologica
Church Fathers
Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Answers
Scripture Catholic
Biblical Evidence for Catholicism

[todd1]

Have you studied the early church fathers?

[dangus]

Go away, little boy. We hear your kind of bleating a thousand times a day, and you contribute nothing to the issue.