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Top 10 Misconceptions About the Catholic Church
LISTVERSE ^ | 13 July 2009 | Jamie Frater

Posted on 12/29/2014 10:30:48 PM PST by Arthur McGowan

I have taken ten of the most believed or written about misconceptions about Catholics or the Church and debunked them (with evidence wherever possible).

(Excerpt) Read more at listverse.com ...


TOPICS: Apologetics; Ecumenism; History; Religion & Science
KEYWORDS: misconceptions; myths; smears
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These certainly do seem to the most common, and most persistent, falsehoods.
1 posted on 12/29/2014 10:30:48 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan

I think even the most insane among the people that post on these religious threads will admit that Catholics are Christian.

I could be wrong about that though.


2 posted on 12/29/2014 10:35:58 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: Arthur McGowan

I had a priest tell me that since I wouldn’t pray to Mary, I was going to hell.


3 posted on 12/29/2014 10:39:27 PM PST by chae (The Lannisters send their regards--Game of Thrones)
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To: Rome2000

I believe that Catholics are Christian, but I also believe that many of them labor under legalistic burdens. Of course, that isn’t unique to Catholics as any Christian can fall prey to that.


4 posted on 12/29/2014 10:43:25 PM PST by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: chae

He was dead wrong.


5 posted on 12/29/2014 10:45:54 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan

How do you know?


6 posted on 12/29/2014 10:48:36 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: Rome2000

There have been many threads on FR about how Catholics need to leave the Catholic Church and become Christians.

I was told about 25 minutes ago that Catholics are not Christians.


7 posted on 12/29/2014 10:49:09 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan

I would pray to Mary, just to be on the safe side.


8 posted on 12/29/2014 10:51:11 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: Rome2000

Because I know enough Catholic theology to know that praying to any particular saint, even Mary, is entirely optional. The Church highly recommends devotion to Mary, but it is not obligatory.


9 posted on 12/29/2014 10:51:19 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Rome2000

We ask for Mary’s prayers, we don’t pray to her. Prayer and worship is for God alone.


10 posted on 12/29/2014 10:53:10 PM PST by tioga
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To: Rome2000

I had a room-mate who was an Evangelical Christian. In his eyes, if you aren’t ‘saved’, you’re destined to go to hell....this included Catholics.


11 posted on 12/29/2014 10:55:25 PM PST by lacrew
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To: Arthur McGowan

That was very unChristian of them.


12 posted on 12/29/2014 10:56:47 PM PST by tioga
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To: Arthur McGowan

Thanks for posting this!


13 posted on 12/29/2014 11:08:25 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: Arthur McGowan
The Catholic Church misleads people into HELL.
True followers of Jesus know it.
14 posted on 12/29/2014 11:15:48 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: chae

Did you?


15 posted on 12/29/2014 11:19:20 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Arthur McGowan

Thnx!


16 posted on 12/29/2014 11:20:46 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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Nope. Got so mad at him I refused to participate in the May processional we did to Mary. This caused one of the nuns to tell me I disappointed her and another one called me a heretic.


17 posted on 12/29/2014 11:23:11 PM PST by chae (The Lannisters send their regards--Game of Thrones)
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To: Arthur McGowan

In all honesty, I see a conveyor belt of Catholic posts cheering themselves, and busting the chops of protestants all day long. It’s non stop. And inside those threads, someone sometimes shoves back.
But a stranger could be forgiven for believing they had stumbled into a Catholic website.


18 posted on 12/29/2014 11:27:07 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: chae

stupid, ignorant and arrogant..


19 posted on 12/29/2014 11:31:10 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: lacrew

“I had a room-mate who was an Evangelical Christian. In his eyes, if you aren’t ‘saved’, you’re destined to go to hell....this included Catholics.”

And I have a few Catholic friends, who despite the position of the Vatican, insist that protestants are not Christians. That they are following a false doctrine.

Both points of view are very wrong. Many people in both religions belong to Christ. I do not see how this could even be in dispute. But like football teams, branches of Christianity have their die hard fans.


20 posted on 12/29/2014 11:32:24 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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