Attacking fundamentalists and evangelists

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hi,
in my opinion the library on this site, at times, is attacking protestant fundamentalists and evangelists. Shouldn’t we be lovingly guiding them to the right path if they are on the wrong one instead of viciously attacking their faith??

:rolleyes: just a thought, is anybody else thinking this too??
 
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BennyD:
hi,
in my opinion the library on this site, at times, is attacking protestant fundamentalists and evangelists. Shouldn’t we be lovingly guiding them to the right path if they are on the wrong one instead of viciously attacking their faith??

:rolleyes: just a thought, is anybody else thinking this too??
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How about an example?
 
catholic.com/library/Catholic_Inventions.asp

i hope you can find something in hear. just post back if you can’t.
idk. i’m just wonderin

god bless

matthew 5:39But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
 
BennyD said:
catholic.com/library/Catholic_Inventions.asp

i hope you can find something in hear. just post back if you can’t.
idk. i’m just wonderin

god bless

matthew 5:39But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
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The accusations against the Church cited in the linked article come from Roman Catholicism by Loraine Boettner. It’s an unimagineably ridiculous attack on the faith. Defending the Church against groundless poison is hardly an “attack.”

Not sure what you meant by the quote from Matthew. Are you saying that if someone lies about you, you should not respond with the truth?
 
Doesn’t it also say in Peter to always be ready to be an explaintion for the hope that you have. And an acusation against would be as good a time as any. But, we should try to pump as much chairity into it as possible.
 
Catholic Answers materials do not attack Fundamentalists and Evangelists as you claim.

Catholic Answers shows the truth of Catholicism against the false teachings of Fundamentalists and other Non-Catholics.

There can only be one truth, not many. It is pagan Rome that claimed there is no exact truth.

Ken
 
I disagree. All the materials here at CA are far & away more charitable and non-confrontational than the misinformation that they answer.
 
I see them as very solid. They are excellent resources for Catholics who are ATTACKED by fundamentalists. It is usually they who do the attacking. We almost always end up in the defending role.
 
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BennyD:
hi,
in my opinion the library on this site, at

:rolleyes: just a thought, is anybody else thinking this too??
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times, is attacking protestant fundamentalists and evangelists. Shouldn’t we be lovingly guiding them to the right path if they are on the wrong one instead of viciously attacking their faith??

What do you mean by WE? Are you Catholic or nondenominational, as your profile reads? 😦
 
I often have to laugh when I hear assertions like this.

To me it’s as if these folks think we Catholics are just supposed to “lay down” and allow others to talk smack about our most holy faith while offering no answer at all. I find that ridiculous and insulting.

Especially here on the internet, the level of vitriol that Catholics catch for their faith is generally all out of proportion to any sense of Christian charity and they will readily quote to us Galatians 4:16 (Am I then become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?) when it cuts both ways, and they know it.

Fundamentalists and Evangelicals are the very ones who are often the most offensive in their presentations. One guy that has his own radio show and owns his own “apologetics” website likes to try to bait Catholics into discussions online and get them to call his show, but even as he assures everyone that he is fair and even-handed and that he loves Catholics, he offensively attacks our beliefs and persists in spouting misinterpretations and misinformation about the Catholic Church’s teachings. If you take a step back and have a look at him you find that he’s having a good time making his living by doing all this and I refuse to support him in that.

The Catholic Church has been answering heresies for 2,000 years and the post reformation errors for almost 500. I personally am grateful for the tracts and articles that Catholic Answers has produced that help Catholics better know their faith and answer those persons who attempt to lead us away from it with misunderstandings, misinterpretations, and outright misinformation.

Thank you to Karl Keating, Steve Ray, John Martignoni, and ALL the Catholic laymen and clergy who are active in the charitable and knowledgeable defense of the Catholic faith. May we always be faithful to Our Lord’s promise to us." for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. " (Luke 21:15)
 
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kleary:
Catholic Answers materials do not attack Fundamentalists and Evangelists as you claim.

Catholic Answers shows the truth of Catholicism against the false teachings of Fundamentalists and other Non-Catholics.
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Just calling anything that doesn’t agree with Catholicism “false teachings” is in itself an attack of sorts.

It seems somewhat one sided, in fact, almost hypocritical, to say that “Catholic Answers shows the truth of Catholicism against the false teachings of Fundamentalists and other Non-Catholics” is somehow perfectly OK thing to say, yet when a Fundamentalist calls one or two Catholic teachings false with proof from Scripture, it is labeled an attack and the person stating it is called a hater.
 
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Eden:
There can only be on Truth.
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Yeah, its called the Word of God. It is written in the bible or by those that know it and believe it and teach it.
 
In speaking with Protestants in their terms, a faithful Catholic must accept several sins and heresys (in the back of there minds) as part of christianity for reason of debate. The sin of predestination, once saved always saved ,for example, and Catholics must speak as if the bible were the sole authority on faith. Using the bible in a way that is contray to the teaching of The faith, sighting to protestants a single verse without noting the context of the whole chapter or audience that the writer intended. This is all the protestant will hear of, so we comply hoping that they get it.

We’ve become very good at using their rules on the theology of scripture to disprove their personal interpertations.

It seems to me that speaking to them on their level is in and of itself and attack on the True Church, the one instituted by Christ. The Catholic Church. They are still protesting the Church of Christ for whatever the reason.

We are bending over backward to lead them to the Truth. You can lead a horse to water…

Yet they feel attacked…
 
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squeekster:
It seems somewhat one sided, in fact, almost hypocritical, to say that “Catholic Answers shows the truth of Catholicism against the false teachings of Fundamentalists and other Non-Catholics” is somehow perfectly OK thing to say, yet when a Fundamentalist calls one or two Catholic teachings false with proof from Scripture, it is labeled an attack and the person stating it is called a hater.
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The fact is, the difference between Catholic apologetics and Fundamentalist and non-Catholic attacks is this: Catholic apologetics is entirely defensive in nature and is only necessary because Catholics are specifically targeted for proselytization by non-Catholics. It is further a fact, that* if there were no anti-Catholics, there would be no need for Catholic apologists.*

This is is graphically illustrated by the existence and furious activity of anti-Catholic groups like “Missions to Catholics,” “Former Catholics For Christ,” and “Christians Evangelizing Catholics,” just to name a few. I defy you to identify one equivalent Catholic organization that specifically targets Fundamentalists and non-Catholic Christians in this manner.
 
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geno75:
Yeah, its called the Word of God. It is written in the bible or by those that know it and believe it and teach it.
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The Bible calls the Church “the pillar and foundation of truth” (1 Tim. 3:15).
 
Fundamentalism incites shame to run off, or control the people whose presence they’d rather not have to explain (the disabled, homosexuals, people who drink alcohol, etc.). I have seen MANY MANY MANY more attacks on Catholicism by Fundamentalists than I have on Fundamentalism by Catholics (note- it is one thing to correct- another to attack and belittle). Catholicism recognizes the intrinsic dignity of every human person. Fundamentalism does not.
 
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BennyD:
hi,
in my opinion the library on this site, at times, is attacking protestant fundamentalists and evangelists. Shouldn’t we be lovingly guiding them to the right path if they are on the wrong one instead of viciously attacking their faith??

:rolleyes: just a thought, is anybody else thinking this too??
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Debating a point is not an attack.

I don’t think that anyone here is viciously attacking fundamentalists. No one here, for example, is saying that fundamentalists aren’t Christian.
 
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BennyD:
hi,
in my opinion the library on this site, at times, is attacking protestant fundamentalists and evangelists.
catholic.com/library/Catholic_Inventions.asp
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I don’t see it that way. Pointing out the fallacies in the false man made doctrines such as Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide, etc. is not attacking them.

BTW, what I saw in the link you posted was attacks against Catholics by Boettner and defenses against those attacks, not Catholic attacks against others.
 
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geno75:
Yeah, its called the Word of God. It is written in the bible or by those that know it and believe it and teach it.
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Really? Then why so many “official” but divergent interpretations of various passages of the Word of God from the post reformation denominations if they are all led by the Holy Spirit?

Romans 12:16 Being of one mind one towards another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Romans 15:5 Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind one towards another, according to Jesus Christ: 6 That with one mind, and with one mouth, you may glorify God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2nd Corinthians 13:11 For the rest, brethren, rejoice, be perfect, take exhortation, be of one mind, have peace; and the God of peace and of love shall be with you.

Philippians 1:27 Only let your conversation be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you, or, being absent, may hear of you, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind labouring together for the faith of the gospel.

Philippians 2:2 Fulfill ye my joy, that you may be of one mind, having the same charity, being of one accord, agreeing in sentiment.

Philippians 4:2 I beg of Evodia, and I beseech Syntyche, to be of one mind in the Lord.

1st Peter 3:8 And in fine, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble:

BTW, your profile is scripturally wrong about “religion”.

James 1:26 And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. 27 Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one’s self unspotted from this world.

Apparently God approves of religion…
Pax tecum,
 
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