Danger in “Religiosity”

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Someone stated that we are living in sin because we are religious and that God does not honor us. Obviously I do not believe this but can someone give me some good examples of how we are actually not in danger by being Catholic. I don’t do well in arguments like these so I need help lol I love my faith but sometimes I do poorly in defending it theologically
 
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Someone stated that we are living in sin because we are religious and that God does not honor us.
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Here’s the thing.

You don’t need to defend against that comment or prove it isn’t true. The person who said it needs to prove their own position. It is their responsibility to back up their own statement, not yours to prove them wrong.
 
It’s incumbent upon God to LET YOU KNOW if you’re “living in sin”
by being Catholic. It’s Jesus’ foundation Church, the one before all others
 
We are always in danger - even as Catholics.
St Paul - somewhere in the Bible - speaks about all these things he faced -
Dangers -
Saved from the mouth of the Lion - not sure if he was being symbolic -
stoning and whippings and shipwrecks etc etc
Jesus’s 11 disciples - martyrdom - not nice ways either.
You sound to me like a super beginner -
 
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Are you living with your boyfriend/ girlfriend, is that what you are referring to.
 
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Someone stated that we are living in sin because we are religious and that God does not honor us.
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Read the Spiritual Combat. There is a type of religiosity that is offensive to God. It is a fake religiosity that manifests itself in many prayers but the person lives a sinful life. Many people say prayers and attend Mass but they don’t follow the real teachings of Jesus. They pray but continue to lead sinful lives. The message of the Gospel has not penetrated and changed their hearts.
 
Do you mean like what Jesus told the Pharisees? That they were like whitewashed tombs–that they appeared clean on the outside but inwardly were full of dead men’s bones? Jesus was stressing the importance of a life filled with His Spirit. Not just going through the motions, but having a genuine relationship with Him. If someone doesn’t have that, they can ask Jesus for it.
 
I have found the most effective way to disarm those who point to “religiosity” as being bad for us, is to agree with them and say yes, there are many areas of our faith that we need to work on. I also point out how religion has done a tremendous amount of good, both worldwide and personally. Catholic charities, schools, and hospitals are the single biggest provider of relief for the aged, the orphaned, the hungry, and the disaster-ridden in the world. That can’t be accomplished without organization and structure.
 
It sounds like one of those people from a sect or demoniation who draws the false distinction between a “relationship” with God and a “religion.” It’s just semantics. It’s another way of them saying their religion is right and yours is wrong. Their religion is likely very novel (or even made up by the very person), without its origin 2000 years ago in Christ and the Apostles. Pay it no heed.
 
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Love6493:
Someone stated that we are living in sin because we are religious and that God does not honor us.
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Here’s the thing.

You don’t need to defend against that comment or prove it isn’t true. The person who said it needs to prove their own position. It is their responsibility to back up their own statement, not yours to prove them wrong.
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This. Their argument is so far out there, that there really isn’t anything you can say or do that will change their mind. Instead, ask them to back up their belief.
 
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It sounds like you meant that because Catholics celebrate rituals at Mass, some people accuse them of not living the gospel?
 
Living in sin here means cohabitation with a partner, but not married

Can you reword your question?
 
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To say ‘all religion is bad’ simply is not biblical and if your friend is Christian then it would be contradiction as praying and worship is a practice of religion, I would ask him whether he agrees with this, and then what aspects specifically your friend feels is bad religion then show him how it helps us strengthen our faith in our saviour.
 
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Jesus formed one Church, and He sent the Holy Spirit to lead and guide her into all the Truth. The enemies of His Church have to try to justify their “not-religion” denomination - with their deletions and false additions to His Truth - thus they claim - they assert that they are right. If the Church is right, then they are gravely wrong and in big trouble - hence anything “Catholic” MUST be wrong. It is a pathetic argument composed by simply claiming they are right.

You might ask when, exactly, did their man-made theology get “revealed” to the world (when, in other words, was their church or non-church founded)? If they can give a date, ask them what happened to the Gospel from the time His One Church was founded by Jesus Christ, and the time this “new” gospel got here. Jesus did say, “Lo, I am with you until the close of the age.” (Notice the age still has not closed…)
 
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