Does Protestantism lead to atheism?

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I concluded that this year.

I’m thinking about to become a Catholic.
 
Jomann said:
If you only have the Bible to make sense of God you have a big problem.

And the Sola Scriptura also says your interpretation is the most correct. So every individual makes a different interpretation.

It’s a problem after another.

How can you interpret the Bible without the tradition of the church?

At the end of the day you realise nothing makes sense and your only honest option is atheism.

After ten years I gave the Catholic Church a chance and tried to see Christianity and Bible through the Catholic tradition and now it makes sense to me.
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While I cannot say that Protestantism leads to atheism, I agree with you that the Bible to be understood with the tradition of the Church, the apostles. There are many learned non-Catholic Bible scholars but without the tradition of the Church to guide them, they would be free to interpret the Bible according to their theological leaning. The consequences of that are no good as it lead to ever more fracture/splinter of the Church.
 
Reuben_J said:
While I cannot say that Protestantism leads to atheism, I agree with you that the Bible to be understood with the tradition of the Church, the apostles. There are many learned non-Catholic Bible scholars but without the tradition of the Church to guide them, they would be free to interpret the Bible according to their theological leaning. The consequences of that are no good as it lead to ever more fracture/splinter of the Church.
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This raises a good question. I have heard this many times before and I could still not find any good source that would explain where any mainline Protestant denomination goes against original Christian beliefs?

Something I am still struggling to understand, is WHERE does this “self interpretation” contradict original beliefs? It would rather place the question upon later “developed” beliefs but no Protestant would argue any verse in the Nicene Creed.
 
Does Catholicism lead to idolatry?
Does Islam lead to terrorism?
Always wise to start an open-ended thread that works as a ‘honeypot’ for forum moderators. :cool:
Seriously did you put ANY thought at all into this question?
 
Son_of_Niall said:
Does Catholicism lead to idolatry?
Does Islam lead to terrorism?
Always wise to start an open-ended thread that works as a ‘honeypot’ for forum moderators. :cool:
Seriously did you put ANY thought at all into this question?
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With all due respect to OP. This was a statement on the newest Vortex by Michael Voris. No need to blame OP. Just a thought posted to CF.
 
Liberalism leads to atheism. That can be the liberalism of any church.
 
Wafflenator said:
How long is a piece of string?

That is to say, the question is incoherent.

Protestantism is schismatic, founded on heresies, and internally inconsistent. This does not make it devoid of all value, nor does it make it a straight-shot to atheism. Protestants pray to Jesus and most have valid baptisms. The Holy Spirit will lead them who follow
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I know a lot of Catholics who are ex-protestants, so I believe that the Holy Spirit will lead them who follow Christ.
 
Casilda said:
I know a lot of Catholics who are ex-protestants, so I believe that the Holy Spirit will lead them who follow Christ.
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And I know many Protestants who were ex-Catholics. How do we describe their “change”?
 
IgnatianPhilo said:
Liberalism leads to atheism. That can be the liberalism of any church.
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And I would state just the opposite. Fundamentalism and traditionalism, in my experience, leads to atheism. I have seen too many damaged people who threw out the baby (God) with the bathwater (rigidness).
 
Perhaps what leads to atheism is simply wanting your own way, no matter what religion you belong to.
People are atheists because God interferes with their fun.
Simple is that.
And I would agree, it’s a question that leads to division.
BTW, quoting Michael Voris, a radical trad constantly at odds with the Church he claims to belong to, doesn’t exactly lend any credibility.
 
ComplineSanFran said:
And I would state just the opposite. Fundamentalism and traditionalism, in my experience, leads to atheism. I have seen too many damaged people who threw out the baby (God) with the bathwater (rigidness).
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Agreed.
Many of the children of the fundies I used to know have gone way off the beaten track.
 
BTW, quoting Michael Voris, a radical trad constantly at odds with the Church he claims to belong to, doesn’t exactly lend any credibility.
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Just a thought by a mere believer. Asking a question.
 
No. Not at all. We are endowed with free will. Ultimately we decide our own fate. We either choose God or not. My background entails Lutheran, Methodist, a one-Sunday stop at a Baptist church, the Episcopal church, and finally the Roman Catholic Church. All of them have “the light of Christ”. I am Catholic because that is where the light is the brightest.
 
EricF said:
My background entails Lutheran, Methodist, a one-Sunday stop at a Baptist church, the Episcopal church, and finally the Roman Catholic Church. All of them have “the light of Christ”. I am Catholic because that is where the light is the brightest.
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Sincerely Respect!
 
ComplineSanFran said:
Speaking as an Episcopalian, we have many converts from Evangelical churches as well as Catholicism. We are the ‘via media’ and many members find it just right. Some of the holiest people I know are Anglicans. It’s where one finds God that is important.
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With all due respect, we used to refer to the Episcopal or Anglican church as Catholic lite. Because there were less rules and many " converts" were people who either could not get a annulment granted or didnt even wsnt to bother with it, so they reluctantly leave the Catholic Church.

Thats not to imply Catholics dont willingly become protestant…they do but they normally become a non liturgical type as the true converts typically want something entirely different
 
JustaServant said:
Perhaps what leads to atheism is simply wanting your own way, no matter what religion you belong to.
People are atheists because God interferes with their fun.
Simple is that.
And I would agree, it’s a question that leads to division.
BTW, quoting Michael Voris, a radical trad constantly at odds with the Church he claims to belong to, doesn’t exactly lend any credibility.
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Voris is on the money 95% of the time. He’s just wrong on this issue and needs a little more tact in his oversll approach.

God bless him for calling out the liberal non sense.
 
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