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Claudius
Guest
Has anyone else ever noticed that a lot of protestants have tunnel vision? Protestants say that Peter was never in Rome. I point to clear, impartial and very convincing evidence that Peter was in Rome but they just can’t accept it. It isn’t like they are arguing over the implications, they argue that it is not a historical fact when it is. 
Then protestants tell me stories about witches in Catholic convents that hold ceremonies to satan and get pregnant just to go and get abortions. I ask for proof. They can’t give me any proof because there is none, because this is just a crazy story they made up, but all the while they insist that it is true.
I feel like talking to them is just me exercising my ability to talk. I have found out that protestants don’t have the first clue about Jesus or his teachings. They will tell me everything from, Jesus was the son of God, to Jesus was possessed by God, to Jesus was just a man that God spoke through. They can’t seem to agree on anything. However, if I ask them about the Catholic Church, they all say the exact same thing. They all say that I have to leave the Catholic Church in order to get to Heaven. Since my own belief is that I need to stay in the Catholic Church as my only ticket to possible get to Heaven I certainly wont’ take their advice but I find it interesting that they all agree on this one point and that this is the only point they all agree to. 
I decided to test just how far this goes with them so I started to carry the Catechism of the Catholic Church with me. When I get into a conversation with a protestant I open the Catechism and say “The Catholic Church teaches that …” or “Catholics believe that …” and then read verbatim from the Catechism. Every single protestant I have tested this on has jumped all over even the first sentence and attacked whatever it is that I just said. They make up whatever is necessary on the spot to try to prove to me that the Catholics are wrong. The problem that I point out to them is that I usually have statements from their denomination that claims they believe the exact same thing. It doesn’t matter, I am talking to a wall, they insist that when they say they believe it, it is correct and true, but when Catholics say it somehow it becomes incorrect or just a lie.
I even got one guy to not use Email anymore because I told him the Catholic Church approved of it. One lady that I know now refuses to wear anything on her head when going to church because I told her that it was a practice started in the Catholic Church.
I do think that some of this is really funny no matter how sad it is. When listening to a guy talk about “being saved” I noticed that he reduced the entire thing down to a verbal formula.
He insisted that all you had to do was say that you were saved by the blood of Jesus and you are saved. He then went on to talk about how once you are saved you are always saved no matter what you do. So I asked “Are Catholics saved?” He said no. So I asked that if a Catholic said the formula that he invented could a Catholic be saved. He said “Hell, No.” So I asked, “Well all of these people here just have to say your words. Some of these people are muslim. Are you saying that a muslim can be saved by saying your words but a Catholic can’t?” He said “First a Catholic has to stop sinning against God and leave the hell hole church. Then he can be saved.” So I asked “What if a person leaves the Catholic Church and gets saved by your method, are they always saved?” He said Yes. I said “and nothing can change that?” He said Yes. So I said, “Then what is to prevent a Catholic from leaving the Church for just long enough to repeat after you and then go back to being a Catholic. After all, once saved always saved right? So a Catholic who wants to be safe can leave for five minuets and repeat after you, get saved, then go on for the rest of his life as a Catholic. If this is wrong, it is ok, because once saved always saved. Same for the muslims here except you don’t even ask them to recant Islam first.” At this he just started to use foul language and raised a bunch of conspiracy theories about the Church and the Anti-Christ. I don’t think anyone was listening to him anymore though.
Then protestants tell me stories about witches in Catholic convents that hold ceremonies to satan and get pregnant just to go and get abortions. I ask for proof. They can’t give me any proof because there is none, because this is just a crazy story they made up, but all the while they insist that it is true. I feel like talking to them is just me exercising my ability to talk. I have found out that protestants don’t have the first clue about Jesus or his teachings. They will tell me everything from, Jesus was the son of God, to Jesus was possessed by God, to Jesus was just a man that God spoke through. They can’t seem to agree on anything. However, if I ask them about the Catholic Church, they all say the exact same thing. They all say that I have to leave the Catholic Church in order to get to Heaven. Since my own belief is that I need to stay in the Catholic Church as my only ticket to possible get to Heaven I certainly wont’ take their advice but I find it interesting that they all agree on this one point and that this is the only point they all agree to. I decided to test just how far this goes with them so I started to carry the Catechism of the Catholic Church with me. When I get into a conversation with a protestant I open the Catechism and say “The Catholic Church teaches that …” or “Catholics believe that …” and then read verbatim from the Catechism. Every single protestant I have tested this on has jumped all over even the first sentence and attacked whatever it is that I just said. They make up whatever is necessary on the spot to try to prove to me that the Catholics are wrong. The problem that I point out to them is that I usually have statements from their denomination that claims they believe the exact same thing. It doesn’t matter, I am talking to a wall, they insist that when they say they believe it, it is correct and true, but when Catholics say it somehow it becomes incorrect or just a lie.
I even got one guy to not use Email anymore because I told him the Catholic Church approved of it. One lady that I know now refuses to wear anything on her head when going to church because I told her that it was a practice started in the Catholic Church.
I do think that some of this is really funny no matter how sad it is. When listening to a guy talk about “being saved” I noticed that he reduced the entire thing down to a verbal formula.
He insisted that all you had to do was say that you were saved by the blood of Jesus and you are saved. He then went on to talk about how once you are saved you are always saved no matter what you do. So I asked “Are Catholics saved?” He said no. So I asked that if a Catholic said the formula that he invented could a Catholic be saved. He said “Hell, No.” So I asked, “Well all of these people here just have to say your words. Some of these people are muslim. Are you saying that a muslim can be saved by saying your words but a Catholic can’t?” He said “First a Catholic has to stop sinning against God and leave the hell hole church. Then he can be saved.” So I asked “What if a person leaves the Catholic Church and gets saved by your method, are they always saved?” He said Yes. I said “and nothing can change that?” He said Yes. So I said, “Then what is to prevent a Catholic from leaving the Church for just long enough to repeat after you and then go back to being a Catholic. After all, once saved always saved right? So a Catholic who wants to be safe can leave for five minuets and repeat after you, get saved, then go on for the rest of his life as a Catholic. If this is wrong, it is ok, because once saved always saved. Same for the muslims here except you don’t even ask them to recant Islam first.” At this he just started to use foul language and raised a bunch of conspiracy theories about the Church and the Anti-Christ. I don’t think anyone was listening to him anymore though.
Especially leaving the CC for 5 minutes to be “saved” is hilarious! Poor protestants, they don’t even about their intelectual and spiritual misery. I feel really sorry for them, their beloved ones told them lies and when they hear something different they just can’t believe it. Truth hurts but there’s no other way. God bless and carry on doing it!