We need to stop worrying about who is “right.”

  • Thread starter Thread starter ChristopherA
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
C

ChristopherA

Guest
Lets stop talking about what type of Christianity is “right” and start preaching the gospel we are all believers of Jesus but don’t you think we should stop worrying about who is right and start saving people from the devil. We are all believers of Jesus Romans 12:18 Let’s start worrying about bringing people to God more and how we may do that.
 
Amen to that. I think believers of all denominations can be a little delusional at times. We are so busy arguing with each other that we have let atheism and secularism thrive. We should unite to combat that, then we can go back to hating each other.

Now, having said that, it’s changing. This isn’t 1960 anymore where you feared everyone who didn’t share the same beliefs as you did. I live in the deep south. I know a ton of Evangelicals who no longer “hate Catholics” and think we are going to Hell. It’s the same with Catholics, to be honest. The world has become much smaller and it’s getting harder and harder to hate people over religious differences.
 
I wish we could. I wish truth didn’t matter - but it does!!! As an RCIA team member should our RCIA’s start teaching baptism may or may not be efficacious? Should we start teaching works could or could not be salvific? Or the Eucharistic may or may not be the real presence? Do you really expect truth to just be unnecessary?

Peace!!!
 
Last edited:
Gotta disagree, it DOES matter who’s right because that distinction is what could save a soul from damnation. Just because someone follows Our Lord (or thinks they do) as a protestant doesn’t mean they’re good and we should leave them to their own devices and not lead them to the truth, that is a grave error.
 
No. It does matter. There is a HUGE difference between Christians that have the Real Presence in the Eucharist, the other sacraments, and Apostolic succession and those who do not have or believe in those things. What we believe actually does matter. Heresy matters.
 
CoffeeFanatic said:
No. It does matter. There is a HUGE difference between Christians that have the Real Presence in the Eucharist, the other sacraments, and Apostolic succession and those who do not have or believe in those things. What we believe actually does matter. Heresy matters.
Click to expand...
Amen. I agree.
 
Well the problem is that some people think that ‘just bringing people to Jesus’ is the only thing necessary. And what exactly do they mean by ‘bringing to Jesus”?

Some Christians think that if they convince a person to say the Sinner’s Prayer, that person now has ‘come to Jesus’ and nothing further need be done.

Some Christians think that bringing a person to Jesus involves teaching “Christianity’ —their Christianity being the prosperity gospel… . .and nothing further needs to be done.

Some Christians think bringing a person to Jesus involves Baptism—whether the person has been baptized as a Christian by ‘another group’ or not.

Some Mormons and Jehovah Witness speak of themselves as Christians but teach, each of them, a completely different gospel than any other Christian group, and call that ‘bringing the person to Jesus”.

Some Christians require ‘personal testimony.’ Some Christians Amish and some Mennonite for example, require the person coming to Jesus to eschew all other Christians and to remain in a segregated community and to practice radically different lifestyles.

Some Christians require, to bring a person to Jesus, that the person become a registered member and even to tithe. Some Christians once the person says the Sinner’s prayer or are baptized or register in a parish just ‘count them’ as members and never check to see if they ever come back again.

Some Christians require two sacraments, some seven.

Some Christians believe that the bread and wine become the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity, of Jesus, and that participation in this sacrament is the source and summit of life.

Some Christians believe the bread and wine are symbolic only.

So there is so much difference, not only in HOW to bring a person to Jesus, but on how a person then should LIVE for Jesus, and above all, great difference on who some Christians think Jesus IS.

So it really does matter which Christian group is RIGHT, doesn’t it?
 
But then, why did Jesus found a Church and why did he pray that we be one like the Father and Him?
 
ChristopherA said:
Lets stop talking about what type of Christianity is “right” and start preaching the gospel we are all believers of Jesus but don’t you think we should stop worrying about who is right and start saving people from the devil. We are all believers of Jesus Romans 12:18 Let’s start worrying about bringing people to God more and how we may do that.
Click to expand...
I think the doctor having the right antidote matters a great deal.
 
Last edited:
ChristopherA, are you a Catholic? Your profile doesn’t say Catholic, and you’re in another thread making remarks about the rosary that sound like you don’t understand it.

Assuming you’re not a Catholic, who is “we”?
You’re on a Catholic apologetics forum that has a primary mission of defending the Catholic faith. That is why Catholic Answers was founded. This isn’t some kind of ecumenical Christian forum.
 
Last edited:
I don’t worry about which group is correct—because I KNOW that Christ founded only ONE Church. THIS Church has the fullness of Truth; and He desires that ALL are in His Catholic Church.

There are several new Protestant sects every week. I know this for a fact. Do you think Christ is pleased with this? No! He has set up the Feast (His Church) and many refuse to come. 🥺 He is all about being One. Not 40,000+.

Please don’t give into Relativism here. All Christian churches are NOT equal. Come Home please! Jesus is eagerly waiting for you.
 
Jesus is God, not simply a human prophet that happened to be born of a virgin. Either Jesus was was crucified, or he wasn’t. Either he was God, or he wasn’t. These things matter.
 
The Roman Catholic Church was the accused in the Christian west. And she happened to be given the “right” version of the gospel at the beginning-so there was never a reason to change the gospel, to come up with more “right”, often divergent, gospels. Is there something wrong with being right? Isn’t right knowledge exactly what humankind needs? Should there really be different, sometimes widely different, theologies?
 
Last edited:
I’m sorry for this false testimony I said. After reading the reply’s I believe you guys are right. I’m a truly sorry for this ❤️
 
ChristopherA said:
I’m sorry for this false testimony I said. After reading the reply’s I believe you guys are right. I’m a truly sorry for this ❤️
Click to expand...
The basis of your concern isn’t bad, We should all want unity; we should strive to overlook minor differences and appreciate the truths we share-and to love each other. Ecumenism is good. But there also must be lines drawn, where stepping over would mean compromising critical truths. I now cherish the authority and knowledge of Rome -as a unique, divine gift to humanity.
 
Last edited:
@ChristopherA, I think you are on to something here. I see that a majority of respondents seem to have found fault with your original post. In this forum, I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed.

Jesus did not say that others will know we are his disciples by our studying, teaching, or arguing. He said that all will know we are his disciples by our love (John 13:35). Jesus told us to care for those in need by giving them food, drink, and clothing, by welcoming the stranger and visiting those who are ill or in prison (Matthew 25:34-36).

At the moment, I’m having trouble finding where Jesus told us to argue about theology. (I think that idea is more prominent in the letters of Saint Paul.) Mostly Jesus told us to repent, and that’s a theme that runs through the whole Bible. Jesus also told us to forgive, to love our enemy, to prepare for the kingdom, and not to worry. He also showed us how to pray.

@ChristopherA, you said that we should work to save people and bring them to God. That’s a great idea. How do you think you (and we) can best do that?
 
Last edited:
ChristopherA said:
Lets stop talking about what type of Christianity is “right” and start preaching the gospel we are all believers of Jesus but don’t you think we should stop worrying about who is right and start saving people from the devil. We are all believers of Jesus Romans 12:18 Let’s start worrying about bringing people to God more and how we may do that.
Click to expand...
Wonderful sentiment, but it runs into trouble when people inevitably start asking more specific and refined questions.

Can my gf get an abortion?
My dad killed himself. Is he in heaven?
I’m a guy paralyzed from the chest down. Am I still allowed to marry?
How much wood does a woodchuck chuck?
And others…
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top