What are you protesting?

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I belong to a nondenominational homeschool group. My oldest child is in eighth grade and didn’t participate in the latest ecumenical difficulty. 🙂

*To all the Catholics who will ask: Yes, the belief statement that I signed to join the group was compatible with Catholic theology. *

Recently, a Protestant Missionary gave a talk to the high school class. Not realizing that some of the kids were Catholic, she asked them the question, “What are you protesting?”

It was a question that an Eastern Orthodox Russian had asked her. It made an impression on her.

She ended the talk by asking the kids to go home and talk the question over with their parents.

One of my Catholic friends in the group is dialoguing with the leader of the class about some of the things that came up in discussion (including a statement–unrefuted-- by a student that Catholics worship people).

But, I was wondering what these parents might be saying to their high schoolers.

So, if your high schooler came home and asked, “What are we protesting?”–how would you answer?
 
leonie said:
So, if your high schooler came home and asked, “What are we protesting?”–how would you answer?
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thats a loaded question. it begs the question. a clever ‘protestant’ would answer: “you wish. i’m not protesting anything”. 😃
 
leonie said:
I belong to a nondenominational homeschool group. My oldest child is in eighth grade and didn’t participate in the latest ecumenical difficulty. 🙂

*To all the Catholics who will ask: Yes, the belief statement that I signed to join the group was compatible with Catholic theology. *

Recently, a Protestant Missionary gave a talk to the high school class. Not realizing that some of the kids were Catholic, she asked them the question, “What are you protesting?”

It was a question that an Eastern Orthodox Russian had asked her. It made an impression on her.

She ended the talk by asking the kids to go home and talk the question over with their parents.

One of my Catholic friends in the group is dialoguing with the leader of the class about some of the things that came up in discussion (including a statement–unrefuted-- by a student that Catholics worship people).

But, I was wondering what these parents might be saying to their high schoolers.

So, if your high schooler came home and asked, “What are we protesting?”–how would you answer?
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Bad teachers at school;)
 
AgnosTheist said:
thats a loaded question. it begs the question. a clever ‘protestant’ would answer: “you wish. i’m not protesting anything”. 😃
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Our children reflect our adult society, and what they are taught by us. What they bring to you, is what they see in us. Let us teach them love and understanding, not division, and not to protest but to demand clarification.
 
leonie said:
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I’d tell her we are not protesting anything. By the time she is in Highschool she will already know Church history and why we are in the Church we are in. I’d expect it to lead to an interesting conversation.

My co-op does not allow teaching things not in the statement of faith. Anything beyond that statement is expected to be taught at home. It sounds like this was a guest speaker though, not a person teaching the class. Students in that age group should be founded in faith well enough to deal well with an occasional guest speaker that disagrees with their theology or even asks odd questions. If they go off to college they will encounter it daily.

I’m surprised your 8th grader didn’t speak up about the comment that Catholics worship people. I know my much younger kiddo will speak up loudly if people say things that are off base about her beliefs (You should have heard her when a science lesson stated that “We do not know who the first people were.”)

If you want to know what people are against in the Catholic Church, check out the “what do you dislike most” thread". Teach your kids the answers to the questions Protestants put there, because your kids will hear them again.
 
How about dissent from Authority and the establishment of additional Christian communities.👍
 
oh I just saw that you said your 8th grader wasn’t in the class. still the Catholic student should have said something. And if they are a hostile group… maybe a bad one for Catholic to be in. 😦
 
leonie said:
I belong to a nondenominational homeschool group. My oldest child is in eighth grade and didn’t participate in the latest ecumenical difficulty. 🙂

*To all the Catholics who will ask: Yes, the belief statement that I signed to join the group was compatible with Catholic theology. *

Recently, a Protestant Missionary gave a talk to the high school class. Not realizing that some of the kids were Catholic, she asked them the question, “What are you protesting?”

It was a question that an Eastern Orthodox Russian had asked her. It made an impression on her.

She ended the talk by asking the kids to go home and talk the question over with their parents.

One of my Catholic friends in the group is dialoguing with the leader of the class about some of the things that came up in discussion (including a statement–unrefuted-- by a student that Catholics worship people).

But, I was wondering what these parents might be saying to their high schoolers.

So, if your high schooler came home and asked, “What are we protesting?”–how would you answer?
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As often as Catholics entertain the subject, I would rightfully turn the question around and ask Catholics, what are YOU protesting with other churches?
 
I think my response might be:

You know, that is exactly what I would like to know!

I hate the term ‘protestant’… *sigh… 😉
 
SIA said:
As often as Catholics entertain the subject, I would rightfully turn the question around and ask Catholics, what are YOU protesting with other churches?
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Well that’s answering a question with a question. Sounds like a politician? The Catholic Church has not protested so the question is not realistic to Catholics.
The challenge here is that most protestants to argue their beliefs always refer back to Paul and ignore, for the most part, the rest of the bible.
Catholics do read the bible, believe it or not, and have numerous readings from the bible at every service.
When Protestants argue sola scripture and it is shown that even scripture is not being followed by them, they then go to salvation from faith alone. When shown from scripture that the bible never, never has those two words together in the bible “faith alone” and from the bible it states that love is greater than faith so how can “faith alone” be true or are they contradicting the bible a new argument is brought forth.
It’s then an argument for survival by using the only book in the bible that can be misconstrued by taking parts and not as the whole of one of many books and it is of Paul’s letters.

The main concept is that the Catholic Church is the Church of Christ and originally begun by Him. You get your bible from the Catholic Church along with most of the teachings, and traditions.

The main argument by most of the protestant Church’s today is why should I keep promises when they involve self sacrifices, and does not provide a way out for personal comfort. It does not compute with a protestants lifestyle so they will not use that part or quickly roll over that part of the bible, teachings or traditions.

Forr those sins you forgive are forgiven and those you retain are retained.

This has created the tens of thousands of splits within the protestant community and as such leaves little credence to their faith.
 
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
:-Saint Thomas Aquinas

I’m quoting Saint Thomas Aquinas on his feast day. A good protestant aren’t I? 😉

I protest about people who love proclaiming what denomination or tradition they are and placing it before the God we claim to love.

I’ll quote it again.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
:-Saint Thomas Aquinas
 
East_Anglican said:
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
:-Saint Thomas Aquinas

I’m quoting Saint Thomas Aquinas on his feast day. A good protestant aren’t I? 😉

I protest about people who love proclaiming what denomination or tradition they are and placing it before the God we claim to love.

I’ll quote it again.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
:-Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Have you read any books from the Catholic Church father Saint Thomas Aquinas?

To use St. Thomas would put a real crutch on the protestants protests.

St. Thomas Aquinas
Philosopher, theologian, doctor of the Church (Angelicus Doctor), patron of Catholic universities, colleges, and schools. Born at Rocca Secca in the Kingdom of Naples, 1225 or 1227; died at Fossa Nuova, 7 March, 1274.
 
East_Anglican said:
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
:-Saint Thomas Aquinas

I’m quoting Saint Thomas Aquinas on his feast day. A good protestant aren’t I? 😉

I protest about people who love proclaiming what denomination or tradition they are and placing it before the God we claim to love.

I’ll quote it again.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
:-Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Thomas a Kempis wrote newadvent.org/cathen/07674c.htm

Have you read it another crutch for protestants and their protests
 
The answers will always be vague. Because there really is nothing of substance to protest and there was very little to protest in the sixteenth century. A serious parent would have converted to the Church already. But anyone who had not reached that conclusion already and they were people of seriousness would begin digging and find out that the protests they were knowingly or unknowingly supporting by remaining in a non-Catholic group would convert to Christianity immediately, take training from a priest, and join the Church.

What are protestants protesting? Most have no idea.

CDL
 
GregoryPalamas said:
The answers will always be vague. Because there really is nothing of substance to protest and there was very little to protest in the sixteenth century. A serious parent would have converted to the Church already. But anyone who had not reached that conclusion already and they were people of seriousness would begin digging and find out that the protests they were knowingly or unknowingly supporting by remaining in a non-Catholic group would convert to Christianity immediately, take training from a priest, and join the Church.

What are protestants protesting? Most have no idea.

CDL
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In reading history and the formations of the protestant churches I could never understand what the protests were that caused the splits. To deny the Catholic Church would be to deny Christianity, the bible, the teachings, and traditions. There would be no Christianity.

I can understand that men do bad things but men are not the church just the instument of Christ.

I can understand changes need to be made from time to time but because changes do not occur fast enough does not lead to a seperation from Christ (Church).

Martin Luther – the end of the world did not occur during his lifetime. That should put enough of a crimp in his reasoning or where it came from.

King Henry the Eight.
Even Shakespear saw his demonic ways and reasoning.

Most Anglicans I’m sure would agree that the be-heading of Thomas Moore was evil.

and the list goes on.
 
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