What do Protestant really believe about the Catholic Church?

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This line I think sadly sums up neatly the position of many people regarding religions they are not familiar with.
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I agree with you above, however, in my own personal experience I must admit that after researching Catholicism and some mainline Protestant faiths, I have come to see good things in others that my denomination could learn from and I see weaknesses and “heresies” that in my opinion I want nothing to do with. So I am reaching a point of satisfaction with where I am and a growing awareness that Gods thoughts are not man’s thoughts and so after asking for prayerful guidance of the Holy Spirit I am coming to the conclusion that there may be good, better and best in each situation and to change one aspect from good to better most often means going from better to good in another.
 
I love it when Catholics like to speak for non-Catholoc believers. It always makes for interesting discussion.
 
They are merely moderately motley, mostly. But subject to some variance, even within as defined and mainstream a grouping as the Southern Baptist Convention, and with more divergence as one moves further into the hinterlands of Primitive, Free-Will, Two Seed In The Spirit, to the fringes, the thin, vanishing fringes of Baptists.

I stood out because of my rosary, saints medals, and belief that I had a gothic-arched, stained glass soul. I was young, of course.
 
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GKMotley said:
I was young, of course.
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I was a bit out of kilter in my youth, too. As a child attending Sunday School I was sure the picture on the wall of a noble old man with a long white beard was God. Others held that this was heretical, and that a more orthodox opinion was that he was General Booth.
 
tgGodsway said:
I love it when Catholics like to speak for non-Catholoc believers. It always makes for interesting discussion.
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Frankly , it is no different than when a member of a non-Catholic communion claims to speak for all Protestants
 
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True…but I do find it…interesting…let’s say, to read on here what I believe as a non-Catholic. There are some times where I just look at my phone sideways like “what the…”?
 
No. I’m not a fan of it myself. You asked me a question. “Good for which Protestants?” I answered it the best I could. I don’t know exactly what it is you’re asking me. Are you asking me to provide specific denominations, statistics, what?

No, I can’t give a specific denomination that is into prosperity preaching. I can’t give statistics. (They don’t interest me since I doubt their accuracy.) I can’t name specific individuals. But you can look at the ratings for yourself. They show that the viewership for this type of preaching is quite popular.

Hopefully, this response answers your question better.
 
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JonNC, I don’t always name specific denominations because where I live, every denomination considers itself Protestant. The people I have spoken to in each of the churches, except for non-denominational, of course, call themselves Protestants.

That is why I call all of the Christian denominations that aren’t Catholic Protestant just as my mother has done all her life (she was raised in the Methodist and Church of Christ churches) and everyone else where I live does.

I don’t call people Protestants to insult. And I’m sorry if people take it as an insult. It isn’t.
 
lilypadrees said:
JonNC, I don’t always name specific denominations because where I live, every denomination considers itself Protestant. The people I have spoken to in each of the churches, except for non-denominational, of course, call themselves Protestants.

That is why I call all of the Christian denominations that aren’t Catholic Protestant just as my mother has done all her life (she was raised in the Methodist and Church of Christ churches) and everyone else where I live does.

I don’t call people Protestants to insult. And I’m sorry if people take it as an insult. It isn’t.
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It isn’t an insult. It is an inaccuracy.
Let’s look at it this way: the original Protestants believed, taught, and confessed that the Eucharist is the real and substantial body and blood of Christ, Private Confession and Absolution, and baptismal regeneration.
Tell your Protestant friends that this what Protestants believe and see their reaction.
 
Dhc8_Type said:
With the largest Lutheran And Catholic Churches downtown were I live.
We are rivals we share a parking lot because the city is under “downtown renovation” so with the Catholics at 8 930 and 11 and we are 745 930 and 11 it gets pretty tough to find a parking spot.
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Maybe you could carpool, alternating weekly who pays for coffee afterwards.
 
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Depends on what Bible they use, what they think about communion, and what they believe about others that do not believe like them- kind of like Catholics
 
ltwin said:
The way that black people “shout” can be somewhat different to the way that white people “shout”.
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I am Australian, what do you mean by shout? Is it like yelling out for the kids to get home because its tea time, or something different?

I have never met a real life person who says they are Protestant.
 
Roseeurekacross said:
I have never met a real life person who says they are Protestant.
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The first Catholic person I met was this kid in high school. Didn’t meet another one until college.
Roseeurekacross said:
I am Australian, what do you mean by shout? Is it like yelling out for the kids to get home because its tea time, or something different?
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It’s a form of praise to God that includes shouting and dancing. It has roots in the Anglo-American evangelical revivals of the 18th centuries and American slave religion. Below is footage from a church in the African American Protestant tradition.

 
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