If Evangelicals see all of the “bad” Catholics, then they must also be aware that the Catholic Church teaches something different from the behavior of the bad Catholics. The “bad” Catholics are rightly viewed as being “bad” in most cases. But then are the teachings of the Church then proved right, since the behavior of the bad Catholics are deemed to be wrong? Seems to be a bit of a conundrum, or contradiction at work maybe?
I am PROTESTANT, so obviously not in agreement with all of the teachings of the Church. As to the reasons why I am in not in agreement with the Catholic teachings has been asked more than once, if I remember correctly.
Nope, I grew up with the mindset that the Church is a place where all should be welcome. When the Father doesn’t want anything to do with you because you’re not Catholic (I don’t think he’d do out wedding either), you get an asterisk so everyone knows you’re different, and you’re not asked to participate in the festival because you’re not Catholic…ya…that really is what turned me off from it.
Well…the title of this thread is…“Why is Catholicism so unattractive to Evangelicals,” so my comments and questions have to do with the subject of the thread. No one has said anything about you having to believe or follow the teachings of the Catholic Church.
I tend to agree with you about what Evangelicals are taught considering Catholicism. Most of it seems to come from private biblical interpretation and, imo, is wrong from the get go. We can not interpret without an authority. The Evangelicals will say that authority is the Holy Spirit which allows them to privately intepret, but have no answer for the various intepretations they have in their “churches”.
If the Catholic Church is wrong, why are all these different protestant denominations claiming guidance from the Holy Spirit and now have over 30,000 different views? God has shown you here His Church (Catholic) is the same, from the very beginning on the day of Pentacost to today.
I never said the Catholic church was wrong. Although, I didn’t say they were right, either.
No, imo the Holy Spirit leads to one truth not 30,000.
Got it. So, Catholics are the only special ones who can receive guidance from the Holy Spirit.
Sorry to offend you! Its just my opinion
How many are there?
Our Lord Jesus Christ told his apostles to go out and baptize all nations, teaching everything that He had taught to them. That’s what the Church strives to do.
It depends on how you count divisions, but by no measure can you get 33k. Most Protestants worldwide belong to only a relative handful of denominations. The only way you get into the multiple thousands are by counting every little division, which are more often jurisdictional than creedal. To apply the same standard evenly, you’d end up with many Catholic “denominations” too.
I hope that you change your mind, and decide to post again on the thread. Please don’t take it personally when Catholics defend their faith as being the One True Faith. We can’t really help it, and we aren’t meaning to insult anyone at all. You aren’t required to accept what we believe, of course, but some of us are gonna try to cite the views of the Church on these threads.
I got that number from a teaching on the One Church. Yes I think he is counting all the little churches that spring up. There are 4 of these churches just down the street from me all teaching their own interpretation and claiming guidance from the Holy Spirit. When you have this much “variety”, no wonder the Catholic Church seems unattractive.
Fine, I will ignore whatever you say