ITT We Discuss Theology

[IrishLake]

Me and Mary, we're tight. I pray a Hail Mary every day. But we also say a Lords prayer and the Nicene Creed at every mass. I always want to say the Nicene Creed when people tell me Catholics don't beleive the same thing "real Christians" do.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by IrishLake

Me and Mary, we're tight. I pray a Hail Mary every day. But we also say a Lords prayer and the Nicene Creed at every mass. I always want to say the Nicene Creed when people tell me Catholics don't beleive the same thing "real Christians" do.

Those "Christians" are misinformed and ignorant. They usually get their information regarding Catholicism from their Protestant minister or even better, Dan Brown. What is sad is they are usually not interested in learning about what Catholicism teaches (which - hey - is not a big secret. It's all out there) They are quite happy with their misinformation and holier-than-thou piety.(see HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU DIE for a fine example) It's truly sad. Just say a Hail Mary for them.

eta - I'll have to see if I can find it - there was a video of a Baptist minister who was quite upset at Baptists who wear choir robes. Apparently, that made them almost Catholic. My great - grandmother's comment when learning about my mother when she was engaged to my dad - "Bobby, what religion is she?" "Episcopalian". "That's almost as bad as a Catholic!"

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Those "Christians" are misinformed and ignorant. They usually get their information regarding Catholicism from their Protestant minister or even better, Dan Brown. What is sad is they are usually not interested in learning about what Catholicism teaches (which - hey - is not a big secret. It's all out there) They are quite happy with their misinformation and holier-than-thou piety.(see HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU DIE for a fine example) It's truly sad. Just say a Hail Mary for them.

The average person is not well-read and well informed regarding other denominations, other religions, and other anything for which they are not an affiliate.

On that note, there are nonCatholic Christians who have studied Catholicism (or used to be Catholics) and find Catholicism to be against the central tenets of Christianity. That includes people with degrees in theology and divinity who are fully aware of the "Christian aspects" of Catholicism, but chalk that up to the similarities across many religions. Along those lines1, there are Christian denominations/affiliations beyond Catholicism (i.e. Jehovah's Witness) that are very much dismissed by many mainstream Christians. If you ask the members of those denominations/affiliations (i.e. Jehovah's Witness) why they are dismissed they say "those 'Christians' are misinformed and ignorant...they get their information from their ministers...they don't want to learn about us...they are holier than thou and judgmental...." Along those lines2, Christian denominations/affiliations unfortunately exist for a reason and one of those reasons tends to be that people think that certain denominations have Christianity more figured out than the others.

Since we're discussing theology and not simply the internal mechanisms of religiosity and faith.