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What is wrong with being a Catholic?

There is no problem in believing in any religion. If that is how you want to spend your life, so be it. I don't have a problem.

However, if someone asks why I'm an atheist then starts a debate about it, I will defend my beliefs as will they.

Most of it isn't hate, it's just us stating why we don't believe in it and stating our side of the argument.
 
Jimmy said:
  1. The belief that all people are guilty of the sin of adam, from the most innocent baby, to the kindest man alive, and that we all deserve to suffer for the sin of a man who lived 6,000 years ago is absolutely appalling.
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I don't fully understand Catholocism, but is it stating that you're being punished for what Adam did in the Garden of Eden? Or Just for your sins in general?
 
Kleenex said:
Most people here are atheists, so they don't tend to like people who are outspoken Christians. I'm a Protestant (Methodist, to be specific), but it's not like we don't like you. You really can't talk about Protestantism as everyone thinking the same exact way. Apparently, and correct me if I'm wrong, you pray to the Virgin Mary. You should pray only to God (according to us), and praying to Mary is like worshiping her, because if you pray to her, you expect her to solve problems, and only God can do so.
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No we just don't believe in an old book about a old guy with a beard in the sky that created everything.

We or anyone shouldn't like people that make ridiculous claims and others support it without a single piece of scientific evidence.
 
Maleficent said:
No we just don't believe in an old book about a old guy with a beard in the sky that created everything.

We or anyone shouldn't like people that make ridiculous claims and others support it without a single piece of scientific evidence.
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So you do believe that there was nothing except for one atom? Then, it expanded rapidly, magically creating planets and stars and galaxies? And life magically formed on Earth? How's that for a ridiculous claim
 
Kleenex said:
So you do believe that there was nothing except for one atom? Then, it expanded rapidly, magically creating planets and stars and galaxies? And life magically formed on Earth? How's that for a ridiculous claim
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The big bang theory is not about an atom magically creating planets and stars. Perhaps you should pick up a book (a science book, that is) and read about it?
 
Kleenex said:
So you do believe that there was nothing except for one atom? Then, it expanded rapidly, magically creating planets and stars and galaxies? And life magically formed on Earth? How's that for a ridiculous claim
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But you can believe a magical deity that magically created the world in 7 days?
Jimmy said:
The big bang theory is not about an atom magically creating planets and stars. Perhaps you should pick up a book (a science book, that is) and read about it?
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^this
 
Niini said:
An aside: Only said Catholic because I know next to nothing about other branches of Christianity.

So noticed alot of religion hate on this board and I'm wondering just why you guys think being a Catholic is wrong. A modern Catholic at that, none of this quoting an eye for an eye and thinking that that kind of perspective is still taught/encouraged.

I myself have only experienced positivity and support from Catholisism, what teachings have thrown some of you guys off?
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I don't believe in an invisible deity myself. I don't have "faith" in the religion.

A modern Catholic should not be brushing off the old testament and saying it doesn't count. That's part of your book, written by your people. You can't ignore what your religion was founded upon and exclude the negativity in the old testament. Reading it was the main reason I left Christianity. It's not right to issue the commandments and violate them.

I just don't like any religion to be frank. It feels so backwards to be worshiping an invisible 'God' who does not participate in our lives as far as we know.
 
Konner for 2012 said:
I don't believe in an invisible deity myself. I don't have "faith" in the religion.

A modern Catholic should not be brushing off the old testament and saying it doesn't count. That's part of your book, written by your people. You can't ignore what your religion was founded upon and exclude the negativity in the old testament. Reading it was the main reason I left Christianity. It's not right to issue the commandments and violate them.

I just don't like any religion to be frank. It feels so backwards to be worshiping an invisible 'God' who does not participate in our lives as far as we know.
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Do Catholics really disregard everything stated in the Old Testament?
 
Kleenex said:
I didn't say you couldn't believe in the Bing Bang Theory; I meant that your beliefs are just as crazy as ours.
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Since when is having proof of something crazy? I think the people that have the facts right in front of their faces but just choose to ignore it are crazy.
 
Konner for 2012 said:
I don't believe in an invisible deity myself. I don't have "faith" in the religion.

A modern Catholic should not be brushing off the old testament and saying it doesn't count. That's part of your book, written by your people. You can't ignore what your religion was founded upon and exclude the negativity in the old testament. Reading it was the main reason I left Christianity. It's not right to issue the commandments and violate them.

I just don't like any religion to be frank. It feels so backwards to be worshiping an invisible 'God' who does not participate in our lives as far as we know.
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The old testament is the Jewish bible, Catholics didn't write it.
 
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I have to say one thing about Christan faith and science, I myself claim Christian beliefs (Non-denominational) and I also am and avid believer in science and scientific proof. The Bible can be interpreted many ways, and the creation theories are just that Theories the Bible has a theory, science has theory, everyone has a theory on how this all happened. You can't argue something that doesn't have any solid proof, like you can't prove or disprove the existence of God because there is no proof either way.
 
The problems with catholics is they added traditions and other things not in the bible to the religion.
 
Emperor_Nero said:
I have to say one thing about Christan faith and science, I myself claim Christian beliefs (Non-denominational) and I also am and avid believer in science and scientific proof. The Bible can be interpreted many ways, and the creation theories are just that Theories the Bible has a theory, science has theory, everyone has a theory on how this all happened. You can't argue something that doesn't have any solid proof, like you can't prove or disprove the existence of God because there is no proof either way.
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This isn't about the existence of a deity there are plenty other threads discussing that
 
Kleenex said:
Do Catholics really disregard everything stated in the Old Testament?
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I introduce you to the term "Selective Catholosism", whereby the individual picks and chooses the parts of Catholosism they wish to adhere to, do not attend mass, ignore events in Catholosism's history and so on.
 
Niini said:
I introduce you to the term "Selective Catholosism", whereby the individual picks and chooses the parts of Catholosism they wish to adhere to, do not attend mass, ignore events in Catholosism's history and so on.
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Do they have a term like that for Christianity?
 
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