[Speaking of his Catholic girlfriend, and ignoring the fact that Catholicism is the largest and most powerful sect of CHRISTIANITY]
She does not want a Catholic wedding, she is certainly not Catholic but a Bible believing Christian.
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I can see more pastor talk here!
Let me tell you, from experience, when I go to church:
1.) We have readings from the Bible, which the priest gives us a homily about.
2.) We affirm we believe in Jesus Christ as the Risen Savior.
Still not seeing how I am not a Bible believing Christian because I am Catholic. Oh, right. I don't go around shouting out how the Bible is literal and anyone who disagrees with me is evil.
Now.. which Bible should I believe?
@JESUS PLEASE COME SOON
Far too much to go into here. As a starter:
This spring I, and my parents, helped my sister move to Lancaster, PA. When leaving a restaurant after having lunch, my mother and I overheard a conversation among some people waiting to be seated and they were going on and on about Catholics not being "real" christians. My mom grew up Catholic. I saw the look of incredulity on her face and moved her along quickly (there were ALOT of "them" around).
I imagined Lancaster would be somewhat conservative being an enclave of menonite and amish people, but it was only after I got back home and did some research that I found out that Lancaster is the Alabama of the North.
My experience: Catholic churches have three readings picked from someone higher up such that the priest will have to talk about said readings whether he wants to or not. At another place they had one reading picked by the pastor and did not cycle through the book like the Catholics did. Actually most of the stuff came from the pastor, not the Bible. In my opinion, the Catholics get more of the Bible than that other church (Baptist I think it was).
Catholics are Bible-believing Christians:
"These books [the Bible] are held by the Church as sacred and canonical, not as having been composed by merely human labor and afterwards approved by her authority, nor merely because they contain revelation without error, but because, written under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, they have God for their author, and have been transmitted to the Church as such." (First Vatican Council, Sess. III, Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith, Chapt. 3, "On Faith", 1870)
Catholics and Protestants both cherry-pick scripture to support their beliefs, because the Bible can be read to say almost anything you want. See Romans 3:28, which Protestants point to ("Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law"). Then see James 2:24, which Catholics point to ("Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only"). Luther ignored any part of the Bible that disagreed with Paul (Romans), so he called James an "epistle of straw".
@Ken1971
You're not too far from the mark, considering I live about an hour away from Lancaster and my college is closer still. What the difference is, is that the Amish and Mennonites are conservative but generally keep to their own business. The people you overheard are what you really should be wary of.
So? Being Catholic doesn't mean you are automatically compelled to have a Catholic wedding. It's a matter of personal choice. Also, have you forgotten that Catholics are the world's largest sect of Christians? Also, if I were you I would hang fire with the egotistical bragging, or you won't be getting married.
There was a large study done on this knowledge of the Bible thing. Anyone know the name or link? Evangalists and Baptists (fundies) knew the least, with Atheist knowing more than most denominations but Catholics knew a bit more. They do value knowledge and fundies shun it as too worldly.
Fundies like things explained to them and accept the church interpretations, This is clear from their large numbers supporting Republican mandates which have no Biblical support but are heavily supported from the pulpit and right-wing media.
I'm thinking this guy is a fundie because despite proof they know the least insist they know it all and claim they've read it with their ignorance clearly showing. It doesn't take long on FSTDTs to notice this and their support of right-wing billionaire monarchies.
@Delmania: Why, the KJV of course! All other versions, such as the NRSV, NIV, GNB, and anything else are satanic heresies. I'm surprised you haven't been told this several times, very emphatically, already. 'Cause, you know, that is the original bible, not one of hundreds of translations made over a thousand years after the original text was written and compiled.
@Jud: So Muslims, Hindus, Baha'i and probably others are all Christians?
@protowhalepig: That was rhetorical. Also, there are dozens of bibles, not just two.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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