Why I could personally never chose to be Catholic

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Feb 12, 2018
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Reasons why I could personally never chose to be Catholic:

Baptist prospective

1st of all, comparing spiritual things with spiritual, I feel that as old as the Roman Catholic Church is; it still has not worked out it's kinks.
-
1 Corinthians 2:13
(KJV Bible)

I feel like if I'm going to partake congregationally to worship, it is a absolute must that i am 100% comfortable with the Church and its Doctrines, all elements combined.
-
Galatians 1:6-7
(of
Galatians 1:1-12
) (KJV Bible)

It is well known most Baptist have issues with Catholicism because of the Catholic claim of: transubstantiation. Within the ritual of a catholic mass, the pope holds a piece of bread, turns his back, and while his back is turned. Proclaims that it "literally" turns into the physical flesh of Christ.

3rdly, Christ is the head of the Church, There is absolutely no need for a Pope. It is opposite of scriptural and from what Iv heard, Pagan derived.
-
1 Corinthians 11:3
(KJV Bible)

God Bless you,
I have large hopes that you find a profitable King James Version Only proud and preaching Church near you & find the Bible way to Heaven.
 
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finaldesire

Guest
#2
Reasons why I could personally never chose to be Catholic:

Baptist prospective

1st of all, comparing spiritual things with spiritual, I feel that as old as the Roman Catholic Church is; it still has not worked out it's kinks.
-
1 Corinthians 2:13
(KJV Bible)

I feel like if I'm going to partake congregationally to worship, it is a absolute must that i am 100% comfortable with the Church and its Doctrines, all elements combined.
-
Galatians 1:6-7
(of
Galatians 1:1-12
) (KJV Bible)

It is well known most Baptist have issues with Catholicism because of the Catholic claim of: transubstantiation. Within the ritual of a catholic mass, the pope holds a piece of bread, turns his back, and while his back is turned. Proclaims that it "literally" turns into the physical flesh of Christ.

3rdly, Christ is the head of the Church, There is absolutely no need for a Pope. It is opposite of scriptural and from what Iv heard, Pagan derived.
-
1 Corinthians 11:3
(KJV Bible)

God Bless you,
I have large hopes that you find a profitable King James Version Only proud and preaching Church near you & find the Bible way to Heaven.
That was very interesting up to the part that you hope I find a KJVO preaching church. Personally I can not deal with organized religion, any organized religion. Catholicism is but one of them, I don't single them out, as they are as bad as each other.
 

Nehemiah6

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Jul 18, 2017
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#3
Personally I can not deal with organized religion, any organized religion.
How about DISORGANIZED RELIGION, with dancing in the ailses and rolling on the floor laughing? :) Just kidding.
 

Lafftur

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Apr 18, 2017
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How about DISORGANIZED RELIGION, with dancing in the ailses and rolling on the floor laughing? :) Just kidding.
I'm NOT kidding! LOL! That sounds like my kind of church!! LOL!! :)
 

Blain

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Aug 28, 2012
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The reasons I could never be a Catholic is the following.
I refuse to pray to Mary
I don't like how insanely strict they are
They are much more into tradition than they are in God himself
They hold the church in much more regard than God himself, not the body but the building and sanctum itself
You have to go to a confession and confess to pastor and you call them father as well as the pope
The pope is treated like a king it's like he Jesus Christ himself to them
They put their faith in a crucifix more than they do in God himself
They use prayer beads as if it somehow enhances their prayer power
If there is an exorcism and one is an exorcist they repeat scripture as if it's a spell
 

Adstar

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Jul 24, 2016
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Well as an ex-catholic i am gald when people declare that they will never be catholics :D
 
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jaybird88

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How about DISORGANIZED RELIGION, with dancing in the ailses and rolling on the floor laughing? :) Just kidding.
as long as they are non Catholic with their kjv bibles they are walking the correct path.

i saw some Catholics giving food to the hungry the other day and it just made me sick.
 

Lucy-Pevensie

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Dec 20, 2017
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I chose to leave Catholicism and repent of idol worship when I was young and started to read the Bible. I also left behind the dated KJV because I associate it heavily with the dead, boring religion that I left.
 
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I chose to leave Catholicism and repent of idol worship when I was young and started to read the Bible. I also left behind the dated KJV because I associate it heavily with the dead, boring religion that I left.
As I grow with it, my faith is strengthened as well.

Saved @ 7 yrs old.
 

Lucy-Pevensie

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Dec 20, 2017
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As I grow with it, my faith is strengthened as well.

Saved @ 7 yrs old.
BTW just to be clear, I don't reject the KJV as the word of God. I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading it. (I have one) It's just not my preference for everyday usage.
 

Lucy-Pevensie

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How about DISORGANIZED RELIGION, with dancing in the ailses and rolling on the floor laughing? :) Just kidding.
Still afraid of The Holy Spirit I see ;)

2 Samuel 6 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]16 And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.[/FONT]
 
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finaldesire

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The reasons I could never be a Catholic is the following.
I refuse to pray to Mary
I don't like how insanely strict they are
They are much more into tradition than they are in God himself
They hold the church in much more regard than God himself, not the body but the building and sanctum itself
You have to go to a confession and confess to pastor and you call them father as well as the pope
The pope is treated like a king it's like he Jesus Christ himself to them
They put their faith in a crucifix more than they do in God himself
They use prayer beads as if it somehow enhances their prayer power
If there is an exorcism and one is an exorcist they repeat scripture as if it's a spell
Well this is what happens to a religion after 2000 years.
 

Katy-follower

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Still afraid of The Holy Spirit I see ;)

2 Samuel 6 (KJV)

14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
16 And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

I think Nehemiah may have been referring to the "Holy Laughter" and those rolling around "drunk" as shown here.

The scripture that instantly comes to mind is... Galatians 5:22-23: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control"

[video=youtube;tnN4fjHvnu8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnN4fjHvnu8[/video]
 

Ahwatukee

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Mar 12, 2015
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Reasons why I could personally never chose to be Catholic:

Baptist prospective

1st of all, comparing spiritual things with spiritual, I feel that as old as the Roman Catholic Church is; it still has not worked out it's kinks.
-
1 Corinthians 2:13
(KJV Bible)

I feel like if I'm going to partake congregationally to worship, it is a absolute must that i am 100% comfortable with the Church and its Doctrines, all elements combined.
-
Galatians 1:6-7
(of
Galatians 1:1-12
) (KJV Bible)

It is well known most Baptist have issues with Catholicism because of the Catholic claim of: transubstantiation. Within the ritual of a catholic mass, the pope holds a piece of bread, turns his back, and while his back is turned. Proclaims that it "literally" turns into the physical flesh of Christ.

3rdly, Christ is the head of the Church, There is absolutely no need for a Pope. It is opposite of scriptural and from what Iv heard, Pagan derived.
-
1 Corinthians 11:3
(KJV Bible)

God Bless you,
I have large hopes that you find a profitable King James Version Only proud and preaching Church near you & find the Bible way to Heaven.

I would much rather consult the actual Greek, the Interlinear and compare all of the major translations side by side, then just rely on the KJV. We have much better translations today than the KJV.
 
Mar 28, 2016
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The Catholics refuse to mix faith the unseen spiritual understanding in what they do hear or see. They take that which is signified in parables and and turn it into that which is literal. Making the prescribed manner to no effect.Therefore they must walk by sight after as signs and lying wonders gospel .( the dramma religion) Having received their reward a proud hard heart pretending the things seen are the eternal

2Co 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
 

badgerpaw

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When I was still a Catholic, lots of people tried to point out the stuff about Mary, the intercession of the saints, the "Holy Father" issue, etc. It was only so much anti Catholic rhetoric to my ears.

There is one thing central to the Catholic faith, the mass... and because of that, there was only one reason that converted my heart.


“4 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: 25 nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 26 for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself” Hebrews 9:24-26

So much then, for the "sacrifice of the mass". These poor people are trying to improve what the Lord Jesus Christ already did, once and perfectly.
 
Dec 28, 2016
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Moral of the OP:

1) Avoid Roman Catholicism.

2) Avoid KJVO churches.

3) Avoid KJVO'ers.
 

Lucy-Pevensie

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Dec 20, 2017
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I think Nehemiah may have been referring to the "Holy Laughter" and those rolling around "drunk" as shown here.

The scripture that instantly comes to mind is... Galatians 5:22-23: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control"
The fruit of the Spirit is a different subject.