Why do people hate Christians?, page 5

Originally posted by WolfofWar

Originally posted by shaunybaby
david blain didn't eat for 44 days, therefore jesus not eating for 40 days and 40 nights is not such a god-like thing to do.

unless david blain is also a man that came from god! he's jesus numba 2!

Why most people hate christianity...

They egotystically believe that their religion is the only possibility, and all those that dont believe in it will be damned.

They insist on forcing others in other cultures to accept their religion, getting their hands into trying to convince primitive tribes that theyre way of life is wrong.

They're stubborn and usually very ignorant to the world

They have caused nothing but trouble in the world (too many crusades)

the list goes on...

That is entirely not true. The true CHURCH does not believe that you have to be catholic to be saved. There are many catholic extremist that are BLINDED BY FAITH and say all theses clamis blaitlyny to make a statment. I'm currently desscerning a Catholic vocation of a becoming a Brother. I know what I'm talking about. There are many catholic teachers that impose this belief. Its a false hood. BUT what we do believe is that if you outright reject God and say NO I DON"T BELIEVE IN YOU YOU ARE NOT REAL and truly believe that then that is cause for you to be judged. As for the radical catholics that say these sthings. NO ONE and I mean NO ONE Has the right to judge another person by saying this will be saved and this won't. As far as we are concerned by doctrin and Dogma we actually believe that NO SOUL except satan is in hell.

I quote from the "Catholic Peoples Encyclopedia; Catholic book of Knowldge"

Hell is the state and the place of the damned-thoes who, dying in unrepented mortal sin, are subjected to eternal punnishment. THe existence of hell is part of Catholic doctrine, defined in several Councils. Our Lord teaches its existince , speaking of "the fire of hell", of the outer darkness where "there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matt. 8:12), of the total loss of body and soul of thoes condemned to hell (Matt.13:40-42), a fire which is "unquenchable" and "Eternal". Such descriptions can leave no doubt as to the reality of hell as a place of eternal punnishment. THis is the general teaching of the Church which is fully confirmed bt all Christian tradition.

Hell was prepared for the devil and his angles (Matt.25:41). It is the opposite of Heaven. Though the Church has never declared that any person is in hell except the devil and his angles, constant Catholic teaching has always been that there is no alternative for the unrepentant sinner.

God is not unjust to exclude from his presence thoes who die defying him. Even elementary human justice requires that thoes who die thus should not enjoy the reward of virtue. It is true that God's mercy is as infinite as his justice but the unrepentant sinner dies without asking for that mercy; the sinner condems himself or herself to hell.

THe foot note says to also see damnation.
Here is what it defines Damnation as..

Damnation, the state of the damned, thoes condemend to eternal punnishment in Hell. Thoes who die rejecting God, that is, in mortal sin, damn themsleves irrevocably to a state in which their will is fixed in evil for all eternity. There is, therefore no possiblity of repentance, for the damned hat the just God who excludes them from his presence.

No one is predestined to Hell. If anyone condems himself or herself to hell, he does it by his own choice. The unrepentant sinner dies without asking for God's mercy without wich no one can be saved. It is in this sense that he condems himself to Hell.

The church has never declared that any person is actaully in hell-- that is, in the state of damnation-- except the devil and his angels. But its constant preaching is that the unrepentant sinner has nowhere else to go.

So what is all this talk about "Mortal Sin" here you go

Mortal sin is an offence against God by refusing to obey his law in a serious matter. It is called "mortal" becasue its effect upon the soul is to destroy the grace of God. With out this grace the soul is deprived of supernatural life, its sharing in the devine life. A person who dies in this state of grave sin is incapable of seeing God face to face and of enjoying eternal life. Instead he is doomed to everlasting death.

Catholic theologians maintain that , for a sin to be mortal, it must involve and offence which is gravely wrong in itself )for example murder, blasphemy, adultery). It must also be done freely and dliberately-- the sinner must be fully aware of what he or she is doing and must understand the evil of the action. If any one of thoes conditions is not fullfilied then it is not a mortal sin. Even the greatest sinner, however, can obtain God's forgivness by making a sincere act of sorrow.

Even the greatest sinner, however, can obtain God's forgivness by making a sincere act of sorrow. ----- what that is saying is that as long as you are truly sorry for your sin it will be forgiven with or without a preist.

As for the second part of the post about the crusades. Think of the times and teh reasons. You had many people in religous authority who were there solely for power. Just because you obtain a relgious seat does not mean that God picked them. The point of the origonal crisades was to recapture the holy land. The crusades aslo mostly invo,lved christans and muslms. The christans have sence given statments and doctrins of appeal and letters and statemtnst saying they were sorry and we have sense quit. THe catholics have not gone on a relgious purgeing conquest in a long time. Different time different people.