It just amazes me how many so-called christians ignore Jesus, non-catholics revere Paul and Catholics are a mother goddess cult masquerading as christian.
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Funny thing... if it wasn't for the Catholics... these Protestants wouldn't be here. And, I've been to mass with my wife and daughter (no, I'm not Catholic) enough to know that Catholics are Christians... and you know what, Marcion? If you read the Fathers of the Church, you know what you'll find? That they were... wait for it... Catholic!
To be somewhat fair, some of the more fringe Catholics do seem to worship Mary and even place more value on her than they do on God or Jesus. They just don't like admitting to it.
But this is still pretty stupid.
Someone doesn't understand Catholicism.
If there were a scintilla of truth in what Marcion saysm, then Christianity was invented by Luther in about 1519 AD, and even he was fond of the Virgin.
So your religion is purly man-invented! No need to bother about it, then.
You know, he's got something of a point. If Christians acted more like... well, Christ , I'd have far fewer reasons to take exception with religion.
Well, as an Italian , I do see how worship of saints and Mary verges on idolatry. I'm actually quite amazed, as an atheist, of how ignorant and even borderline-blasphemous catholic believers can be. But then again, incorporating minor pagan deities in "official" religion is the price you pay for quickly expanding christianity.
Meh.
It's a stupid thing to say, but hardly Fundie.
His user name 'Maricon' means 'fag'.
He's dissing Catholics and Protestants both, and while I wouldn't have said what he did, I can't see it qualifying as either religiously or secularly Fundie.
EDIT: My mistake.
His user-name is 'Marcion', the name of one of the earliest Christian heretics.
So, he's still dissing both Catholic and Protestant, but arguing for a third flavour of turd soup.
as a former catholic, I am going to school you. You see, if what you mean by a mother goddess cult is Catholics believing Mary is sacred, then you're wrong. Catholics don't worship Mary as a goddess. They believe she's special for giving birth to Jesus and for saying yes to God's supposed command-according to them, she could have said no if she wanted to.
HA.
Jesus, forgive them. They know not what they speak of. These people are ignorant and foolish.
On a less somber note, WTF is this person talking about?
#1291648
John
Translation: "Nobody's a real Christian except me and the 60 members of my independent fundamentalist church."
5/22/2011 4:25:48 PM
you forgot to add one "and even then I'm not even sure about those heathens, I and I only am the only TRUE christian"
What's so wrong about revering the woman who gave birth to your friggin' savior? I mean, this woman is supposedly the Mother of God. I'd say she deserves some respect in that case.
For the record, any Christian who's anti-sex is basically giving props to Paul.
No, Catholics are the awesomest branch of Christianity because they engage in weekly ritualized cannibalism.
In all other regards they are just like any other very very large group of people with a single common interest; some awesome, and some cruddy, and some just kind of there.
"Marcion". Yup, wondered if that was crafted after Marcion the docetic heretic. A couple have noted that possibility. Wonder what his "schtick" is in theology. Marcion thought the old testament gawd and the new testament gawd were not the same. But also, revered the writings of Paul big time. So WTF on this guys theology.
According to history, Roman Catholics are the first christians, or was that the Russian Orthodox? At any rate, you wouldnt have Protestants without Catholicism.
Oh and if the Dead Sea Scrolls wouldnt be that old, because paper deteriorates over time.
According to history, Roman Catholics are the first christians, or was that the Russian Orthodox? At any rate, you wouldnt have Protestants without Catholicism.
Oh and if the Dead Sea Scrolls wouldnt be that old, because paper deteriorates over time.
@brianisha
I believe the first church would have been called Catholic (if anything at all besides "Christian")- Catholic just means "Universal".
The church broke apart into the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. (The Russian Orthodox Church is just one part of the "Orthodox Church" but the national names are usually used as their are several independent "Patriarchies" within the Church.)
The Protestants broke away from the Roman Catholic portion of the church.
Anti-Catholic bullshit aside he's right, most Christians are more apt to follow Paul than Jesus and the vast majority don't even comprehend that their teachings differ.
I'm even willing to bet that the person who made this post hypocritically derives a great deal of his morality from the old testament and Paul more so than anything Jesus said.
Not that any of them are right but he has a point in the middle of this raving lunacy, how many Christians resemble their savior in the least? All of them, this guy included, just bend things to fit their worldview or their "true" Christianity.
@ jane_dont: I know, right? Must be just a more sophisticated rendition of "Girls have cooties"
@ Everyone who this might interest: I found out-in the BIBLE-that there IS a Divine Feminine among the Trinity and She is the Real Deal! It's not Father, Son and Holy Spirit...it's actually Father, MOTHER and Son, indwelt and unified by the Holy Spirit. www.christiansforthedivinefeminine.com
Read it and weep, Fundies! Note: I will not be held responsible for any exploding heads!
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