Your comment: “At least these denominations are sticking with what they believe the bible to say...The Catholic religion just invents junk that has no biblical basis and calls it doctrine or dogma...And then calls itself the one, true religion...
Do they? Some are accepting of divorce and remarriage, abortion,birth control, homosexuality and same sex marriage.
The Catholic Church is based on the teachings of Jesus, and the protestant religions were formed by man; Luther, Calvin, etc,
From a protestant site:
all Protestant denominations agree on is that the Roman Catholic Church is not the one true church of God. Protestant denominations are unanimous in rejecting the papacy, the supremacy of Rome, prayer to saints/Mary, worship of saints/Mary, transubstantiation, purgatory, and most other Roman Catholic dogmas. Sola Scriptura has led all Protestant denominations to the same conclusion – the Bible does not teach many of the things Roman Catholics practice/believe. Further, outside of disagreeing with Roman Catholicism, the Protestant denominations agree on far more issues than they disagree on. Most of the Protestant denominations were formed because of a non-essential doctrine, a side issue, on which Christians can agree to disagree. Really???
Read more: http://www.gotquestions.org/Protestant-denominations.html#ixzz3dbLJxwaD
The Catholic teachings are all based on the Bible and the teachings of Jesus, except where protestants and others
misrepresent these teachings.
This is a PROVABLE lie!
Huh?
Really? Don’t think so.
Protestant denominations are unanimous in rejecting the papacy, the supremacy of Rome, prayer to saints/Mary, worship of saints/Mary, transubstantiation, purgatory, and most other Roman Catholic dogmas. ...
The Catholic teachings are all based on the Bible and the teachings of Jesus, except where protestants and others misrepresent these teachings.
Where to start?
The Catholic religion was/is formed by men. It is a cult of great magnitude with evolving "traditions". It does NOT teach Scripture, but rather, it misquotes and misdirects away from the Truth taught by the Holy Spirit.
Yes, Protestant sects are (nearly) unanimous in rejecting such fables and myths taught by the cult of Roman Catholicism. Those are things which have sprung up in the latter years, and were NEVER taught in Scripture. Even you missed the 'talking points" when you admitted that RCC's do indeed WORSHIP Mary.
It is easy to refute the heresies of Roman Catholic cultists. All that is needed is Scripture and a heavy dose of the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 7: ... 22 Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.
23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
26 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
And more than that, the bible teaches many things that are contrary to the Catholic religion...The practices of the Catholic religion are condemned in the bible...
The Catholic teachings are all based on the Bible and the teachings of Jesus, except where protestants and others misrepresent these teachings.
If that was true there wouldn't be so many millions of non Catholic Christians who reject the Catholic religion based on what the scriptures say...
Here's something Catholics don't know...
Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Rom 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
We Christians have the same Holy Spirit 'in us' as the Holy Spirit you guys claim is leading your pope...We have the same teacher...Neither your popes nor any other Catholic clergy has the authority to understand the scriptures any more than we do...