If I came to a Babtist church and did the following

[BereanTodd]

prayed the rosary
read my Catholic Bible(books from the apocrypha)
talked about purogtory
denounced pre-tribulation rapture

What would happen?

What would happen if I came into the Catholic church and:

refused to pray the rosary
spoke out against the deuterocanonical books
talked about the fact that purgatory is a false doctrine
denounced replacement theology and papal infalability

What would happen?

 

[DeaconDean]

Most SBC churches, would welcome you to the service, allow you to worship. And would hope that as since you would be visiting, it would be hoped that you would respect the Baptist faith in matters of worship. As to praying with the rosary, I would assume that nothing would be said per se, however. The Pastor would more than likely like to talk to you about your beliefs. Quite a few in our congregation carry different Bibles, so I don't see where your Catholic Bible would be a problem. Although you would in most likelyhood not hear a sermon from the apocrypha. As to the "rapture" thing, not all believe the same theory. In our church there are those who believe the pre-trib, post-trib, and the amil. I don't believe there is a "set" rapture belief.

The important thing would respect. It would be expected that you respect Baptist worship practices, while at the same time, we would be expected to respect Catholic worship services if we were to attend. After all, how would your parish priest like to hear an "AMEN" shout from the back of the church?

God Bless

Till all are one.

 

[mlqurgw]

We would probably take you out back and wup you before we burned you at the stake.

 

[arunma]

We would probably take you out back and wup you before we burned you at the stake.

Before we burn him, can we put his rosary on a stake in front of the church? Maybe after we've had a few heretic-burnings, the next Catholic will think twice!

 

[DeaconDean]

We would probably take you out back and wup you before we burned you at the stake.

Followed by a fellowship dinner? You know how we Baptists like any reason to gather together to eat.

Just kidding.

God Bless

Till all are one.

 

[arunma]

Followed by a fellowship dinner? You know how we Baptists like any reason to gather together to eat.

Just kidding.

No need to waste a perfectly good fire, so I'll bring a take & bake pizza.

 

[dave90]

Most SBC churches, would welcome you to the service, allow you to worship. And would hope that as since you would be visiting, it would be hoped that you would respect the Baptist faith in matters of worship. As to praying with the rosary, I would assume that nothing would be said per se, however. The Pastor would more than likely like to talk to you about your beliefs. Quite a few in our congregation carry different Bibles, so I don't see where your Catholic Bible would be a problem. Although you would in most likelyhood not hear a sermon from the apocrypha. As to the "rapture" thing, not all believe the same theory. In our church there are those who believe the pre-trib, post-trib, and the amil. I don't believe there is a "set" rapture belief.

The important thing would respect. It would be expected that you respect Baptist worship practices, while at the same time, we would be expected to respect Catholic worship services if we were to attend. After all, how would your parish priest like to hear an "AMEN" shout from the back of the church?

God Bless

Till all are one.

honestly i always thought that Baptists believe in pre-tribualtion rapture, until i made this thread and found out some of you don't because my best friend is a baptist and this is what his pastor told them, they even have videos on it which i viewed. BTW its not required that Catholics pray the rosary, its your choice.

 

[DeaconDean]

honestly i always thought that Baptists believe in pre-tribualtion rapture, until i made this thread and found out some of you don't because my best friend is a baptist and this is what his pastor told them, they even have videos on it which i viewed.

No problem friend, thats how we learn, ask questions.

BTW its not required that Catholics pray the rosary, its your choice.

Thank you for that information, I was not aware of that. I guess I should have known, for my fellow co-worker is Catholic and I have never seen him use the rosary. Once again, pardon my ignorance.

God Bless

Till all are one.

 

[arunma]

honestly i always thought that Baptists believe in pre-tribualtion rapture, until i made this thread and found out some of you don't because my best friend is a baptist and this is what his pastor told them, they even have videos on it which i viewed. BTW its not required that Catholics pray the rosary, its your choice.

Indeed this is the stereotype, but it isn't always true. In my experience, Southern Baptists tend to believe in the pre-tribulation rapture, but as Dean pointed out, many do not. And as I mentioned earlier, most people at my church do not believe in the pre-tribulation rapture either.

 

[Flynmonkie]

prayed the rosary
read my Catholic Bible(books from the apocrypha)
talked about purogtory
denounced pre-tribulation rapture

What would happen?

Hey! Well, I guess you have a bit of a jest of what people think but truly, the more mature Baptists would be happy to have you fellowship, no matter the minor difference that is non-essential to salvation.

Personally, if you were my friend, I would not mind you believed in purogtory, but I feel compelled to believe that absent from the Body, present with the Lord. I believe the point of scriptures is to give us assurance, so if there is ANYTHING that negates that assurance -- it is not accurate.

You will find all sorts of arguments on when Christ will come but I think if you bottom line it.. we all know that we have no idea. Again, this is where the assurance of our salvation comes in.

Actually, many Baptists DO study the apocrypha or Deuterocanon. In fact, many of the well-respected pastors in the Baptist faith encourage it. Such as John MacAurthur. I think the Catholics have a good idea on this however, personally again, I think there are issues with how many of those texts the Catholics agree with or not. I think it is important to read any texts we can get our hands on to understand if anything what that era was like, I feel there is much to be gleaned from it. You know, I just last week spoke to a Catholic friend about the "additional" books she has in her Bible than most Baptists, she had no idea. Many Baptists don’t either (but many, just as there are catholic many do not really read their Bible or study in the first place- this is unfortunate for all Christians)

Now, if you prayed "to" the rosary.. I would wonder why. Again, we are back to assurance of salvation and having that direct line to God. But if you had a rosary that seemed to help or you enjoyed as a reminder or your own personal relationship with God, I see no problem there. We are all on our own walk of santification. But of course, these beliefs throw me into a "liberal" camp, many times I have been accused of being a closet Catholic.. If you knew me you would know that could not be further from the truth. I view the catholic denomination as I do the military.. Creeps me out. I am not one to be ordered about.. But God still works with me I guess! I have many Catholic Christian friends that I hold very dear. Bottom line, as long as you are working on your own personal intimate relationship with God and knowing His assurance (that assurance that took for Him to sacrifice his son/ his self to show his love for us) you are on the right track. God promises that He will give you knowledge if you seek it.

Oh yeah, another thing, you would be fed to death! LOL!

 

[edie19]

Followed by a fellowship dinner? You know how we Baptists like any reason to gather together to eat.

Just kidding.

God Bless

Till all are one.

No - we'd feed him first and then burn him. Have to get the order right.

edie

 

[aReformedPatriot]

prayed the rosary
read my Catholic Bible(books from the apocrypha)
talked about purogtory
denounced pre-tribulation rapture

What would happen?

Most in my church would listen to what you had to say, especially about the apocrypha and purgatory as they are not common discussions (though they are had from time to time). The rosary would be prohibited as it is an act of idolatry. We're pretty lenient on eschatology and you would probably find most in my Church in agreement with your end times view.

In all honesty, we would begin to share Christ with you. We regard Roman Catholics as having the same fundamental distortions of the Gospel as any other lost group. Prima Facie, many aspects of your doctrine appear agreeable. But then doctrines are very carefully defined and under that appealing surface lay a plethora of false and anti-biblical doctrine.

 

[VCViking]

prayed the rosary
read my Catholic Bible(books from the apocrypha)
talked about purogtory
denounced pre-tribulation rapture

What would happen?

Hopefully you would get saved!

 

[VCViking]

Just kidding.

 

[MikeMcK]

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[MikeMcK]

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[dave90]

If you were causing a disturbance or a distraction, you would be asked to leave.

If not, you would simply be corrected using the scriptures and probably asked if you know the Lord.

((Note to mods: Before you give me an infraction for questioning his salvation, note that I am not questioning his salvation, just answering his question as to what would happen.))

Jesus "Endure to the End" or Calvin "Once Saved Always Saved"

 

[rainbowpromise]

We ask any visitor if they know the Lord because the truth is, many times we just don't know.

I've been in many churches where the first words out of their mouth are, "do you know the Lord" or, "have you been born again".

Never offended me in the least. In fact, I was grateful for the opportunity to share what Jesus did for me.

It's better to share the Gospel with someone who's already saved, than not to share the Gospel and potentially let somebody go to Hell because you didn't speak up.

In my case it was at a church that I attended for quite some time. I was not offended.

 

[Monica02]

What would happen if I came into the Catholic church and:

refused to pray the rosary
spoke out against the deuterocanonical books
talked about the fact that purgatory is a false doctrine
denounced replacement theology and papal infalability

What would happen?

Some of the so-called Catholic parishes around here are so defiant and dissenting that the priest would probably slap you on the back and give you an award.




Mention that you are pro-female ordination, pro-homosexual activity, pro-abortion and do not believe in Hell or sin and you would probably get elected Pastor Wonderful for the month!

 

[peacechild]

If you were to show up and do all that at the churches I attended in my childhood, you probably would have come close to ending up in the hospital.

In one church, I surmise that the pastor would have summoned all the men of the church to physically make you leave; You would be asked to not come back.

At another church, the pastor would have no doubt pointed his finger in your face and "slightly raise his voice" until he turned white and breathless, then he would've asked you to leave and be about the "devils business".

And at yet another church, the pastor's son (assistant pastor) would have taken you into his office, thrown you against the wall and hit you over the head with a bible, perhaps he would've broken your nose--as he once did to a teen who refused to go on a "soul-winning" trip-- then he would have had several people testify for him that he did not touch you. You would be welcomed back as long as you repeated the sinner's prayer, publically apologized to everyone in the congregation, then got baptized so that they could add you to their church statistics in order to brag about how many baptisms and sinners' prayers took place because of them.