Why Roman Catholicism is wrong

Korah said:

A hot topic here in TCL is whether to be Roman Catholic or not. I want to start a new thread on why I know RC is not the One True Church, but if so I need guidelines set. Some Roman Catholics are posting lately in TCL. If I set out my dozen reasons against RC, should we allow RCs to defend themselves? If so, we risk letting TCL be taken over like all the threads in General Theology that go to hundreds of posts covering the same points over and over again. And there are more Roman Catholic apologists out there than there are Lutherans.
I suggest I present my dozen reasons and we Lutherans debate among ourselves what should be stricken or reworded or added to. Then the finished product could stand as a "sticky" like the Augsburg Confession.
I also suggest we stick with twelve reasons, however much we alter them, or else expand all the same up to 95.
Korah

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Korah has a great point. We've had tons of Roman Catholics on here asking questions about our doctrine and practice, and they never clearly get the hint that we are not Roman Catholic for a reason. I think that this thread could be very productive, and the Lutherans who are against it can chill because it does not violate any forum rule. I am also one of those who have posted in the Catholic forum to clarify something and have left with more than enough road rage. Nice OP and let's try to keep this thing flowing, I think a lot of people are just mad that this is something as Lutherans we can actually unite on. Of course we could just post the Book of Concord or even the Holy Bible as evidence against Roman Catholocism, but wouldn't it be better to make it available to everyone who doesn't have time to read through the whole BoC?

LH, I firmly feel you are wrong on this matter. There is already an active thread regarding the RC church. Another thread in unnecessary. Also, as has already been pointed out, there is a sticky for the 95theses and we could easily provide the Augsburg Confession if need be. Besides, some may consider posting only so as to try to upset others, whether or not they are correct. If you take the time to think about it, a thread like this is only asking for trouble, as we have already seen with the few replies to the OP. Really, do we want to cause that much trouble without cause?

Our Roman Catholic friends will either post asking questions and the ask more questions. If they are sincere in their wanting to learn and continue asking questions, who are we to put a time limit on the threads? We don't know where the discussion will lead them. Yes, they may not "get it" and they may give up and leave. All we can do is discuss and address their concerns/questions.

Those who come in to "correct" us will give up and leave. These people are as strong in their beliefs as we are in ours.

What Korah is proposing will make it look like we do not want to talk with our RC friends here. That is what people are concerned about. Do we close our doors and say non Lutherans are not allowed? Or do we stay open and welcome non Lutherans to ask questions? I would rather provide a place where our RC friends can come and ask questions where a seed can be planted, than to provide a place that sends the message that they are not encouraged to ask questions and they will search in other places.

But that is just my very humble opinion here.