Why the Animosity ?

[The Midge]

Amen.

 

[Durelen]

My question is why is there so much animosity, verging on abject dislike, between catholics and non-catholics when the core of our belief is the same.

Col

You must have never read Foxe's book of myrters.
Anyhoot, I don't see this much in these forums, but then again I'm not looking for it. I've had great Catholic friends and I've known those who distrusted Catholics deeply.

 

[BAChristian]

Catholics and Orthodox believe that it is their responsibility to convert us and "bring us home" to the apostlic church.

Hmmm...when I hear, "it is their responsibility", I hear, "they are called to actively go out and convert people".

That's not necessarily true -- at least not for me. I may want to evangelize and minister, but I'm not going to "drag you to Church", so to speak...

I encourage others to seek God's path no matter what faith in Christ they choose. If a Catholic friend told me he was going to become a Baptist, I would ask him why, but I'd totally support him, because that's his walk with God...

If I didn't, I would be hyprocritical, considering that I expect that exact same kind of support from others for me right now...

 

[ej]

Why the Animosity ?

Because there are a lot of people out there who will go to most any length to prove themselves right.

Christianity teaches acceptance, love, humility, and that we must seek the truth.
There are a lot of Christians, both Catholic and non-Catholic, who strive for this. Sadly, there are also many who do not


I look at it like this:

-An acquaintance walks into the room and tells me something which I know to be untrue / biased
-I calmly tell them my version of the truth and await their response
-Discussion ensues, and we either agree to disagree, OR we realise that our differences are due to perspective, OR we one or both change our thoughts.

I have my theory as to why this doesn't happen in IDD, anyone else have any thoughts?

 

[pmarquette]

Note: If I am not supposed to ask this question in this area I won't be offended if you need to move it or delete it or give me a smack. I wasn't sure whether to put it on OBOB or PRE, but as a protestant I thought I would be in less trouble posting it her.

This is not meant to incite anyone to violence (albeit "post violence"), or create a debate or a "my God is better than your God" discussion, nor is it meant to be a platform for eitherside to drum up business.

My question is why is there so much animosity, verging on abject dislike, between catholics and non-catholics when the core of our belief is the same.
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Perception : we have same beliefs .... yes and no ; reality is we have similar beliefs , differing on dogma , doctrine , and applications .

We have 2 different books [ Old Testament ] and same book [ New Testament ] .
We approach the Bible from opposite directions - catholics use the book to support teaching and tradition ; protestants use the book in the mouth of 2-3 witnesses to denote a doctrine .

Protestants believe entire work is literal ( genesis to revelation ) catholic's tend to believe what supports their leadership's position's is literal ( quotes on peter and keys ; peter as leader ; bread and wine as body and blood , etc. ; yet back off on scriptures like Mark 11.23-4 ; Mark 16.16-20 ; 1 John 5.14-18 ; James 4.2-3 ; 4.7 on believer's ( laity authority ).

In order to fellowship , we must avoid doctrinal issues , points of dissention , find what we can agree on ( apostle's creed , Lord's prayer , virginity of Mary , Jesus as Lord and savior , etc. ) and go from there .