Is everything Catholic wrong? Any good things?

Would it be a terrifying slippery slope to concede any good point to the Catholic Church?

I don’t think the same way about Baptists, I often find myself agreeing completely with them about the state of the world, even have the same politics amazingly.

I’m not frightened to discuss their beliefs, although not all of them have the same beliefs, but I think at least understanding each belief properly is important to dispel prejudice and misunderstandings.

Fear, prejudice and mistrust aren’t part of the Christian way, we all hold that Jesus is our Lord and Savior and King. Why not start there, if our hearts are large enough?

 

I only know that I’m learning stuff all the time, I’m only a garden contractor. But I’ve always reckoned that people can come together in mutual understanding if they properly explain their positions on things. I know even Baptist’s disagree on stuff, and I’ve only seen it once where two pastors condemned each other.

Don’t give up on it mate, Jesus prayed that we would all be one. If we put away prejudice, mistrust and hostility, I reckon we can find common ground.

We can get cynical over years and nurse nastiness against different people but as Christians we can’t give in to it.
I wouldn’t reject a baptist in need, I would treat him as a brother and fellow Christian.

 

So Catholics are completely alien to you?

 

I’ve always wondered as side note, why Baptist’s in particular judge people as lost or damned. In my understanding of scripture, judgement is God’s place alone.
That the “ judge not least yea be judged “ scripture was a warning against judging against someone’s salvation. It’s Jesus Sovereign space to us.
I tried to tell a young bloke working for me about it, but it seemed ingrained in him to condemn dudes.
Not saying all Baptist’s do that, but it seems like a recurring theme in the culture.

 

I don’t know, is there a distinction between condemning an individual and a whole multitude.

Those kinds of things I don’t go anywhere near, we were taught to pray for graces and call down mercy on people who we thought were off the rails.

 

What do you mean?

 

From that I can only assume we have very different views on history amongst other things.