How do you respond to criticism or misconceptions about the Catholic faith?
When people approach me and debunk our Marian doctrines ( Dogmas ), I try to explain some thingsā¦I tell them if I canāt answer certain questions, I have a multitude of areas within my Church, Vatican Docs, excellent apologists, and other areas such as the CCC etcā¦However some will not come backā¦Sometimes I will phone them if I feel that they are interested and invite them for coffee ( orthe like ) . Some are trying very hard to accept my answersā¦ which I research to make sureā¦Some donāt approach me anymoreā¦ WE must pray for themā¦
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We must each work out our own salvationā¦
Try to listen to their comment and respond with scripture if the Bible is their sole source of authority or if I g do not know tell them I will get back to them. Or I may go on the offense and have them answer questions that when answered with show what is not correct in their position. I try not to debate.
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I first like to say something along the lines of, āIf I want to know what a Baptist believes, I ask a practicing Baptist; if I want to know what a Methodist believes, I ask a practicing Methodist; and if I want to know what a Lutheran believes, I ask a practicing Lutheran. Often non-Catholic Christians will hear from an anti-Catholic or a former Catholic Christian what Catholic Christians believe and more times than not, these individuals have their own ideas about what we believe that is not what we actually believe.ā
I like to share my faith with others and I enjoy learning about what others believe and why. The key is to be charitable and not defensive.
I like to share what the early Church fathers taught, alongside with Sacred Scripture. The further you get from the ancient Church, the less one believes as those closest to Jesus and the apostles believed and taught. Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Christians share a lot in common, as do Lutherans and some other Christian Denominations.
It is very trendy right now to plant āseeker-friendlyā Churches. These communities do a great job of reaching out to the unchurched or those who maybe attend a Catholic or mainstream Protestant Church, but lack a real relationship with Christ. I met many wonderful people while attending one of these trendy non-Denoms while in College. As my faith began to mature however, I found the message to be fluffy. Through a series of events and encounters, I felt God calling me back to a deeper faithāthe Catholic Faith of my youth. My relationship with Jesus has only grown more and I am grateful for everyone God has put in my life at every step of my walk with Him.
I would conclude that we all are at a different place in our relationship with God and understanding of matters of morality and faith. We need to be mindful of this and sometimes it is better to be a friend than it is to win an argument.
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On FB or YouTube, I have asked multiple times, (Even in some old Catholic forums) to give answer the following questions:
- What did people use before we had a bible compiled.
- When was the bible put together and by whom?
- When that happened, how was the bible distributed and how many people were literate.
- Where are the words (Sola Scripture) in scripture, or the words, Trinity, Incarnation, and saved by faith alone, or the one saved always saved sinners prayer
- Name the founders of their church in the year 100, 200, 300, or even 1000 AD
I have been dealing with anti-Catholics on the internet for decades and have not had a reply. They start throwing out things like Purgatory, Mary, Idol worshiping, infant baptism, the Pope, call no man father, etc. etc. ad naseum. But then I tell them that I will not respond to them unless they answer ALL of these question, I will not respond to them. Oh I have responses to all of the above, but if they prefer to remain in their ignorance, that is no fault of mine.
God Bless
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I agree, the Socratic method is the way to go.
The late Father Mark Beard offers a few ideas ā¦
Peace to all,
True Cade_One and I agree, logically in common denominators, all things being equal, and thanks for this information, and Socratic, logically works for questions with a purpose, to me.
Logically a number can make the sound of a color. How? Red =1 and Blue =2 so 3 makes the sound of the color purple for a moment, or so.
Pope Francis, the handpicked of God, always says, āDonāt preach or proselytize, but generalize the faith for allā and today as always prayers go out to the Vicar of Christ on Earth, God Bless you always, Pope Francis, successor of St Peter.
To me, in all generalization, Misconceptions can be understood by delivering the OMNIlogical God to earth, the same God of Abraham through logic.
To me logically when we define Mary as a pre-existing God and person in being before creation was ever even created we are able to explain the Trinity logic properly. We still have Jesus seated at the right hand of The Father with all mankind with Jesus for Jesus and below The Mother of God.
To be able to tell people the truth that we worship Mary as a God and truthfully being able to explain born again and saved as Catholic, then we can begin the new evangelization of the church to me. This is logically born again, saved as Catholic , Omnilogically through both natures becoming again One God in being One Holy Spirit Family.
To me understanding the Christ as The Holy Spirit Family conceived through the flesh of Jesus allows one to properly understand the Trinity as three persons in being existing before creation was ever created was even created From the Father through the Mother for the Son in all becoming again One God in being One Holy Spirit Family.
Thereās already so much that is not written already taught by Christ on earth and in heaven, so why canāt therefore Mary be the pre-existing God Mary has always been as Queen of Heaven. logically Mary is in the Old testament as Queen of Heaven. Mary is written about before Her birth and existed before creation, rationally.
To me, the Word is logically three persons in being in One Holy Family and One God in being. Each of the persons in being are Godās and equal in the power of God and separately each God and together as One God in being One Holy Spirit Family.
To logically and rationally understand salvation the logical formulas from Old Covenant Salvation are all fulfilled and become the New Covenant Salvation for both natures, spirit and life, becoming again for all. Jesus resurrects both natures from out of the spirit only salvation from the Bosom of Abraham to the New Heaven and Earth, Heaven fulfilled from the Holy Spirit through the New Eve, for the Christ in all mankind becoming again One God in being One Holy Spirit Family.
Once properly understood logically and rationally, born again and saved becomes the New Catholic evengelization for both natures, life and spirit becoming again One Holy Spirit Family in all mankind.
Co-Redemptive are the Powers of becoming ārebornā Transformed from Mary and becoming again Glorified and Transfigured and āSavedā through the Christ.
Logically and rationally, and through the Faith of Abraham, The two Sacraments from death through life are from Baptism becoming transformed and through Penance becoming again glorified and transfigured in One Holy Spirit One God in being.
Form Mary and the Queen of Heaven God of Mercy and God of Transformation we become Baptized and reborn into immortality from the created from The Father failed flesh and spirits of Adam and Eve into the New Eve of immortality through sanctification in the flesh for spirit incorruption becoming again, from reborn, ĪĪµĻĪ¬ĪŗĪ¹.
And from Jesus, we are saved from the Holy Spirit through the flesh of the New Eve in the Christ for all mankind. Through the words of Absolution in Confession we are forgiven and through Penance and in Sacrifice we are Re-Sanctified and Confirmed becoming again glorified and transfigured in One God in being One Holy Spirit Family, to saved, ĪĪµĻĪ¬ĪŗĪ¹.
Rationally and logically, and through the Faith of Abraham, even a child can know like God, can see God and understand the Mind of the OMNIlogical God, to me.
Peace always,
Stephen
Bringing the OMNIlogical God to earth, the same God of Abraham becoming again through logic.
