re: Muhammad married a 6 year old and "consummated" the marriage at 9

Nope. All Christian denominations have some of the truth and all people can have a relationship with Christ. We just believe that the Church has the fullness of truth through Christ’s promise.

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, I think that Islam is even worse than other religions.

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I didn't think this was even up for debate. When you have people running around thinking that if they do something extreme, like kill non Muslims they will have 7 virgins waiting for them in the afterlife.. I understand this isn't all Muslims, but all it takes is for a Muslim to become an extremist and be convinced to sacrifice himself.

That’s a false analogy. Christianity isn’t a road trip to California where every route is equally valid. Christ said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). And He established one Church, not hundreds of competing denominations with contradictory doctrines.

You’re also confusing Bible translations with doctrinal interpretation. Having 500 translations doesn’t mean there are 500 different truths. Different languages and translations don’t change the underlying question of who has the authority to interpret Scripture.

And that’s precisely the problem with your argument. If Christians disagree about baptism, salvation, the Eucharist, and even which books belong in the Bible, who settles those disagreements? Christ gave His Church authority to bind and loose (Matthew 18:18), and Paul called it the pillar and foundation of truth (1 Timothy 3:15). He didn’t establish an interstate highway system of contradictory doctrines.

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You are an moran.

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K…

You started with insults and then proceeded to repeat several historically debunked claims.

First, Constantine did not decide which books belonged in the Bible. The Council of Nicaea in AD 325 didn’t establish the biblical canon either. We have Christian writings discussing the four Gospels and the divinity of Christ long before Constantine was even born.

Second, Jesus wasn’t “voted into divinity.” Ignatius of Antioch explicitly called Jesus God around AD 107, and John 1:1 identifies the Word as God. Nicaea addressed the Arian controversy and clarified the Church’s existing belief… it didn’t invent Christ’s divinity.

Third, your Galileo claim is historically confused. Galileo demonstrated his telescope to churchmen, including Jesuit astronomers, and Pope Paul V received him in 1611. The Galileo affair involved genuine Church errors, but your story about the pope refusing to look through the telescope isn’t established history. Galileo wasn’t completely innocent here either.

And regarding the Gospels, their traditional authorship can be debated historically, but claiming everything was changed requires evidence. We have biblical manuscripts and quotations from Christians centuries before Constantine.

You’re free to disagree with Christianity, but repeating popular historical myths while calling someone closed-minded isn’t an argument.

And finally, no kidding those weren’t their names… everyone is well aware of that. This post is so obtuse it seems trollish.

I agree with a lot of what you say, but, I don’t look at the Catholic Church as Christs church being THE church. The church is everyone that calls on His name for salvation. There is no salvation through any other. I do believe the scripture when it says that it is profitable for instruction, for reproof, and for discipline. I know this site is mostly Catholic, but too many times I read where a lot of them think that they are better, or, above other people that don’t believe the way they do. My salvation rests in what Jesus did and none other. And, reading what “bullfrog” posted just amuses me.