re: Why do Christians have issues with the Catholic Church?

Peter was the first Pope- the rock upon which Jesus built His Church. That would be the Roman Catholic Church. There are approx. 33,000 prod denoms. There is one Roman Catholic Church. You say "sola scriptura" but there'd be no Bible without Roman Catholic Church Fathers, monks and scholars. The Church is quite imperfect in the sense that men, including priests, have feet of clay. The beliefs though date from 2,000 years ago, and I'd respectfully submit are the authentic thing, without which there would've been no Bible, no Christian religion to "reform" so many years later.

Baptists are trashy baw

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Why do Christians have issues with the Catholic Church?

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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

Not a priest or a pope.

The Catholic church is based upon TRADITIONS and not upon the Bible.  Even by twisting the Bible out of context, it's still impossible for Catholics to justify their ridiculous religion.  For example: Exodus 20:4,5 commands us to never create any type of image to bow down to.  Catholics bow to statues (images) of many different saints to worship God.  This is idolatry.  You simply CANNOT justify this type of wickedness with the Bible.  God's Word clearly forbids us from bowing down to ANY graven image.  Worse yet, every faithful Catholic prays to the "Mother Mary," bowing in worship.  Though they claim that they are not worshipping Mary, they are violating the Bible by even bowing to her (and they certainly are worshipping her).  To reverence and adore the "Mother Mary" is to commit idolatry.  There is NOT one single verse in the entire Bible where Jesus told anyone to recognize Mary in any special way.  Catholics use the reasoning that Mary was with Jesus all the time, which simply is NOT true, and there are no Scriptures to indicate such foolish conjecturing.  Jesus was NO momma's boy.  Why should we be led to believe by Catholics that Mary is more understanding than the very prophets who God used to author the Bible?  What about Jesus' half brothers and sisters?   It is dangerous to add things to the Bible that it does NOT teach.  Any doctrine which cannot be supported with Biblical references is a manmade doctrine.

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For example: Exodus 20:4,5 commands us to never create any type of image to bow down to.  Catholics bow to statues (images) of many different saints to worship God

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They also shell out $28,000 for grilled cheese sandwiches featuring the image of the virgin Mary, kind of.

Now say something sanctimonious and superior.

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. Both men were former protestant ministers who put aside the talking points they'd been fed and actually cracked open the Bible.

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You seem to tie your faith to a denomination. The love of Christ and his message is beyond our comprehension and much more broad than the trite definitions created by those that adhere to “denominations.”

My faith is tied to the Church founded upon the rock, Peter. Luther, Calvin, whatever other guys or gals invented other Christian-based denominations I'm sure were nice ppl.

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My faith is tied to the Church founded upon the rock, Peter. Luther, Calvin, whatever other guys or gals invented other Christian-based denominations I'm sure were nice ppl.

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Exactly. Your faith is tied to the church, not Christ. I get it, you’ve just lost perspective. Much like many Catholics.

Christ founded the Church in which He instituted the Sacraments we use to become the Body of Christ.

don't forget holy grilled cheese sandwiches

I consider myself a non denominational Christian. I do not judge others or their religions. I don’t know much about Catholicism. What I WILL say is that I have always been very intuitive and have always been able to size people up. With this being said, pope Francis creeps me out when I see him, for some reason.