(October 13, 2015 at 4:35 pm)Crossless1 Wrote:(October 13, 2015 at 4:28 pm)sinnerdaniel94 Wrote: It's possible to claim a different Christ than the Jesus talked about in the bible. They don't agree with his origins, what He did, or what He said, so to me they made up a Jesus to fit their religion.
Assuming you leave out of account the Gospels that didn't make the cut and get into the Bible, then what you are left with are the four Gospels in your holy book, the same four Gospels that Catholics and Protestants read. Those four books are all there is of what Jesus allegedly said and did. So yeah . . . Catholics believe a lot of the same bullshit you do: virgin birth, various miracles, resurrection, etc. Like I said: intra-family squabble.
And don't forget that while you claim they aren't "true" Christians, from their vantage point, you're just a heretic.
They agree that the bible is the word of God, but they also believe in the tradition of the church, and it directly contradicts what is taught in the bible a lot of the time. They can say they are Christians all they want, but what they practice says otherwise. They have a different set of beliefs that distinguishes them from other Christians and it is worth noting. using the words interchangeably is not wise and it creates confusion.
