On Catholicism!

[Eilonnwy]

Catholics, like the rest of the catholic Christian church, follow the same belief system. As I've outlined above, members of the Catholic church that don't follow Christ, and that IS possible, are not Christians. I simply point out to you the simple facts. I've met very few atheists that understand what Christianity is really about. If you wish to continue in your ignorance then that's up to you. I merely seek to put right your misconceptions. It isn't an argument for me, it's a simple point of fact.

Your distinction is irrelevant, because if they don't follow Christ they're not Catholics either. And I can tell you as someone who was raised Catholic and lives in a predominately Catholic city (Boston) that every Catholic I have encountered follows Christ and what they are taught in school and church is all about Jesus.

They fact of the matter is that Christians can't agree on what Christianity is about except for 1 fact and that's to follow Jesus. The fact of the matter is Atheists tend to know more about Christians then the average Christian knows about their own religion. (Note the word of average) Just because Atheists don't come to same conclusions as you doesn't mean we don't know anything about Christianity.

Whether you agree with Catholicism is one thing. The fact is that Catholicism is under the umbrella of Christianity along with Baptist, Evangelical, etc...in which each sect tells the other they're not Christian. If a single person claims Catholicism, but doesn't not believe in Christ, that's irrelevant because what Catholicism is based on, what it teaches, what it worships is Christ, regardless of whether you think those teachings are incorrect or not. And your inability to see that only speaks to your ignorance. End of story.

And that's a simple point of fact.