Religious child abuse

[dyresand]

Considering that both consider the key to Christianity to be the acceptance of Christ the Redeemer as the Son of God, I'd say that you need to sharpen your hair-splitter. They are just as Christian as you, and they are just as fallen as your are, according to your own doctrine.

Matthew 7:21
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Catholics are trinitarian, meaning they essentially believe in three God's (a violation of the first commandment).

The term "Vicarius Filii Dei" (the roman numerals total 666) first coined by Constantine means "in stead of the Son of God" which is stating that the office of the Pope is taking the place of Christ on the Earth, which is an antichrist doctrine since the Bible clearly states that there is only one mediator between God and man, Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Catholics use a different version of the Bible with a number of extra books added.

As it states under "religious views" I don't belong to any denomination, so no, were not the same.

You're clearly ignorant of history. The Inquisition was very fundamentalist -- when it wasn't driven by economics -- and it was almost purely European in character.

The Catholic European subjugation of native Americans in the name of Christianity is another example of non-Protestant fundamentalism, wherein native Americans were forced to convert at swordpoint, and enslaved even after doing so.

In other words, you're arguing out both sides of your mouth, presenting this atrocity as an example of Catholic European "moderation", and pointing to American Protestant Christianity as the exemplary fundamentalist sect. The Christian religion has plenty of blood on its hands, more than enough to go around, and denying that is either ignorance or deceit on your part. Which is it?

Once again, your talking about Catholics.
Catholics and Protestants are not the same and this is apparent in none other than "Ireland". The Protestants formed in "protest" of the Catholic church.

If YOU knew anything about history you'd know that the Catholic church is estimated to have killed 68 million protestants, so it's a little insulting for those that died, to lump them in the same group.

You've already acknowledged that even moderate Christians have a body count of at the very least 800. And even if your narrowly-defined selection of "fundamentalist" Christians are limited to America, you'll need to acknowledge the lynchings and the deaths in slavery which happened here in America.

No, that was just white people, I'm sure you remember the story of the 4 young black girls that were killed in Birmingham, Alabama after their church was firebombed. See, black people are christian too.


If in your desperate attempt to connect all Christians with the 800 dead children, you're saying all white people are racist and have a body count...good job.

Not to mention the Spanish practice of requerimiento (justifying murderous conquest in the name of Christ the Savior).

Christians have a body count.

Wow, another story about Catholics.

That rebuttal seemed.. really um...

oh yeah ^weak.