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Originally posted by Thagrastay
As the Vicar of Christ, the Pope or High Priest, wears the Garments and makes Priestly decrees which are infallible, because every word he utters comes stright from the mouth of G*D Himself.
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Wow, I don't mean to get all bent outta shape, but did you not read what I posted earlier? Almost nothing the pope says is considered infallible.
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Praying to saints and statues and idolatry. As Christianity has it's very essence and roots in Judaism, and the Ten Commandments of Judaism explicitly prohibit Idilotry, Praying to statues would be a no-brainer. But for some reason, this has been over looked by the Catholic church, and most Catholic Cathedrals are loadxed with statues and idols and candles and places for people to kneel and pray at altars in front of these things. According to G*D, this is Blasphemy.
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Um...Catholics don't pray to anyone but God. One may pray in front of a statue, keeping the subject of the statue in mid in their prayers, or one may ask the Saints to pray for them as well, just as one would ask a living person to pray for them, but one does not pray to Saints or hold them in any reverence similar to God whatsoever.
Anyways, these points were pretty sufficiently addressed for the most part already, and what wasn't really just comes down to interpretation, not outright denial as you'd have one believe.
Unfortunately, yeah, there can be some animosity between protestant Christians and Catholics, but I'd say that anyone who shows animosity towards either side is not, in that act, representative of a Christian but only representative of themselves. Christian life is not capable of animosity.
Ultimately, I think the most important thing is that, while there may be some things that are perceived to be "great differences," the most important things are shared by all (technically speaking, almost all) Christianity. Catholic Christians and protestant Christians alike both hold Jesus to be the son of God and his teachings to be of utmost importance.