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In reply to the discussion: Religion question - Do Catholics NOT accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior? [View all]OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)78. "God is not an [expletive deleted]" (rhymes with mindian giver)
Actual quote from the pastor at the church I grew up in. He also told racist jokes (with full-on N-word) from the pulpit. Ours was a once saved always saved sect. But we heard of Baptists and other denominations that thought you could lose your salvation.
We did very explicitly learn that once you gave your heart to Jesus and accepted his gift that you would naturally want to start with the good works. Visitation, witnessing, all manner of things to help the church. That was one way they gauged if a person was "really" saved. The pressure to conform was intense.
I'm an atheist but I often have fun teasing my christian younger brothers that I was once saved so I'm always saved. No take-backs lol. Bugs the shit out of them.
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Religion question - Do Catholics NOT accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior? [View all]
underpants
Jan 2018
OP
Speaking as an escaped Catholic, that whole "Lord & Savior" bizness is not a "thing" for Catholics.
scarletwoman
Jan 2018
#5
Yes I agree. I was raised Catholic, attended Catholic schools, this wording is foreign to me.
Irish_Dem
Jan 2018
#18
Thank you. I appreciate your point about the differentiation between the use of Christ vs. Jesus.
scarletwoman
Jan 2018
#36
Protestants don't believe that Catholics believe or worship Jesus. It is crazy.
SweetieD
Jan 2018
#21
Yes Catholics do believe it...but evangelicals think Catholics are not Christian. Hubs
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#23
Born again is an evangelical Protestant ritual. Not Catholic and not mainstream Protestants
anneboleyn
Jan 2018
#56
That phrase means her Catholic friend converted to Fundamentalist Protestantism
jmowreader
Jan 2018
#32
I am Jewish, but from growing up in the midwest, from what I observed that innuendo came
still_one
Jan 2018
#33
I personally have never met a Jewish person who believed that Catholics were not Christians. When
still_one
Jan 2018
#62
Evangelicals believe you have to invite Jesus into your heart. Catholics believe he is already ther.
Iris
Jan 2018
#41
Not quite. Catholics, unlike evangelicals, believe in infant or childhood Baptism, where the parents
pnwmom
Jan 2018
#94
It isn't different in the view of Catholics. To Catholics, people are "reborn" in Baptism.
pnwmom
Jan 2018
#112
A friend of mine was son of a Baptist Missionary who came to the Philippines...
brooklynite
Jan 2018
#58