Cloud9, the Catholics do accept the fact there is a God but they REFUSE to accept the fact there is ONLY one God and He is Jesus Christ!
Lol!!! Your ignorance of the Catholic ceases to amaze me!! Lol!! Have you ever heard of the Nicene Creed? We Catholics recite it at every Mass,,, it goes as follows:
"I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come agian in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen."
Oh Wait....Did you happen to see the part where is says we also worship The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saints, statues, Icons, ect.? No???? Thats because we don't!! I don't care how many times you want to post this lie, but it will always be a lie! Catholics worship only the one, true God described in the Nicene Creed. We do not worship saints, statues or anything else that is an obstacle to God.
The Catholics also teach that Mary is a god by teaching she is above God in power and Authority!
If you beleive this to be true.... then prove it! Show any official Catholic Doctrine that carrys the imprimatur, Nihil Obstat, or from the Magisterium, (the teaching office of the Church) that tells us we are to worship Mary, and that she is above God. Or for that matter, the Ol'Timer valiant like to state that we Catholics do what ever our "Big Daddy" tells us to do. Well, he tried but failed as I debunked his argument back on page 213/post 2421. He thought he had knocked one out of the park posting the Encyclical Of Pope PIUS XII, September 8th, 1953 until I snagged it at the wall!! Lol!! So Kenallan,maybe you would have better luck finding somwhere out of all the Popes from St.Peter to our current Pope Francis (266 total) that any one of these Popes instructs Catholics to worship Mary, the Saints, Statues, ect.
Remember my challenge? Why is it that you, and the likes of valiant, Jackson123, MikeHenderson, wheresenoch, Elin, ect. have never manned (or woman) up to accept it? My thoughts on why? Well, because you and them have done your homework/research and come to find out that there is no such Catholic Doctrine!! And if you were to accept my challenge, you would have to admit that what you've been posting is an out-right lie! Whats sad... is that you all would rather go to your grave beleiving this lie than admitting you were wrong! Yes sad....sad indeed! Pride can be a very powerful thing.
Now I know one of you will post the same ol' pics saying...."see, this is worship" Well bub... until you can prove to me that you can read minds... thats just not gonna fly!
The Catholics do know that God is real.
Yes... you finally got something right concerning the Catholic faith.
The problem is they refuse to follow God. They know about God but instead they follow and Worship Mary as a goddess.
But then you have to go and blow it by posting this nonsence! {rolling eyes}
In closing...I'll leave ya with this bit of wisdom:
"The truth is the truth even if nobody believes it, and error is error even if every everyone believes it." ---Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen."
Pax Christi
"Fromhenceforth, all generations shall call me Blessed." ---Luke 1:48