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IcyFlowers
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If an apology is needed, I will gladly give it.
The discussion of Catholicism seems to be a cause of stress around here, and with risk of being bonked on the head I will ask a question anyway. Even though I am adequately educated about Christianity, I am not a Christian myself and consequently don't have an inside view. So without further ado...
Why are not Catholics considered Christians?
Is it because of the Virgin Mary? This puzzles me because I once went abroad with a Catholic church group. Like I said, I'm not Christian (but for sure not atheist), and I was not looking forward to lots of prayers to Mary (who is not a deity in my opinion).... but there weren't any. We did lots of praying and all of it was to Jesus. I was puzzled then, too but of course it wasn't the right time to ask questions about that.
So I'm asking here. Hmmm....
The discussion of Catholicism seems to be a cause of stress around here, and with risk of being bonked on the head I will ask a question anyway. Even though I am adequately educated about Christianity, I am not a Christian myself and consequently don't have an inside view. So without further ado...
Why are not Catholics considered Christians?
Is it because of the Virgin Mary? This puzzles me because I once went abroad with a Catholic church group. Like I said, I'm not Christian (but for sure not atheist), and I was not looking forward to lots of prayers to Mary (who is not a deity in my opinion).... but there weren't any. We did lots of praying and all of it was to Jesus. I was puzzled then, too but of course it wasn't the right time to ask questions about that.
So I'm asking here. Hmmm....
