Catholicism

I apologize that my argument is not as comprehensive as I would have liked, but I had to re-create it from scratch twice due to computer problems. RebuttalsCon writes My oppononent is sarcastic, he does not have degrees, but if you are a salt-of-the-earth type you may simply read and conclude that he is a liar. Truly, he is both. I reply That's pretty rude. I never accused you of being a liar, despite my skepticism. Con writes thy even turned her into the Mother of GodI reply False. Luke 1:43. Con writes and they worship herI reply False. 'The first commandment condemns polytheism. It requires man neither to believe in, nor to venerate, other divinities than the one true God. ' - CCC 2112 Con writes pray to her, not only to her, but to statues of herI reply False. No one prays to a statue. Con writes who started out a mere sinnerI reply False. 'Therefore, far above all the angels and all the saints so wondrously did God endow her with the abundance of all heavenly gifts poured from the treasury of his divinity that this mother, ever absolutely free of all stain of sin, all fair and perfect, would possess that fullness of holy innocence and sanctity than which, under God, one cannot even imagine anything greater, and which, outside of God, no mind can succeed in comprehending fully. ' - Ineffabilis DeusCon writes other saints that have been elevated to positions of godhoodI reply False. Saints are not considered gods. See three responses above. Con writes as if to a godI reply As I have already written, it is prohibited to consider saints as gods. My opponent can claim violation of this as much as he likes, but unless he could have provided some legitimate evidence that this is in any way Catholic teaching, then this remains as unsupported as I remain vindicated and successful. Con writes Does collaborating with Franco, Hitler and Mussolini sound like taking the Lord's name in vain? It sure does to me. I reply It sounds like an association fallacy to me. <sarcasm>Some Christians take the name of the Lord in vain, therefore Christianity as a whole breaks the second commandment, all hail my brilliant logic. </sarcasm> This has nothing to do with Catholicism. Con writes All observant Jews and early Christians kept the actual sabbath, the one that begins sundown Friday and ends sundown Saturday. I reply You'll never be able to find an early Christian who kept the Jewish sabbath, because Christians aren't Jews. Only the Judaizers kept the sabbath, and I doubt you'll even manage to find any of them for the first few hundred years after Christ. Con writes You see, Sunday worship lines up wil SOL, the sun, I reply It also lines up with the day Jesus rose from the dead, and as actual early Christians will tell you:'We keep the eighth day with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again from the dead' - Epistle of Barnabas'Those who were brought up in the ancient order of things have come to the possession of a new hope, no longer observing the Sabbath, but living in the observance of the Lord’s day, on which also our life has sprung up again by him and by his death' - St. Ignatius (Letter to the Magnesians)Con writes Even the clown costumes that the high clergy wear are reminiscent of Babylonian and Egyptian priests. I reply Irrelevant. Con writes Have you ever heard of symbolism? I reply Have you ever heard of context? 'The Jews and WilliamBlackstone then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ”' - John 6:52 (the bolded is an interpolation)ConclusionI've skipped large parts of Con's 'argument', since most of it seemed to be irrelevant and oftentimes false ramblings that were of little relevance. Mind that my opponent has failed to source a single thing, so I pretty much just have to take his word for it that what he's saying is even true, which I'm not willing to do when it comes to matters like Catholic teaching that he claims are in contradiction. 'Give your head a shake. .. RUN, RUN from the lies of protestantism! !! ' - Dogknox