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- gramme0
The reason why I am not Catholic is because their official doctrine stray from Scripture in a variety of ways:
They believe faith + works = salvation. Orthodox Christianity states that works are a sign of true faith, but that they do not add to one's salvation in the least.
They believe that the sacraments are also requirements of salvation: for example, they say baptism and communion are necessary ingredients of salvation. We believe these things are signs and seals, but do not determine salvation.
They make separations between Christians. They canonize certain "righteous" people after death, another encouragement of works-based salvation. Some Christians are post-humously called saints, others are just Christians. The Bible teaches that all believers are saints.
They pray to saints and to Mary. This is not condoned anywhere in the Bible, nor do we have any reason to believe that people hear and/or see us left here on earth after they die.
- Dude, I love you - but do you have to take every religious-scented thread so ungh-damn seriously?detritus