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Originally Posted by David
yeah... But why are they Christians? I don't worship Mary, does that make me a Christian?
I'm just saying if you're mad enough to bitch about no one knowing anything then you should feel motivated enough to explain it. Other than saying something contrary to what they said (Something that doesn't hold that much significance in the religion being "Christian" or not.)
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i don't know if you read the posts to which i was responding, but there were two issues, one as to whether or not catholics were Christians and the second as to whether or not they worshiped the virgin mary. i never suggested that a negative answer to the second question meant a positive answer to the first. i don't know how you drew that conclusion, but it wasn't from my post.
as to the rest, the burden is not on me in this case. catholics claim to be Christians, and they also do not claim to worship the virgin mary. if i claim that i believe something, and there is no reason to believe i am lying, and you come along and claim that i, in fact, do not believe what i claim to believe, then the burden is upon you to make the case, not me. with that in mind, it is entirely appropriate for my response to do nothing other than point out that catholics are indeed Christians (which is, of course, what they claim), and that they do not worship the virgin mary, which is exactly what i did.
my frustration arose because the kinds of claims made here are the same types of claims traditionally made by bigots and racists concerning catholicism and people from areas where such is dominant. i was half-waiting for someone to talk about them being "pope worshipers" as well. that sort of thing frustrates me, and people making claims for which they have no justification frustrates me, and i think those sorts of things should frustrate me. consequently, i make no apologies for being frustrated by such flagrant demonstrations of ignorance.