Hey Speed,
This isn't the thread for you to spread your anti-religious message. that's not the question being asked and you're not answering the actual question. So how bout instead of trying to hijack this thread you go back to your room and cry your lonely self to sleep?

PS. Teaching doesn't require telling the truth. I can teach that water is bad for you, doesn't make it true. Or i can teach you how holding your breath till you pass out is good for you, does that make it true?

Teach:
verb

Definition:

1. transitive verb impart knowledge to somebody: to impart knowledge or skill to somebody by instruction or example
taught me how to drive


2. transitive and intransitive verb give lessons in subject: to give lessons in or provide information about a subject
taught Spanish to them


3. transitive and intransitive verb give lessons to somebody: to give lessons to a person or animal
teaches the students on Wednesdays


4. transitive verb make somebody understand something: to bring understanding of something to somebody, especially through an experience
The experience taught me a lesson I'll never forget.


5. transitive and intransitive verb teach regularly: to be a teacher in an institution
teaches college


6. transitive verb advocate something: to advocate or preach something
a philosophy that teaches nonviolence

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but they could be teaching two totally different things depending on how they interpret the Bible.

the church doesn't teach, teaching involves telling the truth. Negating evolution, condoms, homosexuality, and all the other things that can get us sent to hell is plenty to clarify the validity of their moral scale and values.
Christian or Catholic, does it matter when religion as a whole is nothing more than a way to imprison yourself?

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Another friend went to a Catholic school were they told her Noah and the Arc was just a myth, a story, to make a point.

This is a perfectly valid liberal Biblical interpretation, using higher criticism to reveal some meaning in the text. Basically the Bible is a metaphor for the morals that the Bible is trying to teach.

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Another thing, one Christian friend of mine is living in a Catholic home, and finds it hard because her beliefs are always clashing with those of her parents.

Unless they argue over transubstantiation or the use of the saints, there is no reason that something like thier ethics would ever be in opposition with one another. Unless this friend is a headstrong (average) teenager, when they might just fight anyway.

Okay, I'll explain the I'm refering to the kind I have grown up with. I grew up in a Catholic community. Many of my friends were Catholic. They would tell me that since they're baptised they were going to heaven, and that since they wore a crucifix they were save from harm(No, I don't believe that's what Catholics believe). Another thing, one Christian friend of mine is living in a Catholic home, and finds it hard because her beliefs are always clashing with those of her parents. If they were the same why would it matter. Another friend went to a Catholic school were they told her Noah and the Arc was just a myth, a story, to make a point.
One more thing when I say Christian I mean Baptist. I'm not saying that's the only true form of Christianity. I also realize that a lot of Catholic and Christian churches are exactly the same, but people you can have two (example)Baptist churches right beside each other, but they could be teaching two totally different things depending on how they interpret the Bible.
Lastly, I wrote the topic as a question because I want to know what others believe. The answer I wrote was my own because that is what I've been taught the difference is not necessarily what I believe.

First, You can't put a question as your thread name then give us the answer in your post, just ask the question. if you want to reply with your answer later on.

Second, Roman Catholic has major differences. First is calling on Mary and the saints, There's no biblical references that say Mary or the Saints can even hear you now that they're dead, Let alone help you or bring your prayers to God. another is the prementioned transsubstantiation (SP?) which is really a minor point between the two when you think about the others. I can't really remember all of the differences anymore but i know there are more.

Heh, I know some people who would tell you that Protestantism is heresy and is in no way Christianity (the only true Christian church being, of course, Catholicism).

But since Catholicism, Protestantism, Eastern Orthodox, and whatever other Christian sects all hold the same core beliefs (God is God, Jesus is his son, etc.), I count them all as Christianity. We can bicker about slight differences until the sun implodes but they're all still at their very core Christianity.

forgotto answer the question.

I see very little difference between the two, and so do not distinguish.

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Originally posted by ampmaster:

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I'm only refering to the Cathlocism I've grown up with.

there's only one Catholic Church to start. We don't worship the saints we ask them to aid us and intercede on our behalf with the almighty/pray for us (under the theory that the more people you have praying for you the better) AND FOR THE LAST TIME WE DON'T WORSHIP MARY! I don't know what church you grew up in but it either A. wasn't catholic or B. you didn't pay very much attention

Oh and baptism is not a "pass in to heaven" it's step on the path of religous fulfilment the catholic church provides. It doesn't do jack on it's own you need to follow up with the other steps (reconcilliation, first communion, confirmation, etc)

The major differance between Prodestantism(which encompasses all the christian faiths formed after the succesion lead by martin luther) and Catholocism is Transubstantiation. the word basiclly means that the catholics think that the Wine and Bread actually become the body and blood of Christ. Where eras the reformation faiths think that it's something they do only in his memory (if they do it at all)

Yay! You know your stuff! You even used a cool big word!
But, I have a few corrections:
First, the word "catholic" means universal. In that, all Christians are catholic, little c. Roman Catholic, big C, is the specific denomination.

Not all Protestant denominations do Communion as simply Commemoration. For instance, Anglicanism (my denom of choice and please don't get me started on the Episcopal Church of the United States of America [ECUSA] for I will flip out and you will see something come from me that you will not like; thank you.)) is Consubstatiative, or we believe that the host are not physically changed, but a sacrement, or spiritual symbol, of Christ's body and blood.

Done with corrections. I took a class at church, so I'm full of this stuff now <(- -)> kirby! yay!

I always wanted to eat one of those bread things. Alas my stepmom wouldn't let me because I was never baptised

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I'm only refering to the Cathlocism I've grown up with.

there's only one Catholic Church to start. We don't worship the saints we ask them to aid us and intercede on our behalf with the almighty/pray for us (under the theory that the more people you have praying for you the better) AND FOR THE LAST TIME WE DON'T WORSHIP MARY! I don't know what church you grew up in but it either A. wasn't catholic or B. you didn't pay very much attention

Oh and baptism is not a "pass in to heaven" it's step on the path of religous fulfilment the catholic church provides. It doesn't do jack on it's own you need to follow up with the other steps (reconcilliation, first communion, confirmation, etc)

The major differance between Prodestantism(which encompasses all the christian faiths formed after the succesion lead by martin luther) and Catholocism is Transubstantiation. the word basiclly means that the catholics think that the Wine and Bread actually become the body and blood of Christ. Where eras the reformation faiths think that it's something they do only in his memory (if they do it at all)

Isn't it kind of like the whole a square is a rectangle but a rectangle isn't a square thing?

Catholics ARE Christians.

If you are Catholic, you are expected to follow Christianity.