Christian Apologetics Society: Lieing to Catholics

Scripture Memorization

Isaiah 55:11
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it

Gen 1:3
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light

Matthew 26:26
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body."

Malachi 1:11
My name will be great among the nations, from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations," says the LORD Almighty.

John 20:23
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.

James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

James 2:14
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

Luke 20:38
For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to Him.

Rev 21:27
Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.

1 Cor 3:15
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.

John 3:5
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

1 Timothy 3:15
but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Acts 22:16
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Lieing to Catholics

As I was following up on my blog marketing efforts, I spotted the below ad clearly targted at Catholics. The ad was triggered by the "Catholic" tag that accompanies some CAS posts.

The first giveaway that this is NOT a Catholic blog is the common error of using the derogatory title "Roman Catholic" versus the correct title "Catholic". A true Catholic blog is unlikely to have made that error.

The second giveaway is the phrase "1000's of pictures" which is extremely unusual for any blog.

The third giveaway is the appeal to "beautiful Catholics" versus "devout Catholics" or similar.

I decided to click on the ad and discovered a dating portal seemingly targeted at Catholic singles. Being someone who works in marketing and teaches some aspects of marketing, I noted the lack of any Catholic images. No crucifixes, no religious jewelry on models, nothing distinctly Catholic. Nothing distinctively Christian either. Scrolling through the many testimonies, not one had anything distinctly Catholic or non-Catholic Christian. I might have entertained the notion that this truely was a Catholic dating portal had I read something like "After meeting on XYZzone, Thomas and I are attending Mass together... Francis" Also, the free registration asked no questions as to denomination, church attendance, or anything else remotely Catholic.

The dating site is clearly a worldly secular site attempting to gain Catholic customers with poor choices of images and text. Good luck with that. The site doesn't even appeal to non-Catholic Christians. There's nothing distinctively Christian, much more "Catholic".

But, its okay to lie to them. They're "Catholics".

Not according to my Bible...

Labels: Catholic, Catholicism