Catholics in general are not what they should be

I know, Big Newsflash of the Century! 

And they do not all know the Bible so a lot of Evangelicals and others can do the "gotcha" and feel superior

Well, I have read the entire Bible.. and of course we Catholics hear the Word read to us every day if we go to daily Mass, which means we have vritually heard the whole Bible after only 3 yrs. I have been trying to go to daily Mass every day for many yrs.. The devil hates tht and lately things have not been so good... but anyhow...

Yeh, and besides that, you can barely distinguish most Catholics from Protestants or even non-believers (worldlings)

So yeh... I can see why there is a problem

How do you figure Catholics have "heard the whole Bible after only 3 years"?

The Epistles and Gospels are the same every year.

Obviously the "daily Mass" she speaks of is the Novus Ordo...
The 3 year cycle gives it away.

But taking this thread above the personal, going to concepts and the big picture, I would say that far too many Catholics don't know their Scripture.

Just because Scripture isn't ALL we have (like the Protestants) doesn't mean we should under-value or ignore it. Likewise, just because a good Traditional Catholic will have a lot more than "smells & bells" doesn't mean we should despise or under-value the aesthetic elements surrounding the Mass.

There are Catholics for whom smells and bells is ALL they have (e.g., they compromise with the world, don't know their Faith, don't oppose modern errors including feminism, liberalism, modernism, communism, Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ, judaism, etc.) and they should be criticized for that.

But a good Catholic will value Tradition, Scripture, the dogmas of the Faith, traditional devotional practices, approved apparitions, Gregorian chant, beautiful statuary and art, have some appreciation for a beautiful Church and altar, incense, High Mass, etc.

It's all part of the Catholic package. We're not iconoclasts (image-breakers) or protestant Quakers.

Catholics in general are not what they should be

I know, Big Newsflash of the Century!

And they do not all know the Bible so a lot of Evangelicals and others can do the "gotcha" and feel superior

Well, I have read the entire Bible.. and of course we Catholics hear the Word read to us every day if we go to daily Mass, which means we have vritually heard the whole Bible after only 3 yrs. I have been trying to go to daily Mass every day for many yrs.. The devil hates tht and lately things have not been so good... but anyhow...

Yeh, and besides that, you can barely distinguish most Catholics from Protestants or even non-believers (worldlings)

So yeh... I can see why there is a problem

Well I will admit I don't nearly have enough hours logged on my biblical studies but that's hardly the problem with Catholics today. Most anti Catholic arguments are born from simple ignorance, the argument structured like a facebook meme, and the actual content about as accurate as a broken compass. Catholics problem today is they do not love their faith more than they love their comforts. They are lazy and can't be bothered to learn their own fricking history, let alone the actual theology of their "belief". Anti Catholic sentiments come from willingly stupid ignorance and the Catholic Church being a mess as everyones favorite fallen angel prefers.

The best arguments against the Sola Scriptura position of protestants are as follows:

1) The New Testament was compiled in 397 AD at the Council of Carthage (Source: Where We Got Our Bible by the Rev Henry Graham) http://www.catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/wbible.htm

2) The Church was founded well before 397 AD, because most of the New Testament is letters written to the Church already in existance.  How did this early church exist without the bible? How did they know not to circuмcise for example ?

3) The Nicene Creed of 325 AD predates the bible and this creed is just un update of the Apostles Creed which dates to apostolic times (estimates date the Apostles Creed to around AD 80. The Nicene update was required to answer all the heresies that were infecting the Church

4) The last verse of the Gospel and Saint John reads "But there are also many other things which Jesus did; which, if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written." So what else did Christ say? The first apostles, who wrote the creed and established the Church are in a far better position to know 'What Would Jesus Have Done'? than Luther, Calvin or Henry the VIII 1500 years later.

For Catholics living in protestant countries, I would say that Where We Got out Bible is essential reading. Also watch the many Solo Scriptura debates on youtube with Robert Sungenis and his protestant sparring partners. He is brilliant because he knows his bible better than many evangelicals and the debates are very instructive.

One needs to understand however than Catholicism is the only religion that doesn't promise a guaranteed eternal life. When you belong to a religion like protestantism that will give you eternal salvation with very little effort, man's fallen nature insures that most will not examine closely the opposing arguments. This ensures that the illogical premises of protestantism will have a very long life if the only barriers they meet are uninstructed and tepid Catholics.

How do you figure Catholics have "heard the whole Bible after only 3 years"?

The Epistles and Gospels are the same every year.

If you go to daily Mass you will hear virtually the entire Bible in 3 yrs, repetition notwithstanding

You sound like a good person, but please do not upset yourself about others reading of the Bible. It is what you do that will count. God bless.

i dont upset myself about THAT
I do get disturbed when i see "Catholics" acting more like worldings than worldllngs... (protesters, as i call them)
Even that does not disturb me when i remind myself that they have free will and can change any time they decide to do so

We only get a few paragraphs of scripture at each Mass so there is no way it could be almost the whole Bible. I think the church includes the most important parts for us. 

I do wish our chapels would offer scripture classes, particularly if they were thematic based rather than just cover to cover. 

In my experience Protestants do not know the bible, it is just that Catholics know it less. Like the saying:

"In the country of blind men the one eyed man is a king".

Any Catholic with a Haydock Bible and a Scriptural Concordance can drive even a Protestant batty.

thanks. I needed to h ear that, even though I already pretty much knew it.
That's why these people I know (just met) who hate Catholicism do not bother engaging in conversation with me. They know they can't win. At least that is what I tend to think  8) kind of hard to know exactly what people are thinking 
but I try
:-X