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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.