Okay, this is pretty good.  But I have some suggestions:

Many Protestants believe that the end of time is near. Very near. Their belief is based on their judgements based on the Bible alone, and nothing else, except of course the words of their pastors.

Several good points there.  I would add that many Protestants think
that the 1000 year reign of Christ is still in the future, and that they
will be "taken up, into the air" to be with St. Paul (they call him "Paul"
because they don't believe in the power of the Pope to canonize a
saint!) so that they can escape the rigors of the Great Tribulation.  

The Protestant false doctrine of sola scriptura has an interesting past,
which includes some editions of the Bible that actually added the word
"alone" to the phrase "all scripture is useful.." and the like.  They gave
up on that idea.  But they still teach the doctrine anyway, erroneously.

For the Bible itself teaches otherwise.  See the end of St. John.

And they deny Tradition as a source of dogma, even while, as you say,
they introduce their own traditions by way of whatever their pastor
has to say about anything.  Surreal is a good word to describe this.

A priest explained it rather well saying that the Bible and Tradition are
like two wings for a bird, and the bird cannot fly with only one wing.  
So too, Catholic theology soars high in the sky, while Protestant
theology flops around on the ground, unable to take to the "wing!"

Many eras in history had been chaotic (although some are more chaotic than the others). Some Protestants think that the Pope is the Anti-Christ, but the Papacy has been in existence since A.D. 33 (it's 1979 years of existence now).

Actually, it is most common for Prots to deny that St. Peter was a pope at
all.  They say that the word "pope" isn't in the Bible, therefore there was
no pope in those days, and the so-called Catholic church (sic) was a myth,
and that Constantine was the worst thing to happen to the church (sic).

Consequently, it can't help that Protestants in every age thought that the end of time is near because the "Anti-Christ" existed in every age since A.D.33.

That's a good one.  They don't like to hear logic like that.  It makes them
nervous.  They instinctively jump topic to something else when you say
stuff like that.  They've been trained like Pavlov's dogs, to respond with
uncontrollable leaps of thought to another subject whenever they get
stuck in a problem, and they will never settle down to think about the
problem, because it is too uncomfortable.  In fact, they actually believe
that this sensation of discomfort is an effect of the 'holy spirit' in them.  
And whenever they feel a physical sensation that is convenient to
interpret as such, it is the same 'holy spirit' giving them goosepimples.

This alone is a good reason for Catholics to always use the term Holy
Ghost when referring to the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity.

Another good reason is that the so-called spirit of Vat.II had/has nothing
to do with the Holy Ghost, but was rather the unclean spirit of Vat.II.

If God has sent us so many advices and teachings through the saints and Church hierarchy, and you refuse to listen and instead pretend that the Bible is the only authority which was written 2000 years ago, then you are bound to get confused by current events and would make wrong judgements.

This is correct.  And I would suggest an additional nuance for this doctrine
that helps a lot, because a little logic goes a long way.  It is absurd to
say that a book can be an authority in the fullest sense.  Any book needs
to have interpretation.  That's why we have a Supreme Court (in the USA)
because the written law and the Constitution cannot stand on their own,
but need to have a living intellect to say what it means and what it doesn't
mean.  That's why the Bible "alone" cannot be an adequate authority.  
Someone needs to be a living witness to say Yay or Nay on any point of
contention.  And therefore the Pope has infallible power to define dogma.

Although, this power has been in mothballs for the past 50 years.

(When I said Protestants in every age, I meant Protestants in every age since A.D. 1517, when Martin Luther revolted against the Pope.)

Yes, there were fortunately no official protestants before Luther.  There
were many who would have liked to be so, but there was not yet any
movement sufficient to give them the ostensible power they needed to
step off the barque of Peter.  To "walk the plank," as it were!

The best argument against a Protestant is something I used recently at my university on a "youth minister" who was completely floored by it  :roll-laugh2:

Q. All of these protestant sects teach different stuff right? They contradict each other on a lot of points?

A. Right, but everyone is guided by the Holy Spirit to interpret the Bible and find the truth!

Q. So the Holy Spirit contradicts Himself?

A. ................Well, I can't explain that.

Sorry, some modifications:


Are the following arguments valid ?

• Conversion of the whole world must happen before the end of time. Now China and Israel have not converted yet. China is still persecuting Christians and Israel is still waiting for her messiah.

• The coming of the "Reign of Mary" was prophesied by Mother Mary in Fatima in 1917 and also by Saint Louis de Montfort of France. It didn't happen yet.

• Anti-Christ didn't appear yet.

• Saint John Bosco prophesied that Europe will return to the Church after her apostasy. This didn't happen yet.

• Christian civilizations should appear throughout the whole world to glorify God - before the end of time. This didn't happen yet.

Sorry, some modifications:


Are the following arguments valid ?

• Conversion of the whole world must happen before the end of time. Now China and Israel have not converted yet. China is still persecuting Christians and Israel is still waiting for her messiah.

• The coming of the "Reign of Mary" was prophesied by Mother Mary in Fatima in 1917 and also by Saint Louis de Montfort of France. It didn't happen yet.

• Anti-Christ didn't appear yet.

• Saint John Bosco prophesied that Europe will return to the Church after her apostasy. This didn't happen yet.

• Christian civilizations should appear throughout the whole world to glorify God - before the end of time. This didn't happen yet.

Personally, I don't have any problem with these items.  We sure do have
what appears to be a great big apostasy going on, worldwide.  

But for a remnant of faithful Catholics, the faith is very obscure today.

It somehow does not seem to be quite as bad as Matt. 24 seems to say
it will become, however.  And as such, the part about these days shall
be shortened for the sake of the elect does not quite seem to be literally
happening, yet.

Ask me again after December 22nd!  HAHAHAHAHAHA



As for the Protestants, they're all over the map.  The one thing they
seem to have in common is the desire to think they know what they're
talking about.  But as brainglitch so aptly pointed out, does the Holy
Ghost therefore contradict Himself?  

The key point, it seems to me, is that Protestants categorically have
accepted the false doctrine that the effect of the Holy Ghost on a person
is something that can be physically felt.  And that is a big problem.

So too, the Novus Ordo false ecuмenism and Freemasonic "fraternity"
teaches that Catholics are all right in accepting this heresy.  

Protestants believe, universally in my experience, that the Holy Ghost
(they most usually say Holy Spirit) is discernible by a tingling in your
fingertips, a bit of an electric shock in your nerves, an increase in
blood pressure or temperature of your body, a quickening of your
heart rate or some vague turning of your stomach (they wouldn't use
that term, though!).  Not only that, they go so far as to conclude that
therefore, if you do not feel these things, you probably don't "have the
spirit in you," really.  

In regards to the end of time, Prots I've known are skeptical that there
have always been fringe groups that have believed the end of the world
is imminent.  Even the contemporaries of the Apostles thought that the
world did not have long to endure, 2,000 years ago.

At the same time, there are some who think that either we've only got
a few more years, or, that Jesus is going to return and be King of the
World for 1,000 years first, and THEN the end will come.  But in either
case, there will be a great tribulation that occurs, probably soon, and
all faithful Christians (those who are 'saved' that is) will be caught up
into the air (St. Paul's Epistle I Thes. iv. 16), and thereby would escape
the discomfort of the tribulation.  That is, Protestants all believe that
God would not have them suffer if they are 'saved' and therefore, it
seems that to them being 'saved' means no suffering for them, whether
it is here on earth or in eternity.  And that includes Purgatory.  But most
curiously, the same Saint Paul did not escape the tribulation himself,
but rather met it "head on" by means of a heavy sword to his personal
neck.

So it would seem that there are two categories of consistency with all
Protestants:  A)  They believe they each are their own pope, for they
are personally infallible, and  B)  They believe that once they have been
'saved' they are therefore spared any suffering, for to suffer is an
evil thing, and they are 'saved' from all such evil.  

Regarding the first one, I like to quote the infallible definition of Pope
Boniface VIII in Unam Sanctam A.D. 1303:  "Furthermore, we declare,
we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation
that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff."

And regarding the second one, it's a bit more simple:

 "You're not saved until you're dead."

... forecming ....

... Itereting ...

...  Hint: It is not right to give “The Lord” thanks and praise.' ...

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Did you mean:  "forthcoming?"  

And:  "Interesting?"  

And:  "Hint: 'It is “not” right to give “The Lord” thanks and praise'."?