Christians Are Still Being Presecuted By Catholics

[Extra ecclesiam nulla salus]

Celebrating the Day of the Dead (a holiday with Pagan roots, which has been Baptized into Catholicism), is no where near the same as praying to a false God. its just not on the same level.

Catholics have always used inculturation. Our Missionaries try not to force our culture on others, but rather incorporate the good parts of the indigenous culture into Catholicism. St. Paul did this by not judaizing the local population. The same was done with All saints Day, Christmas and Easter.

the drunkeness is obviously part of the secular culture, and the Catholic Church does condemn drunkenness as a mortal sin. One needs to recognize who is writing this article. in this case it is a Puritanical American Christian new group. they may have a bias, and accuse the Mexicans of being Pagan Drunks, when this may not be the case.

[eperez874]

now i know what is hispanic but hispanic is also mexican. i am how ever not mexican on the sense that i was not born there but my perants where born there.

there was a lot of things that the church should never changed because we have lost more catholics than ever in history since vatican the second even pope benedict admited.
do i have proof nope but my mom does.

i alsohave facts once iwas in my moms store and a person who used to becatholic wondered why we have these changes she even said i do not see a diference between catholic and protestant now they are the same in lots of ways.

and it has not been only one person who has asked us but many you could not immagine they also said that they miss the true catholic faith.

day of the dead the church celebrates it difeerent in mexico than the people they pray for the souls that have died but a lots of time we also fail becasue the priest allows them to bring an altar to the dead and put them food and incence like if the dead would eat.

it was a very unfortunate mistake to bring the day of the dead in mexico to our catholic church.

now in mexico the catholic church is controled by the gov't by putting restrictions.

the bishop also controls it but do not have all acces compared to the gov't.

the same gov't added day of the dead in our catholic church

[Extra ecclesiam nulla salus]

wasn't the day of the dead celebrated before Mexico was founded as a nation?

so are you saying that if the Day of the Dead is practiced correctly it is good?

[Budge]

[quote]day of the dead the church celebrates it difeerent in mexico than the people they pray for the souls that have died but a lots of time we also fail becasue the priest allows them to bring an altar to the dead and put them food and incence like if the dead would eat.

it was a very unfortunate mistake to bring the day of the dead in mexico to our catholic church.[/quote]

Thanks for your input.

Actually those who convert to be Christians in Mexico and Latin America do depart from these things, [and no its not American missionaries FORCING them]

Why do Catholics keep these things and Latin AMerican Christian converts walk?
[b]
Jeremiah 10:2
Thus saith the LORD, [u]Learn not the way of the heathen[/u], and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.[/b]

[Paladin D]

[quote name='Budge' post='1374762' date='Aug 31 2007, 11:01 AM'][b]
Jeremiah 10:2
Thus saith the LORD, [u]Learn not the way of the heathen[/u], and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.[/b][/quote]

Then why are you using the [b]internet[/b]?

[Aloysius]

They are not converting to Christianity, they are converting away from Christianity to a puritanical form of it, that is why they leave those practices.

I never said they were forcing them, I said they were preying on the current weakened state of mexican catholic culture and causing unnecessary divisions in a tight-knit society.