The paradigms of Christianity

There are been some pretty spirited discussions going on over on the Visits to Candyland blog particularly with the Practical Problems with Sola Scriptura, and Six Tips on How not to Witness to Catholic Christians.

I’ve been at the online apologetics game long enough to know that it’s hard to effect an understanding between the different groups. In fact the longer I do this the more I realize that the non-Catholic Christians (particularly the fundamentalist, non-denominational variety) have an understanding of Sacred Scripture, church history and what it means to be Christian that is so foreign to me, that I am unsure the differences can ever be breached.

What also surprises me is the deep hatred that many have for the Catholic church for things the church doesn’t really teach or stand for. That makes me wonder what the heck the bishops have been doing for the past 50 years? Not only have Catholics of the past few generations been so badly catechized that they don’t even know what the church teaches, but the outreach and public relations to other Christians about what the Catholic church has been so nonexistent apparently that non-Catholic Christians think we secretly worship Satan, kill babies, and are in league with extremist Muslims.

I’m just thinking aloud here, but why is that? With television and the internet and over a decade since the publication of the catechism, why are so many so ignorant of what the church really teaches and why?

It overwhelms me sometimes.

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