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Debate Score:29
Arguments:33
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Do Christians Follow their pope instead of the bible

In Christianity do they follow their Popes rulings instead of what the Bible says

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Side Score: 10
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Side Score: 19
1 point

the only thing biblical about the pope is that he attempts to "stand in the place of Christ" .... the bible calls this antichrist ....

see: Christians and antichrists .. parts 1 thru 3 ..... 1 John 2:18

Side: YES

At least the pope is real :)

Side: YES
LichPotato(362) Disputed
1 point

Last I checked, the Bible, whether you agree with it or not, is a historical document.

Side: NO
1 point

It was not the bible to which I was referring. .

Side: YES
dadman(1703) Disputed
1 point

At least the pope is real ..... so was Jim Jones and all other cult (antichrist) leaders

Side: NO
shoutoutloud(4303) Clarified
1 point

Very true .

Side: YES
NowASaint(1380) Disputed
1 point

The pope is not what he pretends to be. He is real only in that he is a human being. Other than that he is a fraud.

Side: NO
1 point

It's a little bit of both. But that's true with followers of any doctrine or belief, whether it's the Constitution, the Bible, the Communist Manifesto, whatever.

People are complex, plus documents have many angles within them, plus it's not automatically invalid for contemporary people to interpret the intent of a document a little differently.

Side: YES
0 points

To all you noers ummmmm have you even read the bible if Christians where following the bible instead of the Pope then Christians all over the place would be going around stoning all homosexuals and killing Muslims and other various religions. Also would still believe in a flat earth and the earth is the center of the universe, etc

Side: YES
3 points

Catholocism is not really a representation of Christ. Catholocism was a politicalization of faith. And was a force of power and greed steeped in curruption, land ownership, political gain.

There are Christians in the faith by tradition but He leads people out of Catholocism.

Side: NO

Glad to note that you recognise this fact.

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Side: NO
1 point

He does say we are little sheepies. And as sheep we have to be wise and to watch out for big bad wolves that look like sheep. Like the Pope and Catholocism who killed billions of Christians, tried to ban the people from a personal relationship with Jesus, and His word. As they murdered the faithful, buned manuscrips and Bibles, and translated it into Latin to keep people from reading it. Why would faith in the Good God be evil? People slither like snakes, I can here them rattle!

Strategies to destroy faith in God. The real God. Every evilbagainst us. Jesus promised the gates of Hell woluld war against us, but promise the gates of Hell would not prevail against us.

Strategies, violence, murder, and even infiltrating sneakily into churches in order to cause appoatacy.

Actions against common people designed to force the Pope onto people as if he were the Christ, in all their vile curruption, violence, and deception meant discourage the commoners from having faith beyond the Popes and priests.

They did not want people reading the Bible out side of their control even 30 years ago. I think they were afraid whoever read it would become a Protestant. ๐Ÿ˜‡

So the big bad wolves are in the story, but its the sheep who are the subject of their appetites.

Jesus said we are to be alert, guarding from false teachers and shepherds. He said they are violent and take the Kingdom if Heaven by force. The thieves beak in and steal, and the wolves disquise as sheep.

If you can see spiritually at all, Satan went to stop God final plan. The Jews and Christians have been a target from Satan. Why else gas Jews and kill Christians? For what logical purpose?

Were Christians singing to loud? Did Hanukkah shoot bullets at them or hurt them in some way?

Seriously? Why is the most valuable piece of land in the middle east be so coveted that it will start WW3?

And why are Jews and Christians both God's people aliens in this world?

Step back and ponder a moment. Maybe you will see something if you adjust your lense a little.

Its pretty unreasonable how blind people are. What purpose other than a true spiritual battle have all these things occurred?

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Side: NO
1 point

Actual Believers in Jesus have no need for a pope ... the pope is not biblical .. and yes they do follow the bible

Side: NO
luckin(175) Clarified
1 point

Peter was considered to be the first pope. What do you think about him?

Side: YES
dadman(1703) Disputed
1 point

and Jim Jones was considered a Christ .. so was David Koresh / Sun Myung Moon / Father Divine / etc etc ....

hang on to your hat .. it's gonna get thick ....

1 John 2:18 .. Children .. it is the last hour .. and just as you heard that antichrist is coming ..

even now MANY antichrists have appeared .. from this we know that it is the last hour

Side: YES
dadman(1703) Disputed
1 point

Peter was considered to be the first pope .... no, Peter was a rock (small stone (petros)) ...

Jesus is THE ROCK (corner stone (petra)) ... the church is built on the CONFESSION that Jesus is the Christ (Mat 16:16) .... the son of the living God ..... the Catholic Church (sadly) perverts and distorts most of Biblical teaching

Side: YES
dadman(1703) Clarified
1 point

............................................................. duplicate post

Side: YES
dadman(1703) Clarified
1 point

Pope Francis assures atheists: You donโ€™t have to believe in God to go to heaven .........

Hebrews 11:06 .. and without faith it is impossible to please him .. for he who comes to God must believe that HE IS and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him ........ we rest our case

Side: YES
1 point

I would have to ask who you think the pope is that you think christians follow?

Side: NO
NowASaint(1380) Clarified
2 points

"Pope" is an abbreviation for "Potentate". The Bible says there is only one Potentate and it's not Peter or any Catholic Pope, it's Jesus Christ Himself. Catholics do not follow the Bible, they follow their Pope who they idolize. Catholicism is paganism which abuses Biblical names and words.

2nd Timothy 6:14-15

That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

Side: YES
1 point

Yeshua is the head of the church, not the Pope. #NotMyPope .....................................

Side: NO
1 point

I say no, because while the Pope is a very powerful figure in Christianity, not every Christian is a Catholic. Some people who aren't Catholic respect the Pope, but that does not make them Catholic.

Side: NO

No. I am a christian and i hate the pope how about that?

I hate all the hail mary and shit.

I am born into a catholic family but am not. I was sent to a catholic school(thank God am out) i still Hate everything about their worship. AM PENTICOSTAL

Side: NO
NowASaint(1380) Disputed
1 point

Do all Pentecostals have dirty mouths like you? do you learn to cuss from your pastor?

Side: YES
jeffreyone(1383) Disputed
1 point

Penticostals do not share the same blood or DNA, my mouth is just me. And i don't know what you mean by dirty.

I don't learn anything from my pastor. I just listen to how they explain the bible texts . I learn on my own

Side: NO

Maybe Catholics do, but not all Christians are Catholic, therefore, they have their own code to go by.

Side: NO
1 point

i think not all christians recognize a pope,

the techings of the pope follows the bible, oral traditions, and the magisterium of the church. therefore the pope does not just teach whatever he wants to teach but what the bible teaches. and so christians do not directly follow the pope but to what they really believe. ;)

Side: NO