question for Protestants Options

[*kryogenix*]

To my understanding, the following are the major reasons why people are Protestant rather than Catholic

• Sola Scriptura
• Sola Fide
• The Pope
• Virgin Mary
• Confession

inform me if I am missing anything.

So my question to Protestants is: can you justify the deviations from Catholic teaching?

[richc]

I am a mere 14 year old, so I do not know much about the Catholic religion.

But for the "pope," I believe the Catholic religion says that everyone can only have a relationship with God through the church

meaning, the pope can stop someone from going to heaven. and the pope has power among the catholics.

in the bible, it says that everyone is a sinner; everyone is equal.

whether you have committed one sin or 1 billion sins, a sinner is a sinner.
meaning, no one is better than anyone else.

also, when Jesus died on the cross, the temple curtains that separated the clergy from the "holy room" which the priest was only suppose to have access to, was ripped open.
we believe that this meant that Jesus wanted a DIRECT relationship with all of us.

again, Im not the best person to rely for the absolute facts, but that is what i remember, jsut from my head.