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?

[*chaneun*]

I'm a Protestant, and when I was asking my mom about the difference between Catholics and Protestants, she told me that long ago, around when Martin Luther was alive, Catholics were kindof.. Paegans. According to what she said, Catholics were even selling tickets to heaven.
I dunno if that had to do anything with this topic, but also, don't Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary? I mean, Protestants don't do that, not that I know of any, but according to my mother, she said that Catholics pray to Mary because she gave birth to Jesus.

Anyway, I have a question. What is CCD like?

[*kryogenix*]

I'm a Protestant, and when I was asking my mom about the difference between Catholics and Protestants, she told me that long ago, around when Martin Luther was alive, Catholics were kindof.. Paegans. According to what she said, Catholics were even selling tickets to heaven.

Pagans? I'll need some clarification before I can explain that.

I don't know about tickets to heaven, but I know they were selling indulgences.

From Wikipedia:

In 1517, Pope Leo X offered indulgences for those who gave alms to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, a situation that took on the appearance of "selling indulgences." The aggressive marketing practices of Johann Tetzel in promoting this cause provoked Martin Luther to write his 95 theses, protesting what he saw as the purchase and sale of salvation. According to tradition, he nailed these theses to a church door in Wittenberg, but this story is held to be apocryphal by some. From this controversy the Protestant Reformation was launched.

A plenary indulgences removes the temporal punishment associated with sin. But in order for it to go into effect, you have to confess your sin first. Also, if you're headed for purgatory, you've already been saved from Hell. It's not exactly a free pass to heaven.

I dunno if that had to do anything with this topic, but also, don't Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary? I mean, Protestants don't do that, not that I know of any, but according to my mother, she said that Catholics pray to Mary because she gave birth to Jesus.

It does have something to do with the topic, I listed the Virgin Mary as one of the points in my first post

We don't worship Mary. Mary is not God. We ask Mary to intercede on our behalf. If you ask a friend to pray for you, you aren't worshipping your friend, you're asking someone to talk to God on your behalf.

Anyway, I have a question. What is CCD like?

CCD is like any other educational institution. It depends on who's teaching. I've had some not so great teachers, and some really awesome teachers. You also get out of it what you put into it. If you don't do some reading on your own or ask questions, you'll probably end up not understanding all of it. The best part of my CCD experience was having someone who understood the Cathecism available to answer all of the questions I had.