The most ANNOYING misconception about YOUR faith? (Jesus, salvation, reincarnation)

[TurkeyOnRye]

Atheists are immoral.

[Nein]

That I believe in the "Devil." I think would be the biggest misconception i have found so far.

[athanasius]

That we worship the Pope
That we worship Mary
That we worship the saints
That we worship anything that isn't God
That we are pagan
That we teach pelagianism or semi-pelagianism(Works rightousness for salvation)
That we use fetishes and "magic" charms(in refernce to sacramentals and relics)
That we conjure the dead(in reference to praying to saints)
That we are cannibals(In reference to the Eucharist)
That we have alot of guilt(really we are pretty guilt free compared to the fundamentalist Christian sects who beat themselves up over what a worm they are and how bad they are. Just watch "Jesus Camp" and you'll see the kids in the certain fundamentalist camps do that. You will never find the Catholic school kids on a religious retreat doing that! People are just spoiled and immature and like to blame the Catholic church for all of there problems and so called guilt! Oh no Sister so and so said this to me when I was in 3rd grade and now I have a complex! Boohoooo! Grow up!)

Those are my problems with peoples misconceptions about my faith!

[James the Persian]

Originally Posted by athanasius

semi-pelagianism(Works rightousness for salvation)

You need to take another look at your definitions because that's not what semi-pelagianism means. The fact that one of the people who Rome often calls semi-pelagian is St. John Cassian should amply demonstrate that. Read some of his works. Of course, Rome is completely wrong in suggesting that Cassian was semi-heretical (whatever that's supposed to mean) as all he did was oppose Bl. Augustine's novel teaching of irresistible grace and uphold the ancient understanding of salvation being a synergy of God's grace and man's reaction to it. Augustine overreacted in his opposition to Pelagius and Cassian corected him. Rome later applied the semi-Pelagian label to Cassian presumably because nobody could have been right to correct the 'Great Doctor' of the Church. But of course Cassian, not Augustine, was the one who was being faithful to Tradition, so all semi-Pelagianism really is is a new name for the ancient faith handed down from the Apostles. Pelagianism is rather different and is what you suggest (though Pelagius himself never taught it - later followers did - and was exonerated of heresy as a result).

James

[Gentoo]

Another Annoying misconception is that all or most of the Christian holidays were once Pagan. While that's true, the annoying part is people think it's either a revelation or completely false and get upset at such a notion.

[joeboonda]

That people don't understand that salvation is a totally free, undeserved, unmerited, unearnable, GIFT, that we get for simply trusting in Jesus, and that we can never lose that gift, having done nothing to earn it, we do nothing to keep it. Salvation is free, position and reward in Heaven is not.

[michel]

That people think that I believe mine is "The only way", and that I feel the need to convert everyone I meet.........

[NoahideHiker]

That the Noahide justice system calls for everyone to get their heads chopped off for the slightest crime.

[*Paul*]

People misconstrue heartfelt evangelism for arrogance.

[LuisDantas]

As a Buddhist, that we're believers in reincarnation; as an atheist, that I should not have a religion.