I have to agree with Ktulu here, if Hitler was a Devout catholic he would have been molesting the little jewish boys, not killing them. FACT
Wrong, if Hitler really were a DEVOUT PRACTICING Catholic he would have never done what he did. FACT.
and no true Muslim would contemplate crashing a plane into a building.
Any specific reason as to why?
Catholic != Christian.
Did Canadians ever apologize for Justin Bieber?
This.
Though the word Christian is very widely misused these days. It tends to to be very generalized. A lot of Catholics ARE christian though, but being Catholic does not automatically make you Christian.
A sample religious nut job bigot definition:
This is a most important question anybody can ask. Am I a Christian? Or am I a Christian in name only? Do I have a living relationship with Christ? Well then, who has the right to call himself Christian? Like the Jews of old, people still fool themselves in thinking that they are right with God because of some ritual (like circumcision or baptism) or because of their heritage ("I was born into a Christian family and attend a Christian church").
According to the Bible, a true Christian is chosen by God before the foundation of the world, redeemed and forgiven by the blood of Christ, illuminated by the Spirit, knows and obeys the truth of the Gospel. A Christian is someone who trusts in Christ for his salvation, and gives all praise to God for His grace. (Please read Ephesians 1:3-13).
Does a Roman Catholic fit this description? Superficially he does. He believes in Christ and speaks about the grace of God. But if he follows the official teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, regretfully I must say that he does not really believe in Christ nor does he know the grace of God. Please allow me to explain.
being Catholic does not automatically make you Christian.
Wot? Catholics were the original Christians. Being Catholic DOES automatically make you Christian, unless you want to apply some after-the fact and small-minded and exclusionary nut-fundie definition of a Christian.
The Catholic church was founded by the actual, original disciples of Jesus H. his own damn self. You really can't get more literally Christian than that.
Actually catholic is a man made religion based on the very original Christianity. There's lot of traditions that Catholics do that aren't in the Bible. In fact they even added books to the Bible when the last chapter specifically says not to remove, change or add, that what the Bible is, is that way in God's will. But Catholics turned around and changed it anyway. Lot of Catholics don't understand the concept that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, we just need to give our lives. No good works or sacrifice will get you in heaven. God gave us the gift, we just have to accept it, and we go. But since Catholic in general is very close to the Bible, then yes, lot of Catholics ARE Christian. To be Christian you only have to have faith that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and that's pretty much it. It's very cut and dry. Lot of religions will take this and then over complicate it.
This.
Though the word Christian is very widely misused these days. It tends to to be very generalized. A lot of Catholics ARE christian though, but being Catholic does not automatically make you Christian.
Actually catholic is a man made religion . . .
Every form of Christianity is not "Christianity" to someone.