This thread is for sharing Roman Catholic dogmas that are clearly debunked, which, in turn, debunk their claims of infallibility.
As for myself, there are three I know of :
1. The Marian dogmas rest on the faulty assumption of Mary as the New Eve (eg, Mary has to be sinless, because Eve had been sinless prior to her and Adam's having eaten from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, according to Pope Pius IX's Papal Bull Ineffabilis Deus)--Scripturally, only the Church could be the New Eve, since Christ is the New Adam, and the Church is both Christ's body and bride, just as Eve was Adam's own body and bride ("bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh"), and no less than Paul says that it is the Church which corresponds to Eve (2 Co 11:3).
2. The Catholic Church teaches dogmatically (Canon 1191 §1) that it is perfectly acceptable to, in some cases, take vows; however, Jesus says taking vows is "of the evil one" (Mt 5), and James (Ja 5), echoing Jesus, commands, "take no vow at all, lest you fall under condemnation".
3. I learned, from Jay Dyer, that their dogma (Lumen Gentium, para. 16; Nostra Aetate, para. 3; CCC para. 841) is that Muslims worship the same God as they do, and that Hindus have "recourse" (access) to God, whereas Jesus says He is the way, the Truth, and the life, and that no one goes to the Father except by Him.
As for myself, there are three I know of :
1. The Marian dogmas rest on the faulty assumption of Mary as the New Eve (eg, Mary has to be sinless, because Eve had been sinless prior to her and Adam's having eaten from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, according to Pope Pius IX's Papal Bull Ineffabilis Deus)--Scripturally, only the Church could be the New Eve, since Christ is the New Adam, and the Church is both Christ's body and bride, just as Eve was Adam's own body and bride ("bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh"), and no less than Paul says that it is the Church which corresponds to Eve (2 Co 11:3).
2. The Catholic Church teaches dogmatically (Canon 1191 §1) that it is perfectly acceptable to, in some cases, take vows; however, Jesus says taking vows is "of the evil one" (Mt 5), and James (Ja 5), echoing Jesus, commands, "take no vow at all, lest you fall under condemnation".
3. I learned, from Jay Dyer, that their dogma (Lumen Gentium, para. 16; Nostra Aetate, para. 3; CCC para. 841) is that Muslims worship the same God as they do, and that Hindus have "recourse" (access) to God, whereas Jesus says He is the way, the Truth, and the life, and that no one goes to the Father except by Him.
