OK, I’ll reply. Matt Barber has a lot to say, and I agree with most of it.
Christianity today is under assault by leftists, many of whom are agnostics or atheists.
However, after talking about the plight of Christians being castigated and denounced, he moved over into the ‘Papist’ language. Which is odd because he had just finished writing about how Christians were being persecuted and being called all sorts of derogatory names. The word “Papists” is a red flag to knowledgeable Catholics who remember well how and why the Catholic voters were driven into the Democrat Party in the late 19th century.
“Papists” and ‘Rum, Romanism and Rebellion” phrases were nasty terms to demean Irish immigrants to Massachusetts, they were used by the prevailing Republican upper class folk in that state. Since the Irish immigrants to the northeastern part of the USA formed the largest Catholic ethnic group, many became clergymen - thus giving their group enormous power over all of the Catholic immigrants who came later. They were able to influence people to move toward the Democrat party. Irish-Americans have traditionally dominated the bishops class in the Catholic church in the USA. That is why, even today, so many Catholics are still emotionally tied to the Democrat party. Only in the past 40-50 years have lots of Catholics seen the light and to realize that the Democrat party is actually an enemy of deepest beliefs in the Holy Trinity.
If we, as Christians, cannot be more respectful to each other, how can we ever hope to unite in defense of our religious freedoms?
Unless you are new here, you would know the RF is known for its Protestant bashing, and Sola Scriptura bashing. The RCC is the only true Christianity, Protestants should bow the knee to the Pope, etc.
And you wonder why the “Papist” language? What else to call those who believe the Pope is the head of Christianity? Ever since the Reformation, the Papists have been known by this name.
All you have to do, my friend, is just get the Papists to change their belief that their Pope is the head of Christianity, then the “Papist” term would cease. Good luck on that.
If we, as Christians, cannot be more respectful to each other, how can we ever hope to unite in defense of our religious freedoms?
i’m guessing you don’t read too many topics on the religion thread here...just yesterday some nut was claiming that the Catholic Church will be fully arrayed in battle regalia against Jesus Christ until the Second Coming...when the Caliphate lines him up on the beach to chop his head off, this nut will be bitching at the Pope...
“If we as Christians cannot be more respectful to each other....”
It’s really too late for that.
The world of the hyphenated Christian has no place for respect.
IMHO
IMHO