Excellent article.
And we can note that anti-Catholicism is alive and well on the web.
Here on FR we see posts like:
“All of the Lent and Easter abomination is pagan and God clearly condemned it in scripture.”
“God doesn’t smile down on people who celebrate Easter.”
It has been getting noticeably worse lately.
Yes, we can. I got dinged for saying that. I'm glad you didn't.
Oh Hell Yes! Surprised Free Republic is not listed as anti-Catholic.
But we cannot persuade them with our words; we must pray for God to turn their hearts. So much hatred needs to be driven out.
“And we can note that anti-Catholicism is alive and well on the web.”
Especially on FR. :-)
This "Bible Thing" over the truly insignificant differences between the "King James" and the "Douay-Rheims" was (and is) tragic, because it (IMHO) led eventually to the end of the Bible in the Public Schools, where even in my time in them, (1940's) the OT especially was an integral part of the school day. Those making the "Church-State Separation" argument and applying it to the Public Schools seized upon this controversy (IMHO) and perverted to their campaign for God-less schools.
Violent measures against Catholics were especially vicious during the 19th C, and were really only ended by violent counter-measures, as against the KKK. To this day, lower-class Protestants (see Belfast) are most ignorantly vituperative about the issue, matched in the still-occuring occasional violence by lower-class Catholics. This is not to say that rigorous upper-class religious partisans do not exist, but they are rarely violent!
Muslims, OTOH, cheerfully dispatch all Christians, the high and the low of all denominations, with equal barbaric cruelty and glee. Can we not oppose them together?