I would like to see what shoving Scripture down people's throats means, but then may i asked, where or where have You been when RCs did this for years, and note that shoving Scripture down people's throats has its parrellel with constant posting of RC propaganda, engaging in argument by assertion, which they seem to demand we submit to.
Do you feel that Catholics, both of the Roman Rite and Eastern Churches, have no right to post articles? If you didn't wish to read them, you could have requested not to be pinged, if you were at all.
Read my page. I state what I believe. I don't ask others to believe as I do. I'm not here to evangelize. I wanted to hear other Christians' points of view. Why? Frankly, because we live in a world where abominations such as abortion; obsession with illicit sex of all kinds; genocide; persecution of Christians are not only commonplace but facilitated and imposed on people of that which is other than that of Muslim extremists. We need one another. Thus I wanted a better picture of what my other Bretheren think.
I had known non-Catholics throughout my life: both in school-yes, in parochial school- and at home, I was taught to respect people, especially their right to believe differently than we; thus we not only got along, but were friends living side-by-side.
Not very long ago, I was new, and honestly, I had never encountered the insults I saw on the boards. I also do not see the, "I believe" mentality projected in a majority of posts. Pages and pages of Scripture, according to how individuals interpret, along with mocking graphics, deliberate slurs, rehashing of events of hundreds of years ago. I was stunned. That isn't dialogue. Yes, Catholicism, as any other Faith has non-negotiable issues: Mary; the Eucharist; Purgatory, for example. Yes, then you will see an absolute. That is defense of the basic tenets of my Faith. I don't expect others to believe them, and polite counterpoint leads to dialogue- not with agreement but with an understanding that fosters less hostility.
We don't have to agree on every thing. I believe there are many paths to God, but if we of good will find a common ground, we can do more together than we can by arguing so vehemently. Check out the picture of the people in Indiana during the institution of the new legislation against gay marriage. Rabbis, Ministers, Sisters. Ever watch the March for Life? People of all races, Faiths, and denominations together by the thousands working together for a common cause. Together, we have strength!
Third, the blatant anti-Protestantism sticks out like a sore thumb.