I’ll try again.......
In post 135 you complaining that someone used the term *ignorant* in regard to Catholics.
That is ironic in light of the fact that Catholics have no qualms about calling others *ignorant*.
You have no basis for complaint when someone uses the VERY SAME TERM about Catholics that Catholics use about others.
Why would it be OK for Catholics to call others *ignorant* but NOT OK for others to call Catholics ignorant?
Could you explain the double standard?
Although you weren't addressing me, I'll try again too (if you missed it, my first time was at post #200).
These uses are not exactly the very same term: the "same" word can be used in different ways, some more "neutral," some more "negative," some more "positive." For example, if I were to say "Aristotle was ignorant of sex chromosomes," I am probably not trying to insult Aristotle. If I were to say "you are ignorant" to someone, I am probably not trying to make a neutral statement about that person.
(And again, please be careful about using that type of reasoning. Otherwise, "you have no basis for complaint when someone uses the VERY SAME TERM about ['Protestants'--or any other group] that ['Protestants'--or any other group] use about others." Having dipped my toe into the rich history of what passes for religious debate in our world, I wonder if all this could be a problem.)
There is no double standard. Protestants and Catholics both think the other are ignorant of the truth. That’s the nature of an irreconcilable difference. Wasting a Saturday afternoon going back and forth belaboring the point isn’t going to change that dynamic.
I didn’t complain about anything in Post #135. Somebody said Catholics were willfully ignorant of history (a post you didn’t take any issue with). I responded with something almost all Lutherans are also willfully ignorant of: Martin Luther’s “The Jews & Their Lies”.
Simple back and forth. There was no implication that one thing was okay and the other was not. There was action, there was reaction. Pretty basic. I’m totally fine with you all calling Catholics whatever you like.
I could; but you're too ignert to understand it!
--CAtholic_wanna_Be(Hail Mary!)