John Henry Cardinal Newman had distinct advantages like a grasp of history and of the universal nature of the Church reflected in the word catholic. He likely was blissfully unimpressed by thousands of squabbling sects, each imagining its particular wrinkle on Scripture to prove that it and not the others is true. Had we not given them the Scriptures, they would have had nothing over which to argue with us. Well, I suppose we would give them Scripture anyway even if they would determine to misinterpret and misuse it.
In court I represented hundreds of Evangelicals in what was called Operation Rescue at no charge whatsoever to them and according to their respective and individual beliefs rather than my own. I am confident that few of them would agree with the ungracious and narrow-minded style of Dutchboy88's attacks on the Roman Catholic Church, whatever their sincere disagreements with it.
Dutchboy should spend some time in jail with some socially conservative Catholics and Evangelicals after acting heroically on behalf of the babies. As Benjamin Franklin famously observed: We shall hang together or we shall hang separately.
God bless you and yours, Cicero. You may wish to keep Dutchboy88 in your prayers too.
By the way, I have several good friends at Calvin College, which perhaps I should have mentioned earlier. We disagree on matters of theology, but we work together on common concerns. In fact, I was surprised to discover that I was more respectful of their views than some of their fellow Evangelicals, who have problems with double predestination, irresistible grace, and other high Calvinist doctrines.