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I'm responsible for what I post, Mom. Me, I'm for a truce on the name-calling. It's not informative, and it's counter-productive to what could be some really interesting discussions.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online defines "heretic" in a factual, not insulting, manner:

Full Definition:
1 :a dissenter from established religious dogma; especially :a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church who disavows a revealed truth
2 :one who dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine :nonconformist

Now, on the other hand, very often in forum, we see Catholics referred to as being a "cult":

Full Definition:
1 :formal religious veneration :worship
2 :a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also :its body of adherents
3 :a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also :its body of adherents
4 :a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator
5 a :great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially :such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad
b :the object of such devotion
c :a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion.

Now, as to #3:
"Regarded", well, call it a matter of opinion; but "unorthodox" and especially "spurious" are not exactly flattering, now are they?

FWIW, Mom, we Catholics, as you may recall, use 1, 2, and 5 in our self-description. As regards 5, devotion to a particular saint, or to Our Lady is used as one Catholic to another as acceptable.

I include ALL of us FReepers in my daily prayers: even the ones I've never met in the RF! As to #4, well, I don't know where that applies. Lol that was a new one on me, but hey, I'm not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree! 😀

God bless you, Mom! G2G