[slumber1]

I mean, what are Protestants supposed to be ~ a sort of RC lite?

Unfortunately that is what many of them have become. It is possible to love and respect individual Catholics and at the same time oppose the teaching and structure of the RCC

[Steelfish]

“It is possible to love and respect individual Catholics and at the same time oppose the teaching and structure of the RCC”

Catholics won’t buy into this. It’s no different than saying you can love Christ but don’t buy into the Church He established though St. Peter and his apostles.