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"This will never happen in the Catholic Church, it's already been decided. This only happens in Protestant churches. What will you do if it happens in your church? "

How do you know it will never happen? The crusades happened. The Inquisition happened. Excommunication of God's children happened. I'm giving you a hypothetical situation that is not entirely inconcievable. How bout this. What are your thoughts on the Crusades and the Inquisition? Was the Church right or wrong?

Also, I am not a Protestant. I am not a Catholic. I am a Christian. I do not exclude any from the church of God who is a saved individual. The Bible states that we can only discern children of God through immorality and the testimony of Christ (i.e. there was no resurrection. Christ was not a man. These sorts of things). The rest is up to the Holy Spirit. We must trust the Holy Spirit to discern the rest. The Holy Spirit is in charge. We have no authority to excommunicate or not have fellowship with anyone for any other reason. So if someone has different interpretations or doctrinal beliefs, that is no reason to refuse him from the Church. Some beleive in baptism by sprinkling, some by immersion. This is no reason to start a new denomination. The church's strength is in it's unity, and once a church begins to make distinctions on doctrines and refuse fellowship, then the enemy has won, because we are no longer united.

JM