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"Well, if you don't like these fights, you might wish to avoid the current series of threads that Harley is posting."

You just acknowledged that fights will be the inevitable outcome of Harley's posts. Wasn't the point of your complaint to me earlier that I was creating rancor between Protestants and Catholics?

" I could not help but notice that your first post on this thread was to accuse either the author or the poster of writing in a 3rd grade style."

Thank you for noticing. Just to clarify, I am referring to the author of these articles, which are written at a third grade level.

"A good percentage of those threads are highly critical of Protestants and are dedicated to the idea that the Roman Church has a lock on the truth and that all other churches are in apostasy."

I see.

"Lately, however, it seems that the Protestants simply can't post any thread without at least two or three Catholics that I can think of coming in and proclaiming how the Protestants have it all wrong and how the only true path is through Rome."

That must really bother you.

"So what the Pope is really saying is that if you are really really true to your own religion, no matter whether it is Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam or whatever, that you will be saved. Thanks for clearing that up."

That came from one of your posts a day or two ago, in which you denied that any other religions could contain any truth whatsoever. Apparently you will be offended either way, and reserve to yourself the right to declare that everything else but what you believe is false. Just to clarify, we believe that our faith is True. We also believe that the Apostolic Faith was handed down through the Church.

"Generally I try to avoid those threads as every time I post on them and make any attempt to defend the Protestant Church against the propaganda of the Catholic Church and Catholic Church Theologians, I am accused of "Catholic Bashing".

So now it's our "propaganda" that offends you. I see.

"Your faith is your faith. It may be in vain, but nevertheless it is yours."

Thanks, pm.

"I doubt very seriously if anyone is attacking your faith."

Guess I'll have to take your word that my faith, which is in vain, has never been attacked here on Free Republic.

"What they are attacking is the basis for your faith, i.e., whether you have any scriptural grounds for your doctrinal stands or whether your rituals or practices are in violation of scripture, etc."

So no one is attacking my faith, rather it's merely the grounds of my faith, that are under attack.

"The fact of the matter is that the Reformation was based upon the premise that many of the teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church were not only non-scriptural, but were actually in violation of the plain language of scripture."

Good to know my faith is in plain violation of the language of Scripture, but it's not under attack. It's just like Justification by faith alone, in that sense. Or Predestination to hell. Or the Pope is the anti-Christ. Not that my faith is under attack though.

"Quite frankly this thread is a Protestant Thread (one of only a few posted each week) and there are plenty of Catholic Threads on Free Republic where Protestants don't usually go and where you are free to discuss your peculiar doctrines and practices without criticism from anyone."

I see, sp the problem is that your upset that a Catholic is posting on an anti-Catholic series of threads? This thread is for Protestants only, even if it happens to malign and misrepresent the Catholic faith? Just let the disinformation about Catholics and the Catholic Church slide, in these little stories which the author himself assures us are "Mostly Tue," or if they aren't, he's not too concerned about it?

"Frankly, I think you should ask that your post be pulled."

Lol. You want my thread pulled because I mentioned anti-Catholicism?

"You guys just are so sensitive that any challenge to your peculiar practices and beliefs is seen as Anti-Catholicism"

You're saying the problem is that we're too sensitive? But you would like to have my post yanked because it mentions anti-Catholicsm?

"That may seem like "anti-Catholicism" to you, but that is because it does not comport with your world view."

Actually, P-Marlowe, anti-Catholicism seems like anti-Catholicism to me because it's anti-Catholicsm.

"It (the KKK)was NEVER a mainstream protestant organization "

I see.

"My suggestion is that if this stuff is so painful to you, perhaps you should avoid it."

ok.

"..you are free to discuss your peculiar doctrines and practices without criticism from anyone..."

Thank you for the permission, P-Marlowe. As long as I don't wonder off of the "Catholic" threads I have your permission to post my "peculiar" doctrines. That's very generous.

"Very little of that (mis-representation of Catholic teaching) occurs here."

Lol. Good to know the mis-representation of Catholic teaching here is "very little."

"Lately, however, it seems that the Protestants simply can't post any thread without at least two or three Catholics that I can think of coming in and proclaiming how the Protestants have it all wrong and how the only true path is through Rome."

Proclaiming? That Protestants have it all wrong? Weren't you upset that we said all religions teach elements of
truth?

"Well, in the old days the protestants and catholics solved their differences by burning each other at the stake. I don't think the persecution you receive here on Free Republic is worthy of mention in light of the persecution that both Protestants and Catholics received in the past."

I think it was a bit more complicated than that. Catholics and Protestants often collaborated in the "old days," just as we do in the "new days." Now, according to you, however, when anti-Catholics get intellectually frustrated after being caught in slanders and start callings us "Papists" and speaking of us as "The Romanisist" I shouldn't bother to address it. Just consider it perfectly acceptable and Christian behavior. P-Marlowe, it looks like my attempts to reconcile are not going to bear fruit. I think I see where you're coming from, PM.

Fair enough. If someone is going to mis-represent the Catholic faith, they might actually want to expect the indignity of having someone speak up for the truth. You don't have to post disinformation about the Church. If your doctrines were ever correct, they could have stood without having to resort to attacks against the Catholic Faith. Allow me to start.

"A good percentage of those threads are highly critical of Protestants and are dedicated to the idea that the Roman Church has a lock on the truth and that all other churches are in apostasy."

Incorrect, P-Marlowe.

1. We do not believe that other Christians are apostates. Period.

2. Seems to me that you were pretty upset with the Catholic assertion that all religions contain some degree of truth, so you already know your fundamental statement, that the Church of Rome has a "lock" on the truth was incorrect.

3. If the Church of Rome offends you, but you want to experience the Apostolic Faith as handed down by Jesus Christ to the Apostles and transmitted via the Church and the Fathers, you always have to option of considering Orthodox Catholicism.