[Conservative til I die]

I worship and pray only to Jesus Christ, not to the heart or toe of another human being.

I believe your apology is sincere, but the way that you phrase the above statement goes to the heart of my issue with many Protestants. Aside from the theological falsehood put forth that we "worship...the heart or to of another human being", there's an unconscious condescension and demeaning attitude in how Protestants talk about Catholic beliefs, even when they're trying to be apologetic and friendly.

[Ditter]

My apology was sincere and I have no animosity toward Catholics but my remark was not unconscious. Do Catholics put something between themselves and Jesus Christ when they pray, a saint or a relic of a saint? I have heard Catholics say they pray to a saint because he is closer to God than they are. The Bible tells me that no one is between me and God, so I pray directly to Jesus. I have felt the arms of God and I have been spoken to by God when I prayed to him in the darkest time of my life. I have spoken of that time here on FR. I didn't need a saint of or a relic to reach Him. That is my only point and again I apologize for the way in which I said it in my first post.