(By the way, calling the above article propaganda is not an insult, it is at minimum someone's thoughtful opinion, and may also, in fact, be the truth. These threads are open to anyone who wishes to join the discourse. Sorry of you disagree, but that doesn't make it hate speech.)
Articles like this have an agenda, which is to justify someone's set of beliefs and set out to provide proofs that they are correct, and that other views are wrong.
Not picking on Catholics, by the way -- a lot of sects do the same thing... We're the REAL Christians, our way is the BEST way, we have a SPECIAL claim to truth, tradition, doctrine, etc. that YOU don't have.
I would like to see more Christians on FreeRepublic preach Jesus and his gospel, instead of re-posting other people's scholarship and regurgitated, long-winded volumes on doctrines of secondary or no importance.
There is a world out there to be redeemed, loved, saved and rescued from hell. The real followers of Jesus are out there doing his work. The others are arguing about doctrine and trying to prove that they're right.
"If Jesus came back and saw what's going on in His name, He'd never stop throwing up." -- from Hannah and Her Sisters
First explain why you see the two as mutually exclusive.
-A8
Take my word for it......He does know what's going on.....in his name.
Christ and His Gospel is the only thing the Catholic Church teaches.
Others groups leave out much of Christ's Gospel, and/or add things to it.
-A8