And Catholics began the thread by negatively critiquing what they saw as a particularly Protestant portrayal of Mary in the Nativity Story.
Can you be more specific? I reread the first twenty or so posts and didn't see any of this until Protestants came along.
See what ?
Disagreement ???
Why ... what else would you expect to see when Catholics and Protestants (and Orthodox) ... come to occupy the same space ?
Great point!