A wise man (or woman) would see that as an opportunity to learn something. Even if one doesn't agree with what one finds there, one can at least learn what other folks actually think and believe. Their actual beliefs, thoughts and practices may well turn out to be very different from what their detractors suggest of them. A wise person would see, then, that the detractors are not to be believed.
I've no need to learn the teachings of the church of my youth through straw-man arguments. That is the sort of thing I was talking about.
Even if one doesn't agree with what one finds there, one can at least learn what other folks actually think and believe.
I read the caucus threads to see what other folk actually think & believe, not that I've been ignorant to the point where anything I've read has been new or a surprise to me. Some caucus members use the threads as an opportunity to do some Protestant bashing & trust me, I've heard it all before.
Their actual beliefs, thoughts and practices may well turn out to be very different from what their detractors suggest of them.
I was married in a Roman Catholic church, to a man raised in the Roman Catholic faith. I've been to Mass many times & while at Mass, I have never heard the anti-Protestant rhetoric that is commonly part of the caucus threads.
A wise person would see, then, that the detractors are not to be believed.
What detractors? On the caucus threads, there are none...