I should have used the word denigrate rather than popular phrasing for you to understand my meaning.
The criticism against the church that I heard from Protestants was just that, not preaching any sort of truth. As for those “truths”, they were always rumors based in ignorance.
So, why did you start out on this thread by laughing instead of preaching some truth?
Because it is ridiculous on the face of it and without any foundational scriptural truth .