[HarleyD]

After all, you're sitting at your computer in the U.S. telling me how you think the people of Mexico ought pray; in other words, you're trying to put the roundness of their exterior display of Catholic faith into the square box of your Calvinist one. That takes a lot of hubris, IMO. For the life of me I can't ever remember giving a Protestant instructions on how to practice his faith in order to fit my Catholic sensibilities.

This isn't about the way a person worship in one country verses another. We were talking about the Church allowing unChristian practices and not doing anything about it. There are no cultural differences. Americans traveling to lay flowers in a NJ tunnel is just as bad as Mexicans wanting to crawl for blocks to see a piece of cloth. It's all idolatry. Mankind is prone to it be it in a third world country or a developed country.

The only reason I stand aghast is simply because the scriptures tell me this is a big NO-NO. Yet I see a bunch of Christians doing it. I would equally stand aghast if I knew a bunch of Christians were out committing adultery. Wouldn't you feel compel to say something or do you think that would take a bit of "hubris"?

This isn't about Protestant/Catholic sensibilities. It's about violating God's commands. There is a certain irony in Catholics telling Protestants they are saved by works while at the same time violating the very commandments they claim they are trying to follow.