I certainly do not hold out much hope for reconciliation on FR. I don't consider that sentiment to be to be vitriolic hatred, and you probably don't either. If you're more optomistic than me, more power to you.
I would go further than you regarding "reconciliation". Forget about the relative unimportance of FR in the big picture, I don't hold out hope for "reconciliation" ever under the only terms the RCC deems acceptable. Cooperation? Yes! "Reconciliation"? No!
Further, under the terms of the RCC I think it would be a disaster for Christianity.
I do think there are people who spend a majority of their time on FR deriding Catholicism. Absolutely. If you don't, you're not reading the same threads I am. I consider that to be a realistic evaluation, but not vitriolic hatred - do you?
Well spoken. May I borrow it with one minor change?
I do think there are people who spend a majority of their time on FR deriding Protestantism. Absolutely. If you don't, you're not reading the same threads I am. I consider that to be a realistic evaluation, but not vitriolic hatred - do you?
I do think there is a deep hatred for Catholicism. Not Catholics, I hope not. I don't assume that of anyone. But hatred of the Church? Yes, I do think there is. The descriptives used for the Church frequently used here bear that out and I don't see how you could fail to see them. In any event, believing that there are those who hate Catholicism is not, in itself, a hateful comment. Do you think it is?
No I don't believe your observation is hateful. Once again I could change the words "Catholic" and "Catholicism" to "Protestant" and "protestantism". Is that a hateful observation?
As they say in the Air Force.... you know you are close to the target when you start taking flack.
Unfortunately, my experience and observations of posts on the FR religious forum causes me to have to stand by my statement.