So, if we stipulate that some RC's worship Saints (which I don't, but were I to) then I should admit that we all do and I do and that that's what we teach? That doesn't make sense. Paul VI once prostrated himself before some Orthodox Patriarch and kissed his shoesies. Is it silly and disingenuous to question whether Paul VI was worshipping the patriarch?
What we have here is a kind of provincialism. You guys are limited in your language of gesture and consequently you see a protsration and think it is "Latria" because you cannot imainge a portration for any other reason, while we have a far more expressive and enthusiastic language of gesture.It may not be disingenuous but it's silly.
Oh yeah, and mind reading. That good old Sola Scriptura evidently has room in it for overlooking what is said about how only God can see what's going on inside. Sola Scriptura when it doesn't interfere with the assault on the Papists.
Look how ugly this has gotten. And MY part in that is because when I lay out a lengthy discussion it is completely ignored and when I refute an argument I am told I am just in a sate of denial.
And then the general statement about how all Catholics Worship Mary is excused on the grounds that some prostrate themselves before images of saints.
This is not about the Truth. It's about winning.
Am I "pure"... No I'm just as bad in my own ways.. Its the human condition I believe.. We all see thru a glass darkly.. EVEN YOU.. The way I see it is we all need clothes pins on our nose to stand each other.. "currently"..