[horse_doc]

Are Joel Osteen, Jimmy Swaggart, John Shelby Spong, Benny Hinn, Katherine Jefferts Schori, and many others an improvement over some of the Roman Catholic clergy and hierarchy of the 15th century?

Actually, they are. The people you named represent a FRACTION of Christians in America. The 15th century Catholic Church was corrupt from the top down, and did not spread its corruption on one or two cable channels - it did it throughout the entire world.

I don't know where you've been going to church, but Protestants in modern America tend to just call themselves Christians. Half of them don't even know what the word Protestant means, nor do they care. In a post-denominational America, Protestant is one more label that is is just not used, anymore.

[Huber]

Actually, they are. The people you named represent a FRACTION of Christians in America. The 15th century Catholic Church was corrupt from the top down, and did not spread its corruption on one or two cable channels - it did it throughout the entire world.

Have you ever considered that you are simply repeating someone's talking points? The comment above sounds similar in tone to an Mahmoud Ahmadinejad description of America the great Satan or perhaps a Pravda article. You might want to check your facts using both reformed and traditional (i.e. non-protestant) sources, rather than merely repeating someone's propaganda.