driftdiver:
With respect to this part of your post “What bugs me and possibly many others is when Catholics lay the claim that they are the only way to salvation or that their priests are equal to Christ. Some catholics agree to disagree when challenged and others throw insultspost”
I don’t know of any Catholic that claims a priest is equal to Christ. I think you are terribly mistaken if you believe that or, also, some Catholic who believes that is obviously clueless, and again, I don’t know of any Catholic I have ever met, I am in my 40’s, nor have I ever seen a Catholic on this forum, or any other that I frequent make that claim.
You might well be facing the typical--and grotesque--distortion of alter Christus.
“I don’t know of any Catholic that claims a priest is equal to Christ. “
I’ve met numerous and if you’ve read this thread there are some very prominent ones as well. From post 144
THE AMAZING GIFT OF THE PRIESTHOOD.
by Father Kenneth Baker
“...Simply stated, the Catholic priest is another Christ. Through his ordination he has been granted the amazing gift of being a channel of divine grace for the eternal salvation of those he come into contact with — both in his official ministry and in his personal life...”
“I think you are terribly mistaken if you believe that or, also, some Catholic who believes that is obviously clueless,”
I dunno, what does the title Father mean to Catholics?
As I’ve said, I’ve met several catholics who believed this because that is what they were taught.