“The moment JUST ONE Catholic divorces or is gay or fails to use contraception YOUR ENTIRE argument fails.”
Why? You think I said no Catholic ever sins?
It is interesting how when we generalize we get ever so close to that bearing false witness thing. Guilt by affiliation?
You made a generalization of Protestants, that they gave up the traditions of not condoning being gay, or women priests or divorce, etc. And yet the majority of "Protestant" denominations hold to these. The majority of Christians who would consider themselves Protestant "try" to hold to the tenets of the Bible.
your comment: ” And if there is a disagreement between scripture and our tradition, we ditch the tradition.”
Like the way many Protestants have ditched that whole gay thing? (Page Vickie Eugene Robinson.) Or that Divorce thing? How about that women preaching thing? Contraception? Hmmmm."
Just as you threw out the name of Vicki Robinson and pointed the finger at Protestants, I threw out the name of Ted Kennedy and pointed back at Catholics.
We can sit here and make accusations of one group or the other. We can get all holier than thou. We can point fingers all we want.
What does it accomplish? Does it unite us in Christ or divide us into sectarianism? Do we humbly serve each other? Or do we puff ourselves up and gloat?