[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

The problem with Traditions is they are arbitrary, and subjective. Catholics really have no clue how offensive their teachings are to Christians.

Catholic tradition is largely the product of centuries of gradual development that followed the apostasy of much of Christianity after Constantine. What we know of today as "Catholicism," in fact, only appeared in its recognisable form after Augustine, in the 5th century.

It's interesting to see the parallels between Catholicism and Islam in this regard. Both consider themselves to have sprung forth unaided and in final form from a primeval source, yet both, in reality, are the product of a long period that saw the gradual development of a system of traditions which were then crystallised by the priestly caste and "retro-engineered" back onto their myth of primeval origin.

[OneWingedShark]

It's interesting to see the parallels between Catholicism and Islam in this regard. Both consider themselves to have sprung forth unaided and in final form from a primeval source, yet both, in reality, are the product of a long period that saw the gradual development of a system of traditions which were then crystallised by the priestly caste and "retro-engineered" back onto their myth of primeval origin.

Somewhat off topic, but...
I submit, for your imagination, the idea of a mingled/hybrid Catholicism & Islam. Imagine it as the one-world-religion endorsed in Revelation (i.e. causing all of humanity to worship the image of the Beast, IIRC).