Gee, from reading Catholic posts here on FR, it seems the Catholics blame Prods for everything from Roman Catholic priests raping children to global warming.
Of course they do.
They are taught very early on their church is the means of their salvation. It's so ingrained in them that defense of their church is the same as defending their faith. If error is pointed out you will be immediately attacked because you have attacked their faith.
In the end it's why you can never have a serious theological discussion with them because their perception is entirely different than ours. I think it's also why you get so much double speak. They will do anything to put their church in a good light.
If we were to get into the historic animus between Jews and Christians we would need to examine eschatological views as well as covenant theology. How in the world are you going to do that with RC's. They either don't know the position of their church in these issues, or will misrepresent them so as to not put their church in a bad light. It's much easier for Dispensationalists to discuss these issues with the Reformed and even then it gets pretty heated.
IOW, it's a waste of time to try and get into these things with the RC's.
that’s just for starters until they get warmed up.
Gee I must be reading different posts.