The author then goes on to list a bunch of experiential, subjective criteria
Exactly. You get it while so many posters on this thread do not.
There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church — which is, of course, quite a different thing. These millions can hardly be blamed for hating Catholics because Catholics "adore statues"; because they "put the Blessed Mother on the same level with God"; because they say "indulgence is a permission to commit sin"; because the Pope "is a Fascist"; because the "Church is the defender of Capitalism." If the Church taught or believed any one of these things it should be hated, but the fact is that the Church does not believe nor teach any one of them. It follows then that the hatred of the millions is directed against error and not against truth. As a matter of fact, if we Catholics believed all of the untruths and lies which were said against the Church, we probably would hate the Church a thousand times more than they do.
Siena Dreaming: Exactly. You get it while so many posters on this thread do not.
You have both conveniently overlooked the sentence directly following:
First off, much of what Evangelicals believe about Catholicism, what they believe and who they are, is flat out incorrect. I will not dedicate any space here to that, ...
So, after he says that he is not writing an essay about doctrine the two of you, and others on this thread, criticize his lack of doctrinal focus. He is not listing any criteria, either. He is describing a visit to the seminary where his brother is studying.
Given that many evangelicals do not think that Catholics are Christians, his point is that these seminarians do act like Christians.