[metmom]

Well, then....

I was water baptized as an infant in the Catholic church, so by your reasoning I AM SAVED.

Period. End of story.

So, why am I, and other former Catholics, being so criticized for having confidence that we are going to heaven when we die?

[one Lord one faith one baptism]

you may be, i can’t judge you.

anyone who hates the Body of Christ on earth, the Church doesn’t love Jesus and obviously can’t be “in Christ”
anyone who knowingly spreads lies and accuses the Church of teachings which it does not hold ( worship of Mary, salvation by works, etc )is an enemy of Jesus Christ and can’t be “in Christ”

everyone needs to examine themselves to see if their faith is genuine or false.

[Natural Law]

"So, why am I, and other former Catholics, being so criticized for having confidence that we are going to heaven when we die?"

Because judgment is not yours and it defies logic and Scripture for anyone to claim that there nothing they could do to loose Salvation.