What I find incredibly ironic is that virtually every Catholic I have ever met is not sure about their salvation. They tell us that they will find out when they get there, that it's presumptuous to be sure of being saved, they hope they are but don't consider themselves yet.
But when a Christian comes along and tells them that they are not saved unless they accept Christ, they go into orbit.
They have a meltdown and start quoting Scripture (that they don't believe is authoritative), about how we are not to judge others and how dare we declare them not saved, yada, yada, yada.
And all we did was agree with them. Nobody said anything about that Catholic that the Catholic hasn't said about himself, but heaven help the person who speaks it if they aren't Catholic also.
What pushes them over the edge about agreeing with them?
Not to mention that said same Catholics have NO problem whatsoever, telling us that we need to *cross the Tiber* and *come home* or we're on our way to perdition.
So why is that?
Why *Do as I say, not as I do*?
I would say that your “ virtually every Catholic” is not my “actual every Catholic”.
Anyone is free to believe that-—or not.
God is good.
I find it interesting that simply quoting scripture often causes Catholics to apply that immediately to themselves in a negative way.