I think you really need to study about the paganisms incorporated into Catholic practice and belief. God refers to those who spend time with paganism whores. Once you understand the depth of paganism in Catholicism you can understand God’s warnings to the whore of Babylon in Revelation and the admonition to people to “come out of her” or partake in her plagues. That’s the seriousness of what we are discussing. I truly fear for those in the Catholic Church. Many want to be true believes and may be saved but will “partake in her plagues” if they stay in her.
Cynical, cynical, cynical, bear.
When Old Testament ideas are too literally pulled into New Testament practice, that’s what you get.
This “Whore” actually appears post rapture (I am being bold and going on a dispensational, pre-trib rapture model). All churches will have lost their believers and we have a very interesting new scene on earth by this time. What was left of the Southern Baptists (nonbelievers) could be this Whore, for all we know. Or an unholy conglomeration of what had been Christian churches. It’s a warning for that time. Not for now except as we can look at it and understand how God will continue to wrestle with the world until it is no longer worth wrestling with.