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I don’t like all the negativity these kinds of threads generate either and I also don’t believe anyone who posts to them will change their mind.

However I must admit, at least from a Catholic perspective, there is a point and a reason for posting the pro-Catholic ones. (And so, I am forced to say in fairness the pro-Protestant ones). And that is for evangelization of the lurker.

I try to avoid these as much as possible but they are educational for me at times. And also interesting. But they can also be toxic of course.

So there have been times when I’ve thought if begging my fellow Catholics to not post threads like this. But I always return to the possibility of evangelization of some unknown lurker somewhere, maybe something said something I don’t even say, will stick in the mind of someone who is even an atheist, much less a non Catholic.

It’s just something I feel I have to acknowledge, as much as I’d like to see both kinds of these threads just disappear sometimes.

Sometimes though, what God calls one to do is neither fun or pretty. That’s pretty much the only reason I don’t speak against threads like this.

However I must admit, at least from a Catholic perspective, there is a point and a reason for posting the pro-Catholic ones. (And so, I am forced to say in fairness the pro-Protestant ones). And that is for evangelization of the lurker.

I would agree with you when this began years ago and there was a discussion of real theology.

Now the threads reek with hatred and telling people they are going to hell or calling people heretics because they do not believe they same way "I" do. There is no goal of real teaching here nor is there a spirit of Christ as the goal. If there was then Catholics would only use the Bible in their teaching poor Protestants. Seriously we all know the only thing we all agree on is the "Bible" and that the discussion is over once scripture is left and yet here we are.

The goal today is getting the opposite side to bow down before them not the Lord. The spirit of the goal is arrogance and hatred.

All this evil does is turn people away from God and his word.

Can you honestly say any of this argument today has been written in love of God because I do not see it.

These threads can be very annoying sometimes. It's tempting to respond. But, I have learned that when it comes to faith and faiths, it's best to leave things alone.

It's God's job to sort things out. He's even better than The Shadow (who knows what lurks in the minds of men).