Indeed. I tend to get downright nasty when people call me names because I don't find it necssary to bow down to Rome in order to have a relationship with my Lord and Savior.
Before I joined FR five years ago I really didn't know anything about Catholicism or Catholics. But over the past five years I've repeatedly seen Catholics post things that are insulting and provactive to the non-catholics on this forum, including myself. I've also been treated to far too many Catholics being smug, arrogant, insulting, pompous, self-righteous, and, of course, passive aggressive.
I suppose this form of evangelical outreach appeals to some people, such as masochistic flagellants, but for myself I am left to wonder at how this kind of thing is supposed to represent the best your church has to offer?
Imagine someone reading this board for the first time and their very first impression of Roman Catholicism is being called a schismatic? While that kind of thing is surely perfect to be posted inside the secure area of a Catholic-only forum I am loathe to imagine how this is even the least bit constructive for your faith when posted in a place like FR. I know I'd be embarrassed if someone posted something similar to this in the name of my church.
Winston Churchill once famously said about the Irish “it is hard to understand them. for one, they refuse to be British”. So why is it so suprising that Catholics “refuse” to be protestants? or that Catholics might think that protestants are “wrong”?. Your viewpoint sounds disturbingly like the world of political correctness that is running rampant through our society. It is grave error, according to you that somebody posted something that may upset, irritate or disagree with someone elses viewpoint. I disagree with any number of things I see on FR daily. Do I get upset about it? Usually not. they have their beliefs and views, I have mine. I come to FR for the shared viewpoints of less government, more local control and a strong, principled and moral society. We pretty much all agree on that here. How to get from point A to point B, well there are lots of opinions and views. What some here call “the marketplace of ideas”. If you get this upset that somebody disagrees with your views or beliefs, what does that say about the strength of your beliefs? I’ve had protestants and fundamentalists tell me to my face that I’m going to hell. I disagree, but I don’t get mad. What’s the point? I know who and what I am and what I believe. somebody elses words won’t change that. You have your thing, I have mine. Coming to FR might mean you see or hear things you disagree with. Even with that it is still one of the best places out there for conservative news and activism. I leave you with a quote from Ayn Rand: “journalism is the printing of something that somebody else does not want printed. everything else is public relations”
CC
Great point - you are 100 percent something when you assert that the anti-Christian behavior is monopolized by Catholics (though you forgot the “Roman” part to specify rite)
**But over the past five years I’ve repeatedly seen Catholics post things that are insulting and provactive to the non-catholics on this forum, including myself. I’ve also been treated to far too many Catholics being smug, arrogant, insulting, pompous, self-righteous, and, of course, passive aggressive. **
So saying that this is a mere definition doesn’t work for you?
A lot of mind reading here.