These "anti-Catholicism" threads are the theological equivalent of a "yo momma" joke. Catholics see the Church as the Bride of Christ, insulting the Church by calling it a cult for instance is like calling the bride a whore. I take any attack against my wife as a personal attack against myself, who wouldn't? I hope Our Lord doesn't take it as personally as I would.
On a more positive note, my retired Nazarene minister father was talking with his sister a few weeks ago and I heard him say "I used to think the Catholic Church was a cult, now I know it is the original". He's learned this through the personal witness of my wife and myself and our five children. He's "proud that his son is a good Catholic" (His words, not mine, I'm far from good. I fail Our Lord on a daily basis.)
All the anti-Catholic rhetoric in this world has finally started to collapse in my real life and the mindless yammering that passes for Protestant anti-apologetics on Freep won't change that one little bit. For this I give thanks to God.
I pray that The Lord, hopefully the same God to whom you pray, not Mary, will open your heart and your mind to his truth, his gospel, and his Son and that you will come to know salvation.
Hoss
While "PRO-Catholicism" threads are the theological equivalent of a Star Trek convention's Q look-a-like contest.