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>> One thing I love about the Catholic Faith, is that our doctrines can pretty reliably be found at the Catechism of the Catholic Church which is instantly open to anyone with Internet access, searchable by keyword, and (in my opinion) rather beautifully written. On the basis of that, if a person's reading comprehension is within the "adequate" range, it's quickly plain what's Catholicism vs what's sump'n else. <<

That's true, most of the Catholic bashers have zero interest in reading the ACTUAL statements of what the Catholic Church believes, and why. They'd rather just tear down Catholicism on the basis of what they've "seen" Catholics do, like "I've SEEN The Catholics worship the Virgin Mary as a goddess".

It would be like me trying to trash protestantism based not on the actual doctrines of their founders and leaders, but o n what I've SEEN protestants do in public. "The protestants believe giving money to a minister on television will get you saved! I know, I've SEEN 'em do it! Their churches all teach that making TV ministers rich equals salvation for their members!"

They'd rather just tear down Catholicism on the basis of what they've "seen" Catholics do, like "I've SEEN The Catholics worship the Virgin Mary as a goddess".

Can't have that; can we!!

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most of the Catholic bashers have zero interest in reading the ACTUAL statements of what the Catholic Church believes, and why

Actually I quite regularly quote Catholic teaching and sources, even more than from Protestant sources, for Rome provides enough to indict her as a false teacher without the need for other sources, save for Scripture. In which her distinctives not even being manifest in the only wholly inspired substantive authoritative record of what the NT church believed (including how they understood the OT and gospels).

They'd rather just tear down Catholicism on the basis of what they've "seen" Catholics do, like "I've SEEN The Catholics worship the Virgin Mary as a goddess".
Well, one would have a hard time in Bible times explaining kneeling before a statue and praising the entity it represented in the unseen world, beseeching such for Heavenly help, and making offerings to them, and giving glory and titles and ascribing supernatural attributes to such which are never given in Scripture to created beings (except to false gods), including having the uniquely Divine power glory to hear and respond to virtually infinite numbers of prayers individually addressed to them.

Moses, put down those rocks! I was only engaging in hyper dulia, not adoring her. Can't you tell the difference?

Which manner of "adulation" can constitute worship in Scripture (Words for worship in the NT), yet Catholics imagine that by playing word games then they can avoid crossing the invisible line between mere "veneration" and worship.