[malakhi]

Of what use would it be for Catholics to become just another bunch of mushy "it doesn't really matter what a man believes so long as he is good and honest in public" types?

To soothe your consciences?

I am a Jew. We haven't historically fared well at the hands of a triumphalist Catholicism.

[Aliska]

I am a Jew. We haven't historically fared well at the hands of a triumphalist Catholicism.

So true! People can be terrorized into saying they believe almost anything if the people who wield the club are powerful enough. The way some catholics present the gospel could be classed as psychological terrorism; the same goes with some protestants.

People don't fare too well under any kind of triumphalist religion, whether it be true or not.

Jesus didn't bully, intimidate of shame people into believing, although he hurled insults at true believers who were hypocrites.