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“While you are constantly whining about “anti-Catholics”, you are also constantly trashing and insulting Protestants.”

Most of the Protestants I am dealing with here are anti-Catholic. I do not insult or trash Protestants. I merely tell the truth about Protestantism and its devastaing effects on culture and the minds of its adherents.

“You need to recognize your own prejudice and hatred toward Protestants and stop ignoring the “board in your own eye”.”

My view of Protestantism is based on the fact that Protestantism is he result of rebellion against God and His Church. I have no hatred for Protestantism though I hate the fact that they often serve Satan by attacking Christ’s Church and the gospel He gave it. If you’ll notice, ConservativeMind is practicaly foaming at the mouth. Go back and read his posts. You simply don’t see Catholics here acting that way.

“Then we could have an “adult conversation”.”

On my end I am having an adult conversation. Look at my posts. Where do I use language or insults as ConsevativeMind does?

“We need to get over this intra Christian warfare going on because 1) It’s not “Christian”, 2) We have the same enemies which, in this country, it’s the Secular Left/Marxists, Militant Homos and Atheists.”

Which are all products of rampant liberal Protestant beliefs. Socialism and Marxism are products of 18th and 19th century Calvinism distorted with supposedly “modern scientific” views, given currency in the French Revolution (which was heavily imbued with latter day Protestant indifferentism), and the social gospel of the 19th century. Militant homosexuals are emboldened by a view of freedom where all is allowed as long “as no one gets hurt” - which is a product again of that Protestant view of “freedom”. This view has infected the whole world wherever Westernes have mad an impact. And about atheism, as Pope Pius X noted a century ago, “The first step in this direction was taken by Protestantism; the second is made by Modernism; the next will plunge headlong into atheism.” Protestantism ultimately leads to atheism.

By opposing the rebellion against God and His Church that is Protestantism, I oppose all that you mentioned (”Secular Left/Marxists, Militant Homos and Atheists”) at their collective root.

“Internationally, it’s Islam and Communism which isn’t dead by a longshot.”

And Islam and Communism have never found a greater enemy on this earth than the Catholic Church. We were battling Islam more than 700 years before the first Protestant took his first breath.

“All of these groups hate us with a passion. Many Catholics and Protestants have been working together to combat these foes for a long time. For our Lord’s sake as well as our own, it’s time we all got with the program.”

I am with the program, the real program, the one sent by Christ. I have no problem working with Protestants, but I will never stop condemning the revolt against God and His Church called Protestantism. Islam opposes God and His Church. So does communism. So does Protestantism, only less so. I never lose sight of that fact.

Socialism and Marxism are products of 18th and 19th century Calvinism distorted with supposedly “modern scientific” views,

Just a slight historical correction. Sir Thomas More, a Catholic and "saint", was the author of Utopia which deals the idea that the world would be best ruled by a few rather than the masses. This philosophy wasn't anything new in the Church for the Holy Roman Church which sought to expand itself. He only vocalized it and Utopia planted the seeds for socialism. The whole philosophy behind the "infallibility of the Pope" doctrine, devised in the early 20th century was to consolidate decisions and authority with one man. And one could go on and on.

Compare this to Protestantism that preaches every man is their own priest and individualism; and I think it's a bit of a stretch to claim that Protestantism is Marxist. It seems to me the evidence is the other way around. That is unless, of course, Marxism and Socialism have been redefined.

Please note that what the Pope is preaching IS Socialist in nature. You will not find a Calvinist on this board (or I would gather in the world) that would agree with the Pope on this.