You wrote:
“I do hate what God hates . . .e.g. idolatry . . .”
We destroyed the idols of the ancient world and have no idols.
“deception . . .”
Our catechism is published and easily found. No deception.
“hero worship . . .”
We love our heros - and God loves them too, but no one woships them. Maybe you should talk to the Calvinists who have been posting articles every day about Calvin’s birthday?
“putting things other than God first.”
God is always first with us. Every Mass, for instance, is dedicaed to Him.
“SUBSTITUTING RITUAL, SHAM AND PRETENSE for RELATIONSHIP.”
We have rituals but they strengthen our relationship with God just as weddng anniversaries strengthen marriages. We have no shams and and no pretense. We are not johnny-come-lately Protestants who presume to dismiss all before them and even to cut books from th Bible while, ironically, claiming sola scriptura is valid.
“Actually we destroyed the idols of the ancient world and we have no idols.”
Actually, that assertion is quite wrong on both counts.
The record of the Vatican organization/ Roman Catholic church
is quite consistent.
Latin America is probably the most glaring case in point.
Numerous idols were . . . Romanized/Vaticanized and incorporated into the worship rituals of the local Roman Catholic church.
Dr. Eckleburg is probably more expert on that than I, however.
Truth can be a very enlightening experience . . . particularly after a long and pervasive darkness.