OK, so you have thereby confessed the childishness of the way you were playing around. Hardly fit to the supposed dignity of an august institution, let alone the Savior of the world. I’m not here telling you that you can’t be Christian, but your organization, which is but a piece of a split, is at least sometimes telling me that I can’t be a Christian. Knowing the Savior (and not “a bunch of doctrines”) now, that is a palpably ludicrous claim.
I “Protest”in the old, good sense. FOR the Savior. He’s tolerating all the religion... not endorsing it.
I do have one bone to pick with you on another topic. You said, "...your organization, which is but a piece of a split, is at least sometimes telling me that I can’t be a Christian."
If by "your organization" you mean the Catholic Church, she has never said that anybody can't be a Christian.
You can probably find dubious theological opinions of that tendency, and sometimes even from the clergy (Fr. Leonard Feeney was excommunicated for saying that in 1953, and was reconciled to the Church before his death only because he was believed to be non compos mentis -- "bless his heart, he wuz tetched in th' head",- Mrs. Don-o translation.)
... but that would not be the teaching of the Church.
I think that the following is relevant to the topic of religion:
(James 1:26-27)
If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
And that the following is relevant to the Catholic church's [or at least Pope's] pronouncement that Protestants aren't real Christians:
(James 3:13-18)
Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth. Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.
