It's always nice to have non-Catholics join our discussions. We are not afraid to discuss the Church's problems before them. But we are in a battle here for the real Church, and really can't afford to scatter our efforts in chasing red herrings from protestants who come on these discussions and immediately begin to trot out the same tired old canards.
You know as well as I do that Catholics do not worship statues. The statues are there because there were no photographs of the individuals represented. If you have photos in your wallet of your loved ones, you are doing the same thing as Catholics do when they place statues in their churches: We are adding images of those we love and whom we ask to join their prayers to ours. Do you carry a picture of your wife? Do you ask her to pray with or for you? Same difference.
Now. Back to the topic at hand: A spurious committee chosen by cowardly bishops. If you want to talk about that, feel free to join in. Otherwise...
An article is titled "Luther is right" and you don't expect Protestants to take notice?! I notice many of the Catholics "interested only in the battle for the real church" were taking potshots at Luther as well. But you want Protestants to butt out of any "Catholic" post... man, you guys take this "higher-archy" thing seriously!
Do you carry a picture of your wife? Do you ask her to pray with or for you? Same difference.
Except, my wife is alive... and I know her personally. I never hung out with Paul, Peter or any of your "saints". Should God decide to take my wife home, I won't ask her corpse or a picture of her to join me in prayer. This is so superstitious.
Anyway, I'm content to let the subject drop, as I don't want to just be contentious. Feel free to offer a rebuttal, and I won't drag it out any longer (as O'Reilly likes to say, although never means it, "I'll give you the last word.")
On the issue at hand, I feel for your church being savaged by postmodernism, just as many Protestant churches are. Part of the problem is that we have not answered Postmodernism, but fall back on traditionalist/classical theistic positions that don't stand the test of close scrutiny. The post-modern generation offers us many challenges as well as opportunities, if we would realize it.