[B-Chan]

See how that the catholic church is falling apart

Falling apart? There were 110,000 converts to the Catholic faith this year in America alone, three of which joined our tiny parish this very evening.

the false doctrine that is so much apart of the catholic church

False doctrine? Since when are you the infallible judge of doctrinal truth?

[Rum Tum Tugger]

As a convert to the Catholic Church from Protestantism, I can say that most Catholics have no idea how wide and how deep anti-Catholicism is among Protestants of virtually all denominations. The very meaning of the word "Protestant" implies that Protestants must define themselves in relation to the Catholic Church, and the elements of that definition are incredibly, ignorantly negative.

I am happy to say that in the four years that I have been a Catholic, I have never heard one Catholic say anything negative about Protestants. In fact, Catholics hardly say anything about Protestants.

Having been raised in a negative and ignorant anti-Catholic Protestant culture, I sometimes find myself wanting to react in my old Protestant way and lash back at the anti-Catholics. But keeping the example of my fellow Catholics in mind, this kind of back-handed slap is as far as I allow myself to go these days.

Happy Easter!