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"Most Protestants" are Christians who seek to follow Christ, to pick up His cross and emulate His walk because Scripture tells us that is exactly what God demands from us

You forgot humble. Our Lord was so humble He would have been called a "pushover" if He lived in our macho culture today. He never resisted. He taught us not to return evil with evil; not to resist evil. He was what many of our conservative Christians would call a "pacifist." most conservative Evangelical Christians are anything even close to that.

The quotes you give refer to the Jewish traditions. Equating a 2,000 year-old Church dedicated to Christ's teaching based on Scriptures, to something idolatrous, implying that the Curch is a bees nest of false teaching, of sinister distoritons of the Word of God, of ignorance (!), of "traditions of men," etc., as most Protestants do, is not "rude, snide, [and] argumentative?"

I am sorry if I have no respect for your type of Christianity. Certainly there is no law saying I have to respect a man-made religious assembly just because you say you believe in Jesus Christ. Later Day Saints do too. Why do I have to believe you personally, and not the collective wisdom of the Church of the last two millennia? I put my wager on the Church, not on individuals.

You forgot humble.

Please show us in Scripture where Christ doubted the salvation of those whom God had given Him to redeem?

The quotes you give refer to the Jewish traditions. Equating a 2,000 year-old Church dedicated to Christ's teaching based on Scriptures, to something idolatrous, implying that the Curch is a bees nest of false teaching, of sinister distoritons of the Word of God, of ignorance (!), of "traditions of men," etc., as most Protestants do, is not "rude, snide, [and] argumentative?"

You must be arguing someone else's comments. I've never used the words "bees nest of false teaching" or "sinister distortions" to you. (Further, I think I would have used "bees' hive" rather than "bees nest" for clarity's sake.) To keep this discussion even clearer, it should be noted we were discussing your disparaging remarks.

I am sorry if I have no respect for your type of Christianity.

If you are sorry, then repent of your error.

...just because you say you believe in Jesus Christ. Later Day Saints do too.

If you wish to discuss Mormon beliefs, find a Mormon. They're happy to do so. We're discussing the differences between Catholics and Protestants.

He was what many of our conservative Christians would call a "pacifist."

Not really. (Matthew 10:34)

Heb 4:12

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.