Just my opinion, but I think we've started waving the "Catholic-bashing" card way too often on FR. There are some who are legitmately, venemously opposed to the Catholic Church. Others just don't know or understand. I think we would be better off not over-using that phrase because, frankly, we're starting to sound like a bunch of hypersensitive pansies. As anyone who reads my posts knows, I'm committed to earnest debate and countering clearly false claims against our Church, but not everyone who disagrees with our faith is burning the pope in effigy in their backyard. It just seems as soon as someone makes any kind of negative comment, the "Catholic-bashing" responses come out. Sometimes people just don't know any better and it would be better for us to find out before dropping the "C-B" Bomb on them.
When are Catholics going to apologize for making life unpleasant for Protestants in Mexico? Why is burning the Pope in effigy worse than actually stoning people???
Ya think?
That's fine. No one is forcing them join. And since it's not being forced on them, the question is, why do they insist on bashing it?
One of the first lessons I learned in salesmanship is to never disparage your competitor. If you can't make a sale based on the merits of your product alone, you either have a bad product, or you are a bad salesman.