So the poster was just, IMHO, wryly -- and accurately predicting what would happen to this story and this thread.
Perhaps I did. Misunderstanding is one of the primary currencies on the Internet. Intent and tone are frequently lost. I know I've been misunderstood on more occasions than I could count.
Look at what's happening here. We RCs are being told that we do in fact encourage polytheism and idolatry and the doctrine of the Eucharist is being attacked, with little interest in what that doctrine actually is. And this is entirely normal.
As I'd mentioned, I haven't read all the posts in this thread (in fact a small minority at this point), I'll take your word for it that RC's are accused of those things. Although, it's possible that further misunderstandings may be transpiring as I believe the article suggested that polytheism and idolatry are part of the sychrotism being employed in this particular part of Mexico. I don't believe it is encouraged by Rome, but it is a fact that in some areas the concept of praying to saints can and has led to polytheism and the practice of having statues can and has led to idolatry...that is a perversion of catholicism, not the clean practice, but sadly it is done in some parts of the world. It appears as if central and south America (and perhaps parts of Africa and Asia as well) seem susceptible to such practices and others (such as the self flagellation in Asia, for instance). It does seem to occur more frequently in RC churches, but that may be attributable to the RC being in some areas much longer that protestant churches giving more time for such practices to arise (in particular Central and South America where the RC has been much longer that protestants in general).
So the poster was just, IMHO, wryly -- and accurately predicting what would happen to this story and this thread.
That 2nd post was pretty cynical (perhaps warranted, I have seen a few threads and the direction they go), although one wonders what direction things might have gone if instead the poster had said something along the lines that it's a bad thing that shouldn't have happened to the person in the article and denounced the synchrotism as an ill that should be addressed.