How am I to believe that you are interested in rescuing us from our errors if you don't seem to understand what we think and seem content to cause us pain? It seems you are working against what you are praying for.
Seriously, I'm really trying to get this. A lot of "separated brethren" keep telling us how much they wish we were set free and then seem to try to accomplish this by being as offensive as they know how and by misrepresenting what we believe -- or stating it in such a way that it is unrecognizable to us. I just don't get it. It's like when a Jew said I was a polytheist (BEFORE I was Catholic - he was referring to the Trinity, not Mary.) Why try to start a conversation with me by driving me away?
Or are you all preaching to the angels rather than to us deluded RCs? It is as if the main thing is to proclaim the truth no matter how ineffectively, offensively, or incredibly.
More and more, the Dominicans seem the way for me to go: Preach the good news the best you can.
When someone posts in disagreement with an RCC doctrinal matter, he is often met with the visceral reaction of the RCC faithful tearing into the him. It stands to reason that rational debate will be minimal beyond that.
I have found that RCC apologists view anything that disagrees with their positions as personal attacks, and often respond in kind. Having been raised in an RCC household and schooled in their system for twelve years, I don’t ever recall behaving in that manner. Perhaps my memory is selective, perhaps not.
Flawed memory or not, I thank God for continuing to place enlightenment at the edge of my darkness. I urge you to reject conventional wisdom... walk toward the light! Life lies there.