If you could claim with any degree of certainty that Catholics and Orthodox live their lives 100% according to the "official" teaching and do not choose what to believe and practice you'd have a case.
Since every protestant is his or her own 'pope' it is impossible to say "some" Protestant brelieve such and such because it is entirely possible that all of them do.
Baloney!
Common blief in God, as revealed by Christ, and a life in abundance of blesisngs, even when we think otherwise, is more than enough for me.
If you could claim with any degree of certainty that Catholics and Orthodox live their lives 100% according to the "official" teaching and do not choose what to believe and practice you'd have a case
The Church is made up of sinners, not saints. If we are perfect, we need not be in church. If we have nothing to confess and nothing to repent of, we don't need the Eucharist—or a Savior for theat matter.
The idea is that Catholics and Orthodox are at various stages trying understand and know and believe 100% of official doctrine. Some are trying harder than others. And, you are right, some choose not to. But they are not making up their own theology.
Baloney!
No, just ham and cheese. There is no way to know what a Protestant believes based on his or her denomination. Protestantism is anything goes. You never know what you are dealing with.