What have you read from these gentlemen, many of whom were burned at the stake or murdered in their sleep simply for reading the Bible?
Neither the Catholic nor the Protestant churches were innocent of bloodshed. The point is that the Catholics on this thread are not speaking like the gentlemen of yore. But you and your pals are.
That realization should sober you up. Sad, bored experience assures me that it won't, but it should.