I am not doubting your sincerity or intent, but this kind of post just seems to invite yet another “my denomination is better than your denomination,” which are generally not constructive discussions.
With rare exceptions, protestants of every type, to Roman catholics, to Anglican Catholics, to Messianic Jews (me) agree on 99.94% of theology.
If only more time was spent on the rest as that .06%, the greater Christian Church would be much better off.
God bless you; if indeed I could see that 99.94% agreement I would not be running the series. What I see, however, are, to pick a few examples, accusations of the Catholics being deceived into a cult by power-hungry priests, of ignorance and rejection of the Holy Scripture, and of idolatry. That is 0.06%?
This thread is not so typical, because the author is not arguing with anyone, he is simply telling his own story. For that, he is immediately dismissed as an airheaded student, hardly a charitable attitude either. If you peruse the links at my first post, you will see little evidence of “99.94% agreement”, which is a pity and a scandal.
Catholics believe that Christ founded only one Church, and made Peter the rock on which He built His Church. All other "denominations" not in full communion with Peter's episcopal successor are in some form of schism from the Church Christ founded. We believe *that* is the "better" position, because we believe that is the truth. We believe that the notion that all denominations are equivalent is false, and is a form of gnosticism that denies the necessity of full *visible*, *material*, and *institutional* unity, as well as the possibility of schism and heresy.
-A8