Discussing is one thing; insulting is another. And insults against the Church is making it personal to a Catholic.
On a recent trial run for a "respectful dialogue" the very same poster that uniquely took offense at the word "Roman" being attached to the word "Catholic" turned around and used the word "Satanist" on another poster who took no offense at all. What is "respectful" is in the eye of the beholder.
Very few religious disputes can be called "settled." No matter how many times you swear that Catholics do not worship Mary, in the eyes of some that is what it is appears to be. Both sides have a voice, and so the claim is rebutted every time it is made on an open thread.
From my viewpoint, it seems most of the discontent among the Catholics could be resolved by banning a few posters. The same could be said of other confessions and other posters. But I am not inclined to ban a poster because others disapprove of him/her - the poster must earn his own banishment.
Titantites, what you posted may be the core of the issue Catholics have.
As Catholics the basis of the faith are the twin pillars: Holy Scripture and Sacred Tradition (the Church). The basis of Protestant theology is Holy Scripture alone. If a Catholic were to treat the basis of Protestant theology (Holy Scripture) with the same type of vitriol that is used concerning half the basis of Catholic theology (the Church), I would guarantee that the poster would be removed, because I doubt that calling the Bible the Whore of Babylon etc. would be allowed. That person would automatically be labeled a troll and gone.
I believe that is where the double standard presents itself.
And insults against the Church is making it personal to a Catholic
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Now the RC’s don’t want just a special dictionary for themselves, they want to insist that their special dictionary be the only one for all of FR.
How quaint.
Welllllllllllll, whoop T doo
All the Prottys could decide the same thing.
How sweet would that silliness be!