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I've known literally dozens and dozens of former Catholics who finally broke down and opened their Bibles and read them for themselves and were converted to the truth found in the Gospel that men are saved by God's grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone for God's glory alone.

I'm curious about this.

Earlier you stated that the Magisterium was in conflict with Scripture "hundreds" of times. However, when you boil it all down, the main differences between Protestants and Catholics can be reduced down to FIVE points (the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Eucharist, Purgatory, the Primacy of Peter and tradition), not HUNDREDS.

So, I'm just curious, have you really known "dozens and dozens" of Catholics who have left the Church or is it really just a couple and you are rounding up again?

>>So, I’m just curious, have you really known “dozens and dozens” of Catholics who have left the Church or is it really just a couple and you are rounding up again?<<

I’d say that ANY of those “dozens and dozens” didn’t have a clue that the Bible is read in every Holy Mass.

Those that I have known that did leave the Church, did it because they didn’t like the rules (birth control, divorce, church every Sunday, etc.) and use the “I was enlightened when I openned the Bible” excuse. When you question them on it, you find that they know squat about what they left.

Most of them jump from church to church, looking for someplace that fits their inability to follow rules.

I’ve met tons of ex-Catholics in the homeschooling groups. And tons of converts to the RCC. You should hear the things said about Protestants by them! One man has told me never to go to a Protestant church for fear that they will pollute my children. Yikes!

So, I'm just curious, have you really known "dozens and dozens" of Catholics who have left the Church or is it really just a couple and you are rounding up again?

Well, let's see. I married one of them. His family includes a dozen former Catholics who are now Protestant. My neighbor to the west and her family once were Catholic and are now all Protestant. My two neighbors across the street were once Catholic and now are Protestant. My neighbor to the east two doors down was once Catholic and is now Protestant.

And that includes all the spouses and children within those families.

Further, I know at least two dozen people at our church who were once Catholic and are now Protestant.

My best friend growing up came from an Irish Catholic family of six children. FIVE of the SIX CHILDREN and their entire families are now Protestant.

I could go on, but it's lunchtime. And I have a lunch appointment with a business associate who was born and raised Catholic who is now a Protestant married to a Protestant raising Protestant children.

As God wills, by His grace, for His glory.