I need your help and, since you have so much love to spare, I'm sure you will give this help.
I have read each and every of the more than 1,000 posts on this thread and can not recall any of "the enemy" claiming "...that to Love others, on earth or in heaven, is taking away from God."
Please point out a few of your examples of this thinking.
The devil tries to decieve us and he is "the enemy". For example, I love and respect Saint Teresa for her love of the poor, I love Mother Mary for helping me become closer to Jesus. The devil tricks people into thinking that this love that Catholics have for those who also loved Jesus, is contrary to God's commandment. It isn't. Therefore I feel that only "the enemy" could trick people into believing that Jesus could be jealous of his loving mother. I don't agree that Protestants are inherently Catholic haters.
It is the deciet of the enemy that creates this anymosity among fellow Christians. We are all vulnerable. My husband thinks that non-Catholic christians are "cultish" type believers where a priest can pitch a tent and start preaching whatever. He thinks other faiths and filled with Rev. Wright type individuals. That isn't true. My mother thinks that protestants just wanted to be able to divorce freely, therefore, they rebelled. We are all always being decieved by the enemy. It doesn't make us bad people. My husband and mother are wonderfull.