Some people interpret Catholic teaching exactly as they interpret the Bible. Through that same dark glass of their own preconceptions, misconceptions and their own ego.
When it comes down to it, it is all about ego and has nothing to do with Christ. It is all about thinking that they can even know the dispostitions of souls.
Unlike most Catholics they convict others, not themselves. Catholics know they are sinful and that the only way they can be sin-free and eventually perfected is through Christ, Our Lord, whose great Sacrifice made our salvation real.
This reminds me of the story of the Pharisee that was thinking about how wonderful he was before God.
That Pharisee sounds like a Calvinist. I wonder if he had ELECT vanity plates on his chariot.
As usual, you have offered an excellent post. AS for me, I never cease to be surprised when posters write that in their opinion, Catholics are not saved—if they believe in the basics of the Catholic faith. To me, that just demonstrates the attitude of the Pharisee.