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I disagree. I didn't state what Protestants believe - I described their theology. Now, it may be a nuanced difference, but it is a difference nonetheless. Specifically, I was commenting on the same brand of Protestantism which Gamecock spoke of when he said:

The cause of this universalist view is the decline of doctrinal teaching in churches today, the very thing many of us on the GRPL have been railing against for years. Doctrine doesn't matter we have been told. Do what it takes to get people in the door. Dumb down the service. Talk to people where they are. Smile a lot. Don't talk about sin. Just tell them God loves them, period.

The Rick Warren Purpose Driven theology is shallow - Jesus loves you. End. As such, I stand by my previous statement.

>> I disagree. I didn’t state what Protestants believe - I described their theology. Now, it may be a nuanced difference, but it is a difference nonetheless.

Oh, I get it! Protestants shouldn’t speak out of turn in describing the beliefs of Catholicism ... but you, a Catholic, are perfectly justified in describing Protestant theology as “shallow”.

There exists a fine line between “nuanced” and mere semantics.

>> The Rick Warren Purpose Driven theology is shallow - Jesus loves you. End.

Generally speaking, we shallow Protestants do not take our theology from the NYT bestsellers list. Its just a book, slick.

>> As such, I stand by my previous statement.

As such — so do I.

>> I was commenting on the same brand of Protestantism which Gamecock spoke of when he said:

>> The cause of this universalist view is the decline of doctrinal teaching in churches today, the very thing many of us on the GRPL have been railing against for years. Doctrine doesn’t matter we have been told. Do what it takes to get people in the door. Dumb down the service. Talk to people where they are. Smile a lot. Don’t talk about sin. Just tell them God loves them, period.

Clearly neither you, nor Gamecock, has been to a Protestant church in my neck of the woods. Sure, there are those Protestant churches that deemphasize sin in favor of comfort — there are also Catholic churches that ordain Preists with certain sexual proclivities that would preclude a true understanding of sin.

I don’t paint with a broad brush by presuming that Catholic theology condones homosexuality (or worse) simply because of the behavior of a few Priests, and neither should you presume that the existence of a few more lighthearted Protestant churchgoing experiences dictates the theology of the Protestant Church at large.