“On the other hand, the Protestants on this forum all go after Catholics with a vengeance”
It is a two way street and traffic has been heavy both ways.
“and yet none of you all ever state what Protestant Traditon you belong to as I think if you all were to do that, we would see that your theological differences are many, yet the one thing that unites you all on this forum is your crticism of Catholic Doctrine.”
I go to a Baptist Church but consider myself a plain ole Christian. Our theological differences are no greater than that of catholics. I’ve met good devout catholics and those not so devout. I’ve met catholics that went to mass on Saturday night so they could go out get drunk and go home with someone.
What bugs me and possibly many others is when Catholics lay the claim that they are the only way to salvation or that their priests are equal to Christ. Some catholics agree to disagree when challenged and others throw insults.
Answering every discussion with “thats your individual interpretation” is a cop out and convinces nobody. But I say go for it. I hope there are lurkers searching for an answer and I pray that answer will be one where they can pray directly to God. Where they don’t have to pay for forgiveness and where good deeds are something they do because they are saved and not to be saved. I pray they realize that acceptance and love is out there looking for them in the name of Jesus.
driftdiver:
With respect to this part of your post “What bugs me and possibly many others is when Catholics lay the claim that they are the only way to salvation or that their priests are equal to Christ. Some catholics agree to disagree when challenged and others throw insultspost”
I don’t know of any Catholic that claims a priest is equal to Christ. I think you are terribly mistaken if you believe that or, also, some Catholic who believes that is obviously clueless, and again, I don’t know of any Catholic I have ever met, I am in my 40’s, nor have I ever seen a Catholic on this forum, or any other that I frequent make that claim.