“I don’t know that I ever said I hate the Catholic church”
You don’t have to. Your actions make it abundantly clear.
“There are lots of Christians who are former Catholics...”
Not nearly as many as there are former protestants who have come home to the Church.
“A few of you are trying to get the maximum mileage out of this ‘bigotry’ phrase...Bigotry if usually connected to racism”
You know, history predates the week before last.
Religious bigotry has a long, foul history. The KKK was more active against Catholics than blacks in many times and places. Catholics were discriminated against in hiring and admission to educational institutions during my lifetime. And, of course, those of the Jewish persuasion have endured a great deal of exactly the sort of religious bigotry in which you deal.
“and you’re trying to attach the word to the millions of us who biblically see your religion as the door to outer darkness...”
No, it is not your theological errors that we object to. It is your constant drumroll of bigoted rhetoric.
How many articles have been posted here lambasting protestantism as “the door to outer darkness” and much, much worse? Don’t bother to look. You know there haven’t been any. We Catholics simply don’t make that sort of attack on other Christians.
FR is one place where a person should be free from that sort of harassment. Does FR believe in freedom of religion, or does it not?
“Calling people bigots looks like a last ditch attempt to defend your views when all else has failed...”
Failed to do what? Silence you? Certainly, every one of your silly attacks has been rebutted right down to the ground time and again.
I’d say rather that it is a last-ditch appeal to FR that they uphold their own standards in the matter of religion.
“The scriptures warn us of the religion you follow and yes, in the book of Revelation as well.”
Silly, silly, silly. An adult should have better manners than to hammer others with nonsense time and time again. Among other things, it’s just plain rude, and something only a bigot would do.
“I couldn’t be happier if you all turned from that false religion and it’s idols and came to Jesus alone.”
And I couldn’t be happier if the scales fell from your eyes and mind and you finally understood the difference between religious art and idols, then returned to the One, Holy, and Apostolic Church. However, I have enough courtesy and common sense to shut up about it once in a while.
“If that makes me a bigot (which it doesn’t), I’ll wear the badge, but proudly...”
Yeah, there’s a sentiment expressed by every bigot, without exception.
“In the mean time, y’all are starting to sound like a bunch of little Jesse Jacksons and his crew...”
My word, you’re adopting the tactics of Alinsy and Ayers. Some years ago I made arguments that there is such a thing as theological leftism, equal to economic and social leftism.
And here it is again.
Thanks, but apparently it’s useless.
And so then my church is one 'unholy' church disconnected with any Apostles??? What's that make you, a polite bigot???
Your religion is not described in the scriptures as the church Jesus founded...You even claim that scripture is not enough to describe your religion...Your religious tradition fills in the holes and smoothes out the bumps...
There is a Christianity and a church described in the scriptures alone and it clearly ain't yours...You had to create your unbiblical tradition to build your unbiblical religion and then try to get scripture to match up with it, which it doesn't...
And you don't believe an American citizen in America should be able to publically point this out...Your religion has tried (all too often, sucessfully) to silence it's opposition for centuries...And you're still trying...If only you could bring in another Inquisition, eh???
So now you are appealing to the sensitivities of the liberal feel-gooders to turn them against freedom of religion and freedom from religion (yours) and freedom of speech...Well, you are not the first nor will you be the last...