I can't fathom the foolishness of this "Protestants do it too" fingerpointing. Although there are a very few so called protestants piling on, virtually all of the Catholic/Pope child molest bashing of late has come from the secular community. The vast majority of evangelicals see that this is really an attack on Christians and know they are next once the world gets done with the Catholic church. Thus, in the Evangelical community we see more support for the Catholic Church of late and at the least, keeping quite to see what the real story is. By trying to shift blame (and attention) to Protestants you are just doing Satan's work for him. Despite our differences, Catholics and Protestants are in a major battle against the same enemy right how and the bomb throwers on each side need to wake up and realize it.
That's something I've said on here for years, and it's why I rarely participate on the religion forum. I'm a 5-point Calvinist, but I find that although I disagree with parts of their theology, I have no reason to attack the Catholic or the Orthodox church. At the end of the day, we're on the same side and our differences in theology are family matters. Just as politics should end at the water's edge, theological differences should fade to inconsequentiality when faced with a common enemy.
No argument from me. I am a convert from an evangelical church. I get really tired of the Catholic bashing from Protestants. We’re all in one boat together and life is too short to engage in this bickering.
I didn’t like it before I became Catholic, and I don’t like it now. The reality is sin afflicts us all.