Totally false, roaring rhetoric and simply an inane stab at trying to assert something you want others to think is true. Anyone with a semblance of intellect can see your "evidence" is clear as mud. Have we gone from the provably untrue number of 30K+ to "millions" now? Why should anyone take anything you say seriously with this kind of comment?
Since every Protestant is charged or enabled to come up with his own belief, there is theoretically one separate interpretation for every Protestant out there. When a Protestant of a singular belief attempts to convert another, then that opposes however slightly another Protestant attempting to convert another. This is what I mean.
You say in this post, "I have never trashed Scripture" and in the same one you continue to cast doubt that anybody can have a true version of the Word of God. Because of this very distrust you have of it, you choose to, instead of reading it yourself and allowing God to illuminate the truth to you, turn that power over to your "magesterium" to do your reading and interpreting. How is it you can trust demonstrably fallible men to tell you what you can believe about God's revelation to man but in the same breath disparage the very word they are interpreting to you? Where are they supposed to get the truth in the first place if not the Bible??? Sad.
The Magisterium was the group that wrote, massaged, chose and published the Christian Bible. If you don't like the history of it, that is up to you. However, if you do believe in the Bible, I would think that you oughta know what went into it, what changed, who changed it, and to the best of our knowledge, why.
The Truth? The original Christians - the Apostles? From Jesus. The succeeding generations - from them and from the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Do you scoff? If so, consider this: you guys believe in the Holy Spirit guiding the individual. We have millions of individual beliefs resulting from that idea. The Catholic Church has one idea. There are some differences about a few things, but those are addressed in the context of One Faith. There is one Catechism. Not, as in the case of the Baptists (not to pick on them), of every single congregation picking and choosing their own beliefs. Or, following the escapades of the Presbyterians, it looks like a kitten unraveling a ball of yarn.
The Truth? From God, and from His stewards on earth. Where else?
***Since every Protestant is charged or enabled to come up with his own belief, there is theoretically one separate interpretation for every Protestant out there.***
Example?
In the last couple of days I have been told I am a brother in Christ, but other times I’ve been told I am going to Hell.
We have been told that Paul was a lunatic, but Rome tells us otherwise.
Goes on and on.
When FRoman Catholics can agree on all doctrines promulgated by Rome we’ll chat.