Nevertheless, I like my existence to be peaceful, boring, and predictable.
I can turn off the computer any time and escape the harassment I encounter here any time I wish. Can’t do that if someone knows who I am, where I live, and who my family is.
I’ve more people to think of than just me.
Oh, yes, and identifying your denomination tells all of that. Yep. You bet. I don't want to know, I DO know that you have nothing to say regarding Catholics that has any meaning whatsoever, due to the incredible ignorance of the Church that you display. I still say anyone who refuses to tell their denominiation is a dirty yellow coward. Definitely not someone a Catholic could have a theological discussion with.
INDEED. Even I do . . . particularly with a Muzzie location not at all far away.
Evidently some folks in their spiteful hate ridden outrages and disgust are incapable of understanding that some of us are fiercely hated by very dangerous Mooselymbs.
Copout. People know what I believe, but who here knows personal information about me other than I am an orthodox Catholic?
The problem, seen time and time again, is that RCs assume born again Christians are like Catholics and look to a man as a pope, and implicitly trust in the magisterium of a church, when in reality their spiritual live began not by being sprinkled as an infant but by making a transformative decision out of a poor and contrite spirit after hearing the gospel of grace, resulting in evident regeneration of the Spirit. They thus realize a basic instant bond with those who have also met Christ the same Biblical way, due to the essential unity of the Spirit.
How many times i experienced spontaneous fellowship when giving out tracts, etc, when all the other persons says with a glad smile says is something like, “I’m born again too!” And when we do, knowing one’s church denomination is largely irrelevant, and if asked, is more a curiosity factor, and such inevitably uphold basic core truths behind the essential gospel. Even in the past month on FR i have “met” other evangelicals and i am sure we could have some blessed fellowship with in person.
I do know the difference, as i became born again while still an RC, and afterwards was much different than before and than the other Catholics except a few, and those were usually in the Charismatic movement. But i remained in Rome for 6 years, seeking to serve God and find life therein, as i did not know of any born again Protestant churches i dared try. But God worked with me and led me, and after i dared pray to God that if He would have me leave for another church, then to show me, then the next day He answered that prayer in an evident manner as He had others prayers, and confirmed it clearly. While most of my years in church have been that of Baptist, my faith is basically “BaptaCostal,” and i could go (when God wills) to most any evangelical church.
As for divisions, while those of denoms which hold to the supremacy of Scripture (and the evang, gospel of salvation by grace thru faith, versus trust in the power of their church and one’s merits) do have disagreements, but with boundaries, and statistic show RCs being less unified in core truths and moral values than their evangelic counterparts, and who contend for core truths we both agree on, while opposing cults who deny them. And the reason for the latter is the same reason behind Rome’s false teaching, which is that of an assuredly infallible magisterium (AIM), implicit trust in which is the basis for whatever real doctrinal unity they both have.
In addition, despite all the talk about Rome’s AIM solving the problem resulting from Private Interpretation (PI) which the Bible actually appeals to and commends, if out of a Berean type heart, very little of the Bible has been defined, and the RC interpreter have much liberty to interpret the Bible. Of course, objectively seeking to verify from the Scriptures what Rome has officially taught is censured. And at least as one time her laity were forbidden to debate us “heretics.”