Please don’t misunderstand me. You are one of the ones Gamecock hopes to snare. I have no problems with Protestants or Protestants believing they have the true faith of Christ. On most religious forums I read them to learn.
But, there is a group here I call “Know Nothings” that are simply anti-Catholic. They post anything, from any Catholic hating site, in an effort to smear Catholics. I note them on my home page.
They are corrected time and again with facts and links, but will repeat the same distortion the next day.
They aren’t for anything. They hate Catholics and the sole purpose is to malign them. That’s the difference. They will post something that is completely false and hope that you will read it and think what they posted is factual about the Catholic Church. That’s how you spread hate and bigotry.
I never try and diminish your view; I simply get irritated by scum. If I was walking through a parking lot and saw two thugs bothering a woman, I would stop them. If I saw someone being picked on, I would stop it. When I see scum spreading lies, even on an anonymous forum, I tend to call them on it.
Just be aware that there are evil people here on this section and on others. Since there are hundreds of thousands of posters on FR you are bound to get a few duds.
This has nothing to do with differences between Catholic and Protestant; it has to do with good and evil. I could never abide evil.
On this we can agree.. ANYTHING that brings a man to take his eyes off of Christ is not of God..
From a Lutheran to a Catholic I think you stated your case very honestly and accurately.
God Bless