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Well, I had a priest inform me that I was damned to hell because I wouldn’t pray to Mary. He told me that my refusal to pray to Mary meant that my prayers wouldn’t be answered, and that God had a very strict “Like me, like my friends” policy, and that if I did not pray to Mary, God would ignore me and banish me from heaven. Also he tried to tell me that Mary was the only person born without original sin, and that nothing in the Old testament happened.
That said, I am not anti-Catholic, but I am anti people who claim to be good Catholics but support people who arer all for partial-birth aborions. Actually I’m anti people who support Partial birth abortions period, but I digress.
What offends me the most about your post was that it seems to say that unless you are Catholic, you are anti-Catholic, and that is simply not true.

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What offends me the most about your post was that it seems to say that unless you are Catholic, you are anti-Catholic, and that is simply not true.

I apologize that you were offended. I guess I didn't express myself clearly enough, but I don't think every non-Catholic is anti-Catholic by any means. Some of my best friends are Protestants, and while we don't always see eye-to-eye, I would never call them anti-Catholic.

I meant to say that I used to be anti-Catholic, like a lot of people are today (such as the list I gave -- B.O., NY Times, etc.)

Regarding what that priest told you -- he was wrong. The Catholic Church does not teach any of that stuff, and a priest has no idea who will be damned to hell by God alone. If you want to see what the Catholic Church really teaches, I urge you to buy a copy of the "Catechism of the Catholic Church", where you will find the real teachings of the Church.