Why? If you have a clear conscience why bother yourself with the opinions of those you believe are still in error? If you didn't somehow still mentally measure yourself against the Church why not shake off the dust from your sandals?
I have seen both Catholics and non-Catholics state that these forums are a place to debate. They are not. Debates have winners and losers. The truth was established before the beginning of time and nothing anyone on these threads can do will change it. All that can be done is to deny and hide or proclaim and illuminate the truth. The truth will always win out and when the truth wins, everybody wins. All I hope to achieve is to make sure that the teachings of the Church are clearly articulated and explained when challenged or misstated.
My participating on Religion Forum threads is evidence that my "conscience" isn't clear? That may be your opinion but it is not factual. Again, you cannot know anyone else's heart, so you might want to quit trying to do so. I measure myself by the Word of God and, since I cannot know the effect my posts may have on those reading them, I will continue to do so as the Lord leads me.
I have seen both Catholics and non-Catholics state that these forums are a place to debate. They are not. Debates have winners and losers. The truth was established before the beginning of time and nothing anyone on these threads can do will change it. All that can be done is to deny and hide or proclaim and illuminate the truth. The truth will always win out and when the truth wins, everybody wins. All I hope to achieve is to make sure that the teachings of the Church are clearly articulated and explained when challenged or misstated.
To you they may not be "debates" in the classical sense, but they come as close to them as an online forum can, in my opinion. The truth DOES win, and it wins when those who sincerely seek to know it have it illuminated to their hearts by the Holy Spirit. No matter your reasons for also participating on these forums, you seem to believe that YOU are right - since you claim your Church is the ONLY true one - so there will usually be those who disagree and aren't afraid to state why. Again, if you find that difficult to deal with, no one HAS to have your presence here.
In an earlier post, you mentioned "urban legends" and "myths" that you contend you are here to dispel. As I pondered your choice of words last night, it occurred to me that quite a bit of Roman Catholicism IS based upon legends and myths. Take a gander at some of the proclaimed histories of Church "saints" sometime - they'll broaden your definitions of myths and legends!
Finally, I have no need to explain my motives to you and I'll take your advice about "shaking the dust off my sandals" with the same consideration I have about the reasons given for not "haunting" the Catholic threads. In other words, I'll ignore them.