It wasn't hatred of where they were from but love of where they were going that defined their view of themselves.
Unfortunately, many American Catholics don't understand that. If a Fundamentalist Protestant becomes Catholic he's expected to toe a number of "lines" (evolution, higher criticism) in order to prove his "loyalty."
Sometimes the price is not worthy paying.
There is no loyalty forced on anyone,dear friend. If you are a serious Catholic you believe things like the Sacraments of the Church and dogmatic teachings because you love Christ and know these teachings come from him.
You know as well as I that there are many sects of Judaism that believe that God did not make the world in 6 literal days in man's concept of time.
Many Jews realize God is unchangeable and realize that God would be bound to time and therefore change to be bound to time if He made the world in 6 literal days in man's concept of time.
God is eternal and unchanging, therefore time is eternal to God.
Perhaps it might do you well to understand that how God explains things in writing is only there to help man see the the glory of God rather than man made concepts of things like binding our concept of time to God's eternal time