I don't think the sort who indulge themselves in that sort of thing much know God at all (perhaps rather shallowly if at all?) or mistake their own having received some response from Him as validation for "all" which is claimed within "Romanism".
One thing more certain, is they scarcely understand you, even as you have gone to some significant lengths and effort to carefully document points on which you have rational disagreement with some of the historical and "typical" Romish claims.
And therein is the difference, as RCs do preach their church as "home," while those who have found their dwelling place to be Christ give this call to those who went astray:
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me;
See, on the portals he's waiting and watching,
Watching for you and for me.
Come home, come home,
Ye who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home.
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
Pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies,
Mercies for you and for me?
Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
Passing from you and from me;
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming,
Coming for you and for me.
Oh! for the wonderful love he has promised
Promised for you and for me;
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon,
Pardon for you and for me. - http://www.opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_num=694
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Some will, in their own overweening “religious” pride, simply pan or dismiss all the information which you have assembled on the one hand...while on the other telling you to “come home” to the OTC.
“I don’t think the sort who indulge themselves in that sort of thing much know God at all (perhaps rather shallowly if at all?) or mistake their own having received some response from Him as validation for “all” which is claimed within “Romanism”.
One thing more certain, is they scarcely understand you, even as you have gone to some significant lengths and effort to carefully document points on which you have rational disagreement with some of the historical and “typical” Romish claims.”
They do not want to contend for the true faith...they just want to contend for Romanism. And PRIDE is the perfect word to sum up what they are all about. Hands down!