“And which i knew nothing of as a devoutly raised RC until i became manifestly born again at age 25”.
The absolute worst Catholic bashers are lapsed Catholics. How anyone could give up the Eucharist and follow a faith started by a motal man, instead of the one started by Christ himself, is beyond me.
I also find that that those that gave up the Catholic faith were totally ignorant of it to start with. Poorly catechised is the main reason. No “devout” Catholic would give up their faith. Just ain’t happen.
And I would suspect the reason that the worse Catholic bashers are lapsed Catholics is because deep inside they they know they did the wrong thing to leave the church, so they lash out at and make fun of anything and everything Catholic.........instead of getting on with their new faith. And if that is not the case, why all the anti-Catholic bigotry. Makes no sense. Anyway these people are to be pitied and prayed for.
Total projection.
“How anyone could give up the Eucharist and follow a faith started by a motal man, instead of the one started by Christ himself, is beyond me.”
Leaving that which is man made for that which Christ actually taught is no loss, but great gain.
I’ve come to see how much of Romanism is an amalgamation of magical thinking, instead of accepting what God revealed.
I also find that that those that gave up the Catholic faith were totally ignorant of it to start with. Poorly catechised is the main reason. No “devout” Catholic would give up their faith. Just ain’t happen.
And I would suspect the reason that the worse Catholic bashers are lapsed Catholics is because deep inside they they know they did the wrong thing to leave the church,
Soldier (and all due respect to being that), once again your argument by assertion is simply an argument against Roman Catholicism, in support of which it is asserted that no Catholics are ever "seen" (by them) engaging in anti-protestant bigotry and such put down of protestants, while you assert converts absolutely could not have been devout and must be ignorant, and acting out of guilt.
Which is so absurd and incredulous that i stand in amazement at it. At least it is different than the other attempts to explain it the vast exodus, which is usually that the RC church was so strict (i remember my mom told me that Catholic church was so strict, while my Nazarene neighbors were gone to church for most of the day and the kids could not come out to play afterwards).
The reality is that the multitudes of Catholics who converted to evangelical churches overall did so due mainly to the spiritual lack in Rome. And this was true in my case, even though i willingly went to mass weekly, and overall on all the days o obligation for years. And during which i taught CDD and served as a Lector as i wanted sincerely to serve God. And i believed and regulatory received the Eucharist.
But which objectively did nothing different in me, nor manifestly in other RCs. What made a profound and life changing difference was becoming born again thru sincere repentance and trusting the Lord Jesus to save me as a damned+destitute sinner. But which hardly anyone i talked to (and i tried to talk to many out of the abundance of my heart) in my RCC could identify with the subsequent relationship with Christ and the changes that went along with it. Most were not interested. The Catholic charismatics were better, but yoked to other things.
And i knew far more about the RC teaching when i left than before my conversion, and was serving God, telling others of their need for salvation as i was. And as God steers an obedient vessel, when i dared to ask God if it was His will for me to go to another church (that i could find fellowship in and was actually evangelizing) then the God Shepherd easily led me to better pasture.
And i know far more of Rome's errors now, yet it is not because of any personal bitterness against Rome that i act, but out of esteem for Scripture truth and the lost for whom Christ died.
And i feel pity for them
aka poorly indoctrinated.
>> why all the anti-Catholic bigotry<<
It’s actually not bigotry but love for those who are under the mind control of the RCC and it’s errors.
The absolute worst Protestant bashers are failed Protestants. How anyone could give up the assurance of salvation and follow a faith directed by the whims of mortal men, instead of the one started by Christ himself, is beyond me.
Nobody is following *a faith*, a religion. We're following Christ.
I also find that that those that gave up the Catholic faith were totally ignorant of it to start with. Poorly catechised is the main reason. No “devout” Catholic would give up their faith. Just ain’t happen.
No devout Catholic would give up Catholicism. I don't doubt that. However, we know exactly what we're rejecting and the claims made by the Catholic church are not supported by Scripture. We're rejecting following a religion.
And I would suspect the reason that the worse Catholic bashers are lapsed Catholics is because deep inside they they know they did the wrong thing to leave the church, so they lash out at and make fun of anything and everything Catholic.........instead of getting on with their new faith.
Well, I will tell you here and now, you're wrong. Nobody is feeling guilty about leaving Catholicism. It's hard to feel guilt about leaving the bondage of a works based religion that doesn't even guarantee what it promises.
Who has given it up?
We PROTESTants just don't believe it magically turns into REAL flesh and REAL blood when consumed!
And if that is not the case, why all the anti-PROTESTant bigotry?
It's a two way street.