You should know that I don’t read Catholic Documentary’s.....
The definitions/commentaries ‘they’ use/write are generally ‘cover ups’ trying to explain away the real truth that doesn’t fit catholicism’s agenda, and ‘piling’ layers of gibberish on top to keep the more intellectual catholic members occupied who have a ‘need’ to “feel” smart....
....Then they also talk out of booth sides of their mouths....”idol worship” is forbidden...but then they do that and just “name” it something else.
Rather like “Global Warming” euro-weenies switched to “Climate Change” after they got caught lying.
That's a pity.
The definitions/commentaries ‘they’ use/write are generally ‘cover ups’ trying to explain away the real truth that doesn’t fit catholicism’s agenda, and ‘piling’ layers of gibberish on top to keep the more intellectual catholic members occupied who have a ‘need’ to “feel” smart....
I can't imagine that there's much to cover up. The beliefs of the Catholic Church are an open book. That is, unless, one subscribes to the notion that the Catholic Church is engaged in a global 2000 year old conspiracy to deceive humanity about its beliefs. After all, that is the only logical conclusion one could reach after immersing themselves in the shadow world of secret societies, secret rituals, open rituals with secret meaning, symbology etc. Read Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco to understand the absurdity of such constructs.
Catholicism has a rich tradition of intellectual rigor. Faith and reason are not mutually exclusive faculties. It is understandable for a protestant to reject such intellectual tradition. Protestantism seeks to separate itself from its humanity. We are not pure spirit as much as Protestantism would like to have us believe. We have minds and bodies.
The wonderful thing about the Catholic Church is that it is for all. For the most brilliant amongst us and those who are not. There's something for everybody. You speak much of the "trappings" or externals of Catholicism. Do you not realize those things are here to help us? Catholicism does not deny our humanity. It embraces it and uses these things that you criticize to bring together the human and the Divine.
You may consider it that weak or counter to the "pure" faith of Protestantism. But there is nothing pure about a theology that seeks to abandon half of its makeup. Just as protestants abandoned Sacred Tradition, they only have half the story.