You act as tho knowing some scripture as Protestants do is bad...So what does that actually tell you??? That Protestants are interested in what God has to say and Catholics aren't???
Did that verse inspire you??? How are you going to find it again if you don't remember it or at least write down the chapter and verse???
Often times Protestants will use a highlighter and mark out salient verses of scripture in their bibles...Even if they don't remember exactly where a verse is, they can often go to the correct book or chapter and check the marked verses til they get the one they are looking for...
Many of us have wide margin bibles which gives us space to write notes or references to other verses that are relevant...And that's a bad thing???
Instead of criticizing bible reading Protestants you might be better off asking your self, 'why do Protestants have this zeal in their hearts to know the words of God but you don't'!!!
**Often times Protestants will use a highlighter and mark out salient verses of scripture in their bibles**
Catholics do this too. Who would have ever thunk that?
***Many of us have wide margin bibles which gives us space to write notes or references to other verses that are relevant...And that’s a bad thing???***
You seem to be attributing some things to me which I never addressed AT ALL in my post, and if you knew me, you’d realize that I never would mention those things. Highlighting and writing in your Bible do not bother me in any fashion. If you have read through any of my other posts on this thread, you would learn that I did many years of Bible study with a large international non-denominational group. I learned very quickly the methods you refer to. I enjoyed greatly my time doing this, and yearn to find a new group in my new location.
I have no problem with learning, reading, and studying the Bible. I do have trouble memorizing chapters and verses, but I was trying to explain, apparently poorly, that when something is put to music, I remember it more easily. So forgive me if I do not recall the chapter and verses of a particular psalm. I remember many of words, and it helps me focus back on God in my life. I thought that is the larger point.
I don’t have a problem with Protestants, but many on FR have a problem with me and other Catholics. We may have different ways of doing things, but I think its okay to be a little different. I think God appreciates the different ways we go about honoring Him. I don’t think I’m better than you. I think we are all children of God, on our earthly journey to our meet our Maker.
I have many friends who are Protestant. I think we learn well from each other. I appreciate the zeal of Protestants for the Word, but wonder why they don’t think Catholics have any zeal for it. I think that as a group, Protestants may be better at certain things because I’m guessing they’ve been trained that way. However, I think Catholics also have things about them that are good and useful. I would like to try to focus on the things that help us help each other in our journeys.
May God richly bless you and yours, especially at this season of Christmas!