[RFEngineer]

“Catholicism is the only religion that does promote thought and reason”

The whole reason why there was a “Protestant” schism is because the Catholic church of the time thought EVERYONE was too stupid to notice what was going on - from whoring popes to financial corruption and more. I’d say those who stuck around did so more from lack of thought than those who left.

You can call Protestantism whatever you want, but to say that it came about from a “lack of thought” is a little flimsy an argument - even for a deep-thinking Catholic like yourself.

“Not a single protestant contributed to that.”

LOL....The Catholic church of that time was a far cry from the one corrupted by men over centuries that precipitated the Protestant Reformation - and Catholicism did reform - but would not have had the Protestants not acted and forced them to do so, lest they lose the who shebang with their moral and tyrannical corruption of the 16th century and before.

Protestants have every claim on what happened before the Reformation as Catholics do. What nonsense to think otherwise!

By the way, Speaking for all Protestants (tounge-in-cheek there....) You’re Welcome for the save.

[verga]

Virtually every protestant I know left for an emotional reason NOT one based on reason. Maybe they were have a crisis of faith or a personal issues, it doesn't matter which. They will make comments like I began to read the Bible. If you ask them which version they began to read it is inevitably not a Catholic one, and generally a KJV.

The truth is they began a conversation with a Non Catholic friend or acquaintance who ends up taking them to a service or two. They get swept up by the music and the friendliness of the environment and the next thing you know they are jumping ship.

The other option is that they have an issue with divorce, abortion, birth control, or some other similar issue. These are the ones that will tell you that the Catholic Church needs to move into the modern times. They end up in the church or Que sera sera anything goes. They have been poorly catechized and really have no idea of what the Church teachers or why.

On the other hand... Every single protestant convert or revert to Catholicism did so based on solid research and reason. Look at Scott and Kimberly Hahn, Marcus Grodi, Jeff Cavins, Cardinal Newman. < P>Do yourself a favor and read some of their testimonies. They reasoned their way into the Catholic Church by studying both SCRIPTURE and history.