I’m fascinated yet disheartened by those who say that they were raised Catholic and then were “saved” and became Protestant. They hold onto this blackened part of their heart that they just can’t let go of. I can’t say the same for the many Protestants who converted to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church...many I know speak with fondness for their former church(es).
Those former Catholics who have been truly saved were saved not by joining a Protestant congregation, but by grace through the means of faith in Christ alone.
Those former Catholics likely came to understand Rome has another gospel. My church has a number of these folks. Most all of them still have family members in the Catholic church, as do I. We don’t hate the Roman Catholic people whatsoever, we hate the false religious system that has ensnared so many souls, some of them souls we dearly love.
It’s only natural for people to have negative view of a system that was leading them, and may still be leading love ones, into the abyss.