Is there any reason for engaging in the degree of antagonism present? Not every single thread needs to be turned into Catholic/Protestant bashfest. Unity will not be built in Christianity by attacking people at every single opportunity.
The original post presented no direct attack on RC or EO. The groups criticized are:
- Those that criticize seeking deep knowledge of Scripture
- Those that seek deep knowledge and use it to puff themselves up
- Those that practice magic and superstition
None of these groups are exclusively Catholic, though RC does present an danger of 2 a lot more easily than Protestantism. On the whole, I think a lot of serious Catholics would benefit from reading the first paragraph multiple times. If you are going to respond that it was written by a Protestant, it is a good expansion of St. Jerome's statement, "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ."
Is there any reason for engaging in the degree of antagonism present? Not every single thread needs to be turned into Catholic/Protestant bashfest. Unity will not be built in Christianity by attacking people at every single opportunity. Over the years, I don't think that there is any real animosity here...while there are certainly heated debates, for the most part they are fairly civilized and all of us learn a little from them.
Pretty soon everyone will return to Catholicism....:o))