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How utterly amazing that a simple thread explaining why Reformed faiths generally reject the doctrines of prayers to and for the dead, Purgatory and the intercession of dead Saints immediately fostered a backlash of accusations of "hate", "Catholic bashing", spreading of discord and ignorance of Catholic doctrine. That is the knee-jerk reaction of some here who have NO problem at all when Catholics post threads that criticize and counter non-Catholic beliefs and assert they alone have the fullness of the Christian faith, but DARE post a thread that can be seen as critical of their beliefs and the fur starts flying!

The article was in no way insulting or bashing of Catholics and should not have been taken as such. The hair-trigger "feelings" of those who DID take offense only proves that they do not have the temperament to join in OPEN Religion Forum threads. It's too bad they succeed in side tracking and diverting the actual topic. It's one that all Christians should not be afraid to address. Though it is not what could be called a "salvific" issue, it is still an area that would benefit us all to talk about. Personally, I do not see this as a detriment to having a FULL Christian faith and I'm not at all afraid to explain why.

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......”a backlash of accusations of “hate”, “Catholic bashing”, spreading of discord and ignorance of Catholic doctrine.”.....

It does derail/distracts from the topic of debate....and if there’s no debate then truth is never revealed.

Maybe it’s just time to scroll on by when they “insert” such statements into their responses until they’re ready to present their case....that is if they can make a case.