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The problem I have with "anti Catholicism" is a lack of defintion. I believe that Protestants are all heretics and wrong- as does the Catholic church when you get to the nitty gritty of it all and past nice flowery Vatican II language. Does that make me "anti Protestant?" Now if a Protestant believes the Catholic Church to be the "whore of Babylon" does that make him "anti Catholic?" Or is it an expression of faith? Do we take our faiths seriously? If so then both Protestants and Catholics should say so and say so freely that the other is wrong. That is not "hate". In this messed up age we are quick to call any strongly held opinion or faith to be "hate". Not so. I may think Protestants and Jews and Hindus and Muslems all believe in false faiths but that does not mean I can't tolerate them or work with them or do business with them.

Are there whackos out there in Protestant America who wouldn't hire a Catholic or break bread with one? Sure- maybe a few here and there but they are few and far between. What you call "anti Catholicism" is merely strongly held protestant faith (flawed and false and often based on lies to be sure) but a faith nevertheless. What you want is for Protestants to all be unitarians and shut up about what they believe.

You really lost me here. First, until FR, I have never heard the term of "whore of Babylon." What is the rationale for this?

Why did you speak those words about Protestants? Before my first communion, a nun spoke the same. In my first confession, I told Father I could not forsake my friends who were not Catholic. He told me I was right. I am going to stick my tongue out at your supercilious self.

? If so then both Protestants and Catholics should say so and say so freely that the other is wrong. That is not "hate".

Did you click on the link I gave you? Read the freepermail posted in #48. That is hate. It is a far cry from simply saying that we are wrong. Read it.

What you call "anti Catholicism" is merely strongly held protestant faith . . . What you want is for Protestants to all be unitarians and shut up about what they believe.

BS. Please, don’t tell me what I want. I have no problem with those who simply state their faith or argue it, even passionately. I have formed friendships here with many non-Catholics. Those friendships usually came about due to mutually respectful debates. I’ve really enjoyed many of them, and I never wished a single one would be come a Unitarian and shut up. I have wished they would all become Catholics and not shut up, to tell the truth.

Click the link in # 10, then tell me that is merely strongly held Protestant faith. It isn’t, its insulting, hateful, and angry.

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