There is nothing that prevents any of us from being polite. I’m sure we all get riled every now and then, but there are good reasons for good manners. If nothing else, they put yourself and your ideas in a good light.
I don’t think that you see the hard words in the rcc conversion testimonies. They are so rcc to rcc’s that they don’t realize how cutting they are to a non-rcc.
Agreed. I think all of us (myself included) need to remember that.
I don’t think that you see the hard words in the rcc conversion testimonies. They are so rcc to rcc’s that they don’t realize how cutting they are to a non-rcc.
That actually doesn't surprise me. When one's faith is challenged, even gently, it is painful. Scott Hahn's conversion caused many hard feelings at his undergraduate Alma Mater (which is very Calvinist). He spoke there about two years ago for the first time since his conversion.
But that doesn't change the one point that I mentioned in 116. The converts' tone is very important. It is very rare for the convert to Catholicism (at least the ones that I've seen here or on EWTN) to speak badly about their former churches; on the contrary, many cite their time in Protestant churches (some are 'reverts' to Catholicism) positively because it was there that they first truly believed in Christ, where they learned Scripture, etc.