[ravingnutter]

You are correct, and it alarms me that some Catholics, including authorities, are getting more brazen lately in their bashing based those poor impressions of what a Christian "should be" according to their Catholic "traditions"...which IMHO, actually have little or no basis in Scripture, but that is not relevant as long as they don't try to force me to adhere to their standards.

I understand that they have pride in their particular belief system, but they need to remember that Jesus looked upon pride as a sin as it produces a persecuting and contentious spirit, just like what we are seeing coming out of the Catholics lately. Geez..why can't we all take charge of our own individual souls (Catholics can hand theirs over to the Pope if they choose), just agree to disagree and let God sort it out in the end?

[NYer]

You are correct, and it alarms me that some Catholics, including authorities, are getting more brazen lately in their bashing based those poor impressions of what a Christian "should be" according to their Catholic "traditions"...

That is a rather nebulous statement; can you be more specific by citing an example of Catholic tradition?