Catholic vs. Protestant - why is there so much animosity?

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[Quix]

WORTHY POINTS, imho.

[Quix]

HOGWASH—IN TERMS OF THE PROTTYS.

i.e. we have no need to !!!!CONTROL!!!! Roman Catholics et al

We also insist on not being !!!!CONTROLLED!!!! by the Vatican or the Pope. All the more so as we see him and his pronouncements move more and more in support of the satanic global tyrannical government predicted in Scripture.

[Quix]

INDEED.

[Quix]

WELL PUT.

There’s plenty of poor teaching on all sides.

[Quix]

PLENTY TRUE.

However, when it comes to support of Anti-Christ and the global government etc.

that’s a line I won’t cross.

[Puddleglum]

QUIX!

[Quix]

C’est Moi

[Puddleglum]

I just got carried away with the all caps

[Trailerpark Badass]

praying to saints and statues for mediation

Cute...

[Quix]

Now, now!

That’s heresy!

One can NEVER get carried away with all CAPS.

. . . wellll . . . almost never. LOL.

[Cronos]

Nice article. “Reformation teachings that identify the Pope as the Beast of Revelation and / or Roman Catholicism as Mystery Babylon are still common among Protestants. Clearly, anyone with this view is not going to “warm up” to Rome any time soon. “ —> is very true. A lot of Protestants I see think of Catholicism as being what they were taught it to be and are pleasantly surprised when they find it isn’t!

[Puddleglum]

just having fun - I like to laugh in the morning before the world gets its claws in me

-All the best

[Cronos]

Roman Catholics place the Pope’s interpretation of Scripture above all else for matters of faith and practice.

your statemetn shows common Protestant mis-information on what The Church actually teaches. It's not "the Pope's interpretation" -- all that we believe is a belief of The Church as a whole. This is not the pope's personal interpretation.

Any statement ex-cathedra comes from the council of bishops and MUST be supported by scripture and holy tradition.

When we argue about this sacrament or that doctrine, the Protestant appeals to a verse from the Bible, or a group of verses. The Roman Catholic appeals to the Pope’s or the Holy See’s statements. --> that's again incorrect. We argue from scripture, not from some pope's statements. There's a lovely thread here that explains the illogicality of sola scriptura.

[Mad Dawg]

Consarned Zoroastrians! They mess up everything!

[Mad Dawg]

Oh, I think some have quite enough animosity for all of us to share — and there would be at least 12 baskets of fragments left over.

Here’s how to nurture and strengthen animosity. Let most of your (not you personally, generic ‘you’) learning about the other side be dominated by books and people who hate the other side. That way you can be almost certain that you will not understand the other side, and the fears and concerns which we all have about the unfamiliar will be readily converted into contempt.

It also helps if you have a theology which stokes the illusion that it is okay to hate people because, after all, God hates people, so that once you ‘know’ whom God hates, you can be as venomous as you please while telling yourself you are righteous.

And, as I saw among some co-religionists yesterday, it is also good to be so ready to rebut the other side that you never hear what they are saying.

Hatred and contempt are addictive. Like most addictive things, they help us avoid confronting those aspects of our lives and selves which need confronting if we want to grow in love.

[Quix]

LOL.

Except for ZORO, of course.

[joke]

[Quix]

Thx.

Likewise.

[Quix]

GOOD POINTS.

[Campion]

Another good one is Boettner's "Roman Catholicism"

A worthless and silly book, unless you're a Catholic looking for a laugh.

which is found free online

Which is more than what it's worth.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Uh...(modestly and tastefully adjusting rosary)...OK! Reporting for Duty, Sir!