[ELS]

Jmouse007: "First off, much of what Evangelicals believe about Catholicism, what they believe and who they are, is flat out incorrect."
The author then goes on to list a bunch of experiential, subjective criteria.

Siena Dreaming: Exactly. You get it while so many posters on this thread do not.

You have both conveniently overlooked the sentence directly following:

First off, much of what Evangelicals believe about Catholicism, what they believe and who they are, is flat out incorrect. I will not dedicate any space here to that, ...

So, after he says that he is not writing an essay about doctrine the two of you, and others on this thread, criticize his lack of doctrinal focus. He is not listing any criteria, either. He is describing a visit to the seminary where his brother is studying.

[Jmouse007]

I didn't "conveniently overlook" anything. The author is totally disingenuous and THE key defense of the article is nothing but subjective, experiential pap which has nothing to do with reality or THE central reason Evangelicals are opposed to Roman Catholicism.

The core reason why evangelicals are totally opposed to Roman Catholicism are its numerous unbiblical, unscriptural doctrines. That and that alone is the reason why Evangelicals are in opposition. It has nothing to do with ANYTHING the author cites in his defense, hence he torpedoes his entire argument by saying at the very outset "I will not dedicate any space here to that, ..." This is a total cop out. The author does not cite or deal with the Roman Catholic DOCTRINE which Evangelicals and others oppose and cite as the reason they are opposed to Roman Catholicism because he can't... it is indefensible and would totally undermine his entire argument.

It is the authors fault he fails because he refuses to deal with the central issue of doctrine.

[Jmouse007]

I didn't "conveniently overlook" anything. The author is totally disingenuous and THE key defense of the article is nothing but subjective, experiential pap which has nothing to do with reality or THE central reason Evangelicals are opposed to Roman Catholicism.

The core reason why evangelicals are totally opposed to Roman Catholicism are its numerous unbiblical, unscriptural doctrines. That and that alone is the reason why Evangelicals are in opposition. It has nothing to do with ANYTHING the author cites in his defense, hence he torpedoes his entire argument by saying at the very outset "I will not dedicate any space here to that, ..." This is a total cop out. The author does not cite or deal with the Roman Catholic DOCTRINE which Evangelicals and others oppose and cite as the reason they are opposed to Roman Catholicism because he can't... it is indefensible and would totally undermine his entire argument.

It is the authors fault he fails because he refuses to deal with the central issue of doctrine.

[Jmouse007]

Sorry for the unintentional double post; glitch in FR upload.