tl;dr but I’ll respond to the criticisms - since there are criticisms.
Southern Baptists (not to be confused with the SBC) keep it simple. Book says don’t add... we didn’t add. Book says don’t take away... we didn’t take away.
That ^ answers every criticism you can throw at Baptists and most protestants in general while simultaneously containing a criticism of nearly every aspect of Catholicism.
Have a nice day.
When it comes to matters that are non-dogmatic such as corruption in the hierarchy, believe me I am every bit as critical of the Roman Catholic hierarchy as the next person.
But when it comes to basic matters of Christian dogma, Protestantism left the boat 500 years ago..
Southern Baptists (not to be confused with the SBC) keep it simple. Book says don’t add... we didn’t add. Book says don’t take away... we didn’t take away.My Southern Baptist friends are among the very most knowledgeable about what Scripture says of all of my friends. They also have the least understanding of what Scripture means. An example:
“Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’ “They know what it says. They refuse to consider that it means that God intended for MEN to have Divine Authority here on earth, even in the most limited sense.