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Ah, not the “if you’re not Roman Catholic you’re not as Christian as you could be” crap. Way to derail the conversation, HO.

I won't say that but I expect in return no comments such as "The Pope is the anti-Christ" and "you aren't saved if you're a Catholic" and "you worship idols" and "God speaks in King James English" (he must hear in KJV by the spoken prayers of some Protestants) and "I believe every word in the Protestant Bible as it is written" (you don't, of course) and "the Catholics/the Pope should sell all their treasure and give away the money" (and then how could scholars study them or people view them if they were in private collections?) and "Priests and Religious live in luxury accommodations while the poor live in poverty" (not true as they do not own anything and some live in the same poverty as those they care for) and "the Pope should allow marriage for Priests and ordain Women Priests" (never going to happen and for good reason. It's about total commitment to Christ and that Christ instituted the Eucharist and as Man was sacrificed on the cross, so a man stands in His place at the altar before God).

I have been Lutheran, Assembly of God, Pentecostal, Charismatic, spoken in tongues, jumped a pew and read "Seven Storey Mountain" by Thomas Merton and "Interior Castles" by Teresa of Avila on my way to Catholicism. Your personal journey is not supposed to copy mine (unless you're my lost twin). Your journey belongs to you and God is plenty big enough, beyond our comprehension. He knows what people need in order to join in worship to Him. I believe God would much rather have a devout Southern Baptist representing Him than a Catholic in name only. The devout Southern Baptist may bring hundreds to God and the Cino may drive thousands away from Him.

Friends now?