[Revolting cat!]

Anger is anger, and if you label the Holy Father an "Anti-Christ", you are expressing anger, or contempt or resentment, no two ways about it (you or someone else, nothing personal here.) I don't come with comments to these threads much, first because I don't know anything about theology, and if I did, I am my own priest, aren't I, and no one can question me, can they, Martin Luther, king of the Protties (as you call them)? Second, because I am secure in my faith and don't have to defend it or promote it.

But I can observe and what I am observing is anger and resentments of the Protestants at the Catholics, that oftentimes reveal more about the insecurities of these various sect members than they do about the Catholic faith and traditions. The Catholic Church does not need me to defend it and will outlive all the petty attacks as it has outlived all the Jim Jones' and Jim Bakkers, who, you will say, are not representative, but to me they and the lovely Crouch couple are. That's all.

[Quix]

Sounds like train-loads of hogwash, to me.

BTW, I haven’t called the chief political power broker at the Vatican an Anti-Christ.

All kinds of political and RELIGIOUS positions could end up with The Anti-Christ filling them . . . I don’t know if that one will be one such, or not.

It is interesting that the RC . . . who was it . . . Malachi Martin? saw one more Pope after this one—and that THAT Pope would be evil??? But that was an RC seer. He supposedly did get a long string of things right about a long string of Popes.

But it’s certainly not Scripture saying so . . . so I just watch, collect puzzle pieces and wait and see how God unfolds it all.

The current Pope seems like a pretty decent fellow until he gets off on all the Mary nonsense.

[RobRoy]

>>But I can observe and what I am observing is anger and resentments of the Protestants at the Catholics, that oftentimes reveal more about the insecurities of these various sect members than they do about the Catholic faith and traditions.<<

I have only been reading a few posts here. I did not know this was particularly about Catholics. I was just concerned - REALLY CONCERNED - that someone who was claiming to be Christian was deifying Mary. That is creepy to ANYONE who has actually read the bible.

[annalex]

anger and resentments of the Protestants at the Catholics, that oftentimes reveal more about the insecurities of these various sect members than they do about the Catholic faith and traditions

There is a reason why people pay attention to the Catholic Church, -- she is the only church that matters.

[Marysecretary]

You will find extremes in every religion. Those who keep their eyes and their faith on Jesus Christ and in His Word will be the truthbearers. Catholics are JUST as angry toward Protestants as the other way around. The road runs both ways, sadly. There are too many things in the way right now for us to be united, but I firmly believe that God will, in the end, break down those barriers. Human beings NEVER will.