I am an olde fashioned protestant.
catholics are not my brothers anymore than satan is
They are liars like their master.
Every last one[/QUOTE]
I'm not a fan of Catholic Doctrine, or the Roman Catholic Church...
but I think it's prudent to make a distinction between an organization,
and all the individual members of that organization.
1. I'm sure there are millions of Catholics worldwide who have virtually no idea what their official church doctrines are on almost anything. (Attacking this group is ridiculous, they don't even know what they believe.)
2. I'm sure there are millsions of Catholics worldwide who do understand Catholic doctrines, to varying degrees, and have a sincere belief (devoid of any guile or dishonesty) that the people they trust are actually telling them the truth about everything.
(Attacking these people is ridiculous, because they haven't done anything wrong except trust people they thought they could trust.)
3. Let's not forget the whole scenario of Martin Luther. He was INSIDE the Catholic Church. He was a priest. He studied the scripture, in which God revealed things to him, and he changed his views to coincide with scripture, and he came OUT of the Catholic Church. I'm sure there are others within the Catholic church reading the scripture, and many of them will also change their views, and will come out.
(Attacking Catholics in general is ridiculous because we really have no idea which of them are already searching the scriptures, and sincerely seeking after God, and looking for real answers.)
There is no way I am EVER going to just chuck my bible, and pretend all the crazy things the Catholic Church believes are alright.
But individual Catholics don't need to be beaten to death my zealous protestants.
Individual Catholics need to be loved, and prayed for, by zealous protestants.