You seem to be quite hostile towards Catholicism. You remind me of the some Christian cults (such as Jehovah’s witnesses) that are quite hostile towards Christianity - that’s quite alarming actually.
May I remind you that if there were no Catholicism around your denomination (which is most probably “Baptists”) would not even exist since Baptism and all the other denominations sprang out of Catholicism in 1600 AD.
Catholicism created a platform or a springboard for protestant-evangelical movement in 1600 AD. If instead of Catholicism the official religion was say Islam or Buddhism then no evangelical movement would occur in 1600. You would then be a Muslim by now or a Krishna follower or someone of that sort.
Your denomination is infantile or babyish in comparison to Catholicism. You should always remember that.
Catholicism has been around for 1600 years. Of course some shaky or weird traditions have crept in. But if Baptists or Methodists have been around for that long the same would’ve happened to them. You can travel to UK and visit some Baptist churches to see for yourself that the process has actually begun – most Baptist churches in UK are deserted
It is because of Catholic and Orthodox churches that Western and Eastern Europe became Christian. You can’t deny the extraordinary workings of the Holy Spirit through these oldest churches.
The Christian moral truths (conveyed via Catholicism) have influenced the law, art and morality of Western and Eastern Europe
Catholics and Orthodox churches are the pillars of Christian movement. You should have an overwhelming awe and respect to these two oldest Christian organizations.
So much good has been done through Catholics missionary activities
May I also remind you the cardinal truths of Catholics church as you seem to be oblivious to that. Here they are:
We worship one God in trinity and the trinity in unity, neither blending their persons nor dividing their essence. For the person of the Father is a distinct person, the person of the Son is another, and that of the Holy Spirit still another. But the divinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one, their glory equal, their majesty coeternal.
What quality the Father has, the Son has, and the Holy Spirit has. The Father is uncreated, the Son is uncreated, the Holy Spirit is uncreated. The Father is immeasurable, the Son is immeasurable, the Holy Spirit is immeasurable. The Father is eternal, the Son is eternal, the Holy Spirit is eternal.
And yet there are not three eternal beings; there is but one eternal being. So too there are not three uncreated or immeasurable beings; there is but one uncreated and immeasurable being.
Similarly, the Father is almighty, the Son is almighty, the Holy Spirit is almighty. Yet there are not three almighty beings; there is but one almighty being. Thus the Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God. Yet there are not three gods; there is but one God. Thus the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, the Holy Spirit is Lord
The Father was neither made nor created nor begotten from anyone. The Son was neither made nor created; he was begotten from the Father alone. The Holy Spirit was neither made nor created nor begotten; he proceeds from the Father and the Son.
Accordingly there is one Father, not three fathers; there is one Son, not three sons; there is one Holy Spirit, not three holy spirits. Nothing in this trinity is before or after, nothing is greater or smaller; in their entirety the three persons are coeternal and coequal with each other. So in everything we must worship their trinity in their unity and their unity in their trinity.
So we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, God's Son, is both God and human, equally. He is God from the essence of the Father, begotten before time; and he is human from the essence of his mother, born in time; completely God, completely human, with a rational soul and human flesh; equal to the Father as regards divinity, less than the Father as regards humanity
Although he is God and human, yet Christ is not two, but one. He is one, however, not by his divinity being turned into flesh, but by God's taking humanity to himself. He is one, certainly not by the blending of his essence, but by the unity of his person. For just as one human is both rational soul and flesh, so too the one Christ is both God and human.
How can you possibly be hostile towards Catholicism after all of that? There are many people who found Jesus in their life because of attending Catholic church
Holy Spirit did work through Catholicism for 1600 years and Holy spirit still working through Catholicism. YOU SHOULD NOT BLASPHEME THE WORKINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OR IT WILL NEVER BE FORGIVEN TO YOU NEITHER IN THIS WORLD OR IN THE WORLD TO COME