The Baptist Pastor on the local radio station had a poll question on his internet site (results included):
Evangelicals & Catholics:
-The Difference Isn't Enough To Talk About -- 3%
-There Are Big Differences -- 86%
-To Discuss Differences Is To Cause Division -- 3%
-I Don't Have A Clue As To The Real Differences -- 7%
He chuckled at and blasted the Catholics who had emailed him saying that the very question was anti-Catholic... I have to agree with him on that. Catlickers need to have a tougher skin, self included. Perhaps we're a little punch-drunk, since the pastor has proven himself to be egregiously anti-Catholic in the past. He once said that the only reason the Church is against artificial birth control is so that there will be more Catholics to further the Vatican's desire to dominate other denominations. He also posted on his website something headed "Catholic Curses" which listed the anathemnas from the Council of Trent.
His poll question is interesting and seems ripe for the classic "yes and no" answer. The Pope once said his papal office is as nothing compared to his role as a baptized Christian. On the other hand, doctrine matters, and Romano Guardini made the point that doctrinal truth and moral goodness are both obediences to the one God. Bishop Sheen once referred to the differences between Catholics and Protestants as a "lover's quarrel" which may support my "yes and no" answer.
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