Wow! Long post, Demi! I am not insulted by anything you said nor am I upset. We should be able to discuss these things. I think you live in England, don't you? Maybe things are different there than here. You certainly have different view of Protestants than I have ever seen. I do admire the Catholic church and their stand on abortion and agree that the Protestant churches are all over the map. For a slightly different view on Protestantism, many Protestants also don't believe in abortion or the pill. And some, such as myself, don't believe in birth control at all - except perhaps in some exceptional cases.

To tell you the truth, I went to a specific Protestant "church" all my life until, by the grace of God alone, I became a born again believer. I then realized that the "church I was going to was dead - no faith at all. I left, and have since attended a church where there is living faith. So, again, it is not a case of Protestant vs. Catholic. Some Protestant churches are dead as doorknobs.

I think this all started out with circumcision. Well, circumcision is neither here nor there in this new testament age except for health concerns. It is not circumcision or no circumcision, not Catholicism or Protestantism, but is a person depending totally, fully, completely on Christ and on Him alone, without trusting in any works of their own for salvation? I repeat - I am not against Catholics, or Jews or Mormons or whatever. I love them - or else I wouldn't take the time to write. I am against systems of whatever stripe that add too or take away from the Word of God thus blurring and besmirching the pure gospel - so that people can no longer see the truth.