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To address the OP, I found this post in another thread and it made me think of the very traditional Catholics on a Catholic forum I frequent:
I've been doing a lot of Bible reading lately. A lot. And in doing this, I find many of the "rules and regulations" in a church, specifically a Baptist church, to not really have any basis in scripture. The more I ponder, read, and pray, it truly seems like modern day Baptist beliefs are nothing more than man made tradition.

-singing of hymns only (only certain hymns for Catholics)
-not allowing any instruments besides a piano (organ only for Catholics)
-requiring men to wear suits if in any form of ministry or you just can't do it (and skirts for women!)
-the teaching of small children and teenagers completely unbiblical things such as its a sin to hold hands and kiss/hug before marriage (along the lines of "courtship" professed by traditional Catholics), it's a sin to go to the movies because it's the appearance of evil, it's a sin to drink (getting drunk is a sin, drinking is most definitely not) etc
-strict rules and regulations such as if you don't go to church every Sunday, there must be sin in your life, and you must not be right with God because of your lack of involvement with "church" (kinda along the lines that missing Sunday Mass is a mortal sin)

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"Is this a sin?"
"Is that a sin?"
"Is watching this movie a sin?"

(threads like this appear all over that Catholic forum I mentioned)
I think it shows that the more "traditional" Baptists and Catholics seem to have plenty in common (except certain aspects of doctrine). From what little I know about Baptists, I could add things like:
- women should not speak in church / should not serve on the altar
- only men can be pastors / priests and deacons
 
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