CJ,
If a person doesn't know that the words "Romish" "Romanist" "Popish" etc... are hightly offensive to ALL Catholics (not just me) - then this person has NO BUSINESS talking to Catholics. They need to do their homework first.
Look - do yourself a favor...go to ANY rabid anti-Catholic website you want. There are plenty to choose from. By "rabid" I mean the frothing-at-the-mouth variety. Go to Jack Chick. Dave Hunt. Robert Zins. You know the list. Go there and see how often those words are used. And in what context. They are used as weapons, with a sneer on their lips.
Now...go to ANY Catholic site. ANY of them. Look for those words. You will not find them used once in any context. Ever.
So doesn't the absence of those words in Catholic mediums tell you something? This is COMMON knowledge and it is shocking to me that you would be surprised by it.
Even Protestant was, in many cases, an early term of derision for those excommunicated from The Catholic Church.
The difference here is that words like "Romish" are considered as a pejoritive by ALL Catholics in today's world. If someone tells me that they are not Protestant or they don't like to be called the term, I don't argue with them (like you are with me) or presume to tell them that they are being too thin-skinned (like you are with me). I would accept their wishes and apologize (which Standing Up did - to his credit).
Why, as one who is not registered in a parish of your ____________, I CAN find it offensive that you call me a non-catholic (which means non-Christian)
Nonsense - it does not mean non-Christian. There you go again - putting words in my mouth and arguing against it.
3. I know of least one Orthodox poster, quite active here, who refers to your _________________ as "Rome." And he insists that no Catholic has ever in his life been the least bit offended by that.
Well of course not. The word Rome or Roman is not offensive. Did I ever say that it was?
I was talking about Romish, Romanist, Popish, etc...
Well, Rome is the same word as two of the things you say YOU are offended by.
No they are not. They are insulting words and if you don't grasp that simple concept, then you have a lot to learn.
And how can you defend all the things you said are true about the Papacy and be offended by legit English varients of that word?
And the "n" word is a legit word too - but that doesn't make it okie-dokie to use.
It takes a LOT of work, clarity and patience!!!! A LOT. And sometimes it takes laying aside hyper-sensitivities.
You know what, CJ, I am far more upset with you than I was with Standing Up. At least he had the decency to accept my words, retract them, and apologize. You, on the other hand, presume to tell me what Catholics should or should not find offensive. You remind me of a white adult patting an adult man of color on the head saying, "Boy, there is no reason to be mad about being called a 'n' word...it is a legit word".
Is a person of color being "hyper-sensitive" when they are offended by racial slurs? I am not being hyper-sensitive. You are lacking ALL sensitivity. Rather than being humble, CJ, and turning this into a learning moment...to better understand how others feel - you instead imprudently and unwisely presume to defend the indefensible.
You know, most of the world knows your _____________ as "The Roman Catholic Church." And, friend and respected brother, there's no offense meant or implied. So none should be taken.
And if that was the term that was used I would not have been offended. But THAT was not the term that was used. Instead another word was used - a word that is unacceptable to use in the company of Catholics.
Let's see if we can get back to the topic, when is the Papacy (NO OFFENSE MEANT BY THAT!) of your _____________________.
Papacy is not an offensive word. Good grief, CJ. Why can't you even understand the most simple of things? You are smarter than that - you are better. Why don't you just listen to what others tell you? The biggest difficulty with communicating with you is that you are not a very good listener. You are smart - but you don't listen.