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Will Robert?

He's been flirting with Presbyterianism for sometime now and often regales with stories about how awfully austere their churches are compared to his beloved catholic churches:

This kind of suggests that Robert sees 'him' everywhere in his catholic church. I blame the cleaning chemicals he breathes.

There are more but I guess that you get the idea. Robert doesn't approve of Presbyterianism. He'd rather see his Christ all gory with fresh blood and gristle glistening in the candlelight. Yum! I guess it gives him an appetite for confession and satisfies his carnal desires.

So what is it about Presbyterianism that he doesn't like?

Christianity FCKU  FAQ has this to say:

OK, so they have the same origin, share similarities and both expound a myth about some fantastical being creating and controlling our lives. Why do they have to argue about something that's inherently nonsense?

Another Catholic source, badly written, probably by someone from the Philippines says:

"The difference between Presbyterian and Catholic is that Presbyterianism is a reformed tradition from Protestantism. In contrast, Catholicism is the Christian methodology, where Catholicism implies the Roman Catholic Church. Presbyterian believes that, a priority of Scriptures, faith in God. Sovereignty in God, where Catholics believe that Jesus Christ cure human sins and Jesus Christ is the son of God. Five hundred thousand people follow Presbyterianism. The other way out, 17.4 percent of people were following Catholicism. Presbyterians are Protestant while Catholics are not.

The Catholic Church can trace its lineage and history all the way back to the apostle Peter, who Catholics view as a kind of first pope. As such, the Catholic faith is viewed as the oldest and most “traditional” form of Christianity. Protestantism is a type of reformed Christianity that focuses less on church structure and more on the Bible alone. Both Protestants and Catholics believe in the Holy Trinity, the rebirth of Jesus, and the divinity of the Bible.
A Protestant is simply anyone who follows a Christian faith that broke away from the Catholic Church during the aptly named Protestant Reformation. Other Protestant faiths include the Lutheran, Baptist, and Evangelical traditions."

As well as being difficult to read it's arrogant but this goes with catholic hubris.

"Why Presbyterianism?" you might ask. Well, this morning on my walk the little Presbyterian church at the end of our road looked really nice in the sunlight.

It makes you want to rush in and pray to Jesus ...

... not really.

* What we used to call Presbyterians when I was at school.