Goodness, where to start… I don’t have time to read your link so I’ll only reply to what you wrote from my own direct personal experience:
- many Protestant groups, while not fighting wars of physical violence, still harbour very unchristian hate in their hearts towards other Protestant sects and (usually) towards all Catholics, whom they consider to be idol worshippers led astray by Satan himself (sadly many Catholics also still feel the same about all Protestants and many other Catholics who don’t play the right music, wear the right vestments or worship in the right language and or precise form of words.)
- on the other hand, many, many Protestants and Catholics are also working to resolve or otherwise sideline those “debatable things” and “foolish controversies” that St Paul advised the churches not to quarrel about (he didn’t say what, specifically, but then this is supposed to be a faith based on love and grace rather than legalism). I’ve been to large events where Catholics and Protestants are worshipping, witnessing and praying joyfully together and seeking to find the similarities and not the differences, without compromising on the fundamentals of what it means to follow Jesus. And these kinds of movements are growing around the world year upon year and also working together to fight social injustice, inequality and poverty
— hopefully soon, more of our Orthodox brothers and sisters will get on board with this, but there are glimmers of hope in that direction too, as long as nobody says the word “Filioque” ;-)
- many Protestant groups, while not fighting wars of physical violence, still harbour very unchristian hate in their hearts towards other Protestant sects and (usually) towards all Catholics, whom they consider to be idol worshippers led astray by Satan himself (sadly many Catholics also still feel the same about all Protestants and many other Catholics who don’t play the right music, wear the right vestments or worship in the right language and or precise form of words.)
- on the other hand, many, many Protestants and Catholics are also working to resolve or otherwise sideline those “debatable things” and “foolish controversies” that St Paul advised the churches not to quarrel about (he didn’t say what, specifically, but then this is supposed to be a faith based on love and grace rather than legalism). I’ve been to large events where Catholics and Protestants are worshipping, witnessing and praying joyfully together and seeking to find the similarities and not the differences, without compromising on the fundamentals of what it means to follow Jesus. And these kinds of movements are growing around the world year upon year and also working together to fight social injustice, inequality and poverty
— hopefully soon, more of our Orthodox brothers and sisters will get on board with this, but there are glimmers of hope in that direction too, as long as nobody says the word “Filioque” ;-)