I do not claim to have all the answers nor do I say that people should “listen” to me. It’s all opinion here. There is a difference between criticizing someone and calling them a non-Catholic. I did not say anything bad about Bp. Williamson. I said things about the Resistance
I rest my case. It's self-justifying posts like this that cause most on this board to have such little respect for your opinions.
I mean this in all sincerity, Banezian: When you post an opinion, and you find that most on this forum disagree with you, you would do well to seriously consider
why they disagree,
what they say, and examine it objectively and calmly rather than simply digging in your heels as is your habit. Your problem is that you pick up a notion from this or that book, but you lack the well-roundedness, the balance, the prudence, and the wisdom to discern whether
what you read is correct or whether you
understand it properly. Just because this or that writer, whether it be Newman or Garrigou-Lagrange, says X or Y, doesn't make X or Y right.
You have youth on your side. But you also have a great deal of pride and an unhealthy sense of self-reliance. You need to temper your pride and arrogance, replacing them with humility and docility.
No one ever got to heaven because he read a bunch of books.
If you can't take and accept this honest piece of advice in the spirit in which it was meant, then there isn't much that can be done for you here. I fear, instead, your continued presence will only serve to stiffen your neck.