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I wouldn't paint protestantism with such a broad brush. For every denomination that is less demanding, you've got another that is much more demanding. Having been raised Catholic, I've never felt pressured - or even been approached - to go back to church since I stopped going years ago. On the other hand, I know of protestants who act like not going to church is a sin much more than Catholics do. Begging and pleading, and coming up with all sorts of tricks to try and get you into church, as if some miracle will happen once you enter the building and you'll turn into a devout Christian once again. The same goes for infant baptism, etc. My nieces and nephews are not baptized and my Catholic family doesn't really put any pressure on my brothers to do so, but ono's LCMS family might die from shock if/when their grandkids don't get baptized.
I no longer hold any belief, but I do find religion interesting on a sociological level. My only point is that for all the bad rap that the Catholic Church gets - and deserves - there are plenty of protestant denominations that are equally bad and sometimes worse (and sometimes better).
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