We need a separate forum for arguing about religion because everyone on all sides is too amateur to speak authoritatively on this. I'm an FSSP partisan and agree 100% with what you said, but this isn't going to help him. If people want to engage respectfully about religion then that deserves to be handled elsewhere. Shooting back and forth half baked apologetical devices buried seven layers deep in a thread strikes me as approaching taking the Lord's name in vain. Not that that's what y'all are meaning to do, but this method does not do your discussion justice. Take it to general, maybe, or PM.

Edit: actually I read your comment about "Latin/Mary worshippers" which sounds barely different from the left's "Easter worshippers." I rescind what I said, I don't think you know what you're talking about. You say you assist at the Latin Mass on occasion but are calling devout people "Mary worshippers" presumably for praying the Rosary or kneeling in front of statues and praying to saints. You are ignorant of far too much to be claiming to be an authority on the history of the Church. You are doing more harm than good.

We need a separate forum for arguing about religion because everyone on all sides is too amateur to speak authoritatively on this. I'm an FSSP partisan and agree 100% with what you said, but this isn't going to help him. If people want to engage respectfully about religion then that deserves to be handled elsewhere. Shooting back and forth half baked apologetical devices buried seven layers deep in a thread strikes me as approaching taking the Lord's name in vain. Not that that's what y'all are meaning to do, but this method does not do your discussion justice. Take it to general, maybe, or PM.