I agree. There is a lot to be said for tradition, in spite of the disdain of the Baptists. Roman Catholicism has a rich heritage of miracles, saints, angels and relics. The Protestent faiths have ... the Bible, and that's it. They don't even use crosses, some of them. They have literally nothing but the scriptures. I think the scriptures are great, but I also think that two thousand years of tradition have something to say about the development of a major world religion. Not everything of value is written down in a single book. So in spite of the abuses and weakness and lack of focus and sheer cowardice of the Catholic Church over the past couple of decades, I tend to think that its traditions give it more value than the Protestant churches, who really have nothing to offer except the naked text of the Bible.