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I used myself as an example. If someone who is living the kind of life I lived is dumb enough to ask my opinion of that life I give them my opinion - that it is wrong and I do not accept it. You would be surprised at how often my opinion is asked. If they don’t ask, then I do not give it. If, however, they start attacking my Church as being ‘exclusive’ and ‘non-welcoming’ I defend my faith by telling them MY story and suggesting to them that they are being incredibly selfish and self-centered to suggest that we - Catholic Christians - change OUR belief system in order to make THEM feel welcome and all warm and fuzzy. The fact is, right is right and wrong is wrong. If they are feeling excluded they have a choice. They can change the behavior that is excluding them OR they can go to an organization that ok’s that behavior.
Your example of the JW(s) and the Baptists is a perfect example of a group of people who, because they cannot or will not accept the fullness of the faith, started an organization that would accept their version of the Truth. It does not make it the fullness of the Faith, but it does make it comfortable for them. As long as no one is coming to my house with guns and forcing me to be a JW or a Baptist - or forcing them to be a Catholic - then fine.