Evangelicals think that partly because we use different language, and partly because a lot of Catholics really DO just go through the motions on Sunday.
For a Fundamentalist Evangelical, the relationship we have with Christ in the Eucharist and in Confession is somhow “tainted” by the “needless intervention” and “empty ceremony” of Church action. They have no patience for the idea that the Church must be both physical and spiritual.
Often, when they discover authors, like Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross, Thomas a Kempis or even Thomas Merton, they are staggered to learn that Catholics have a more intense personal spirituality, expressed more widely than they could ever imagine.
