::However, he also praised the Shakers in America.  I remember him saying "Protestantism is a degenerate Christianity and Catholocism is a terribly abused form of Christianity", but I have not read him say that Protestantism was no improvement on Judaism.  Where does he say that?  From all that I've read of him, he seems to insult Judaism an awful lot more than Protestantism.  I do agree that S was not an anti-Semite in the racist sense and that is something which should always be made clear.