I think it's ridiculous how Protestants throw out these books
Protestants have not throw anything out of anything. This sweeping generalization about perhaps one billion people over 500 years is absurd and entirely unsubstantiated.
And you evidently don't know that a great percentage of Protestants are and have been Lutherans and Anglicans.... and if you've read the 39 Articles of the Church of England you'll see a lot MORE books mentioned there than in your post-Trent Roman Catholic tome.... and if you ever saw Luther's translation of the Bible, it has more MORE deuterocanonical book in it than your modern Catholic one (the only book he removed was the Epistle to the Leodiceans, that book commonly found in Catholic tomes in his day is not found in Luther's). TRUE, Luther personally held that these deutercanonical books were thus deuterocanonical, but that was his personal opinion, one that Lutheranism never officially embraced. And true the Church of England officially declared that it's set of deuterocanonical books (much larger than the Catholic Church's) are deuterocanonical, but it never deleted them from the 39 Articles or threw them out (although few publishing houses in England still include them since customers no longer desire to by books with them in).
using Martin Luther's views,
John Calvin (not Martin Luther) had the view that these books should be removed from the Bible (Luther INCLUDED one more than your Catholic tome, the Anglican Church has a LOT more than your modern Catholic tome). Luther's continuing of the view that deuterocanonical books are deuterocanonical was nothing new and again, the ONLY book commonly found in tomes of the Catholic Church in his day that he "threw out" was the Epistle to the Leodiceans, and NOT because he had any view on it but because he simply never translated it.
The only Reformation church that said deuterocanonical books are not canonical at all was the Reformed Church, fallowing John Calvin. In its Westminster Confession, it embraces only 66 books. It officially declared the Scriptures to consist ONLY of those books. The Lutheran Church has never said that (our Confessions are silent on this point), and the Church of England embraces a lot more books than the Catholic Church does.
The issue you are missing is the issue of canonicity, not just inclusion in a tome. The idea that ALL books are EQUALLY canonical is a very new one, and one your denomination has NEVER officially declared. In my Catholic days, we were told that the Old Testament is to be viewed in light of the New.... thus the Old is less canonical/normative than the New, to be viewed submissive to the New. Two levels of canonicity/normative function.
You're going to follow one man's subjective feelings
You are going to follow one denomination's individual decision. And that's fine. But of course it's UNIQUE. Catholics today share the Bible with no other church on Earth.... and the difference is those deuterocanonical books. Books that when I was a Catholic were never mentioned, never used (canonically or at all).... a FEW readings were in the lectionary, but that's it (they are in some Lutheran and Anglican lectionaries, too). It was not until I became Lutheran that ANYONE encouraged me to read them... until there was an extensive study at church offered on them. In my experience, Lutherans take these books (one more than you have) far more seriously than Catholics do, in my personal experience.
Then after throwing out the deuterocanonical books,
Protestants did nothing.
The Church of England officially.... and Luther by his own individual personal opinion (never adopted by Lutheranism) embraced the deuterocanonical books as deuterocanonical books... both of them accepting MORE of them than you do.
Your "beef" is with John Calvin and modern American "Evangelicalism."
The same Church which canonized the books
AT the Council of Florence or the Council of Trent, your denomination officially embraced its own UNIQUE collection, only for its own self. It did not act for all Christianity and not one other church EVER followed it on this as is proven because NO other church has EVER had the collection that the Catholic Church does now.... not the Greek Orthodox, not the Russian Orthodox, not the Armenian Orthodox, not the Syrian Orthodox, not the Coptic Orthodox... not the Anglican Church.... not ONE other church on the planet in 2000 years has had the same collection as the RCC does now NONE. EVER. The Catholic Church stands all alone, all by itself on this matter. You of course can BELIEVE the Holy Spirit led just your one church.... and Calvinists can BELIEVE the Holy Spirit only lead that church... and neither of you have any evidence for such but of course do have your belief. But clearly the Holy Spirit could NOT have lead all Christianity because never has all Christianity had the same collection. And of course, even if they did it would not mean they accept all of them with the same canonicity - as having equal normative value and function.
.
