Why Do Protestants lie about Peter ?

Why do Protestants/Evangelicals/Pentecostals all love to rag on the Apostle Peter like he was some kind of ignorant dolt not capable of rational thinking ?

True, Peter was the apostle who Jesus FORETOLD would deny him 3 times and he did ...

But if you ever attend any of the brand of churches listed above on a day it's "Peter" smackdown day then you'd think that's the only thing Peter ever did ...

They usually like to make you think before Christ's resurrection that Peter was just an uncontrollable idiot ...

All of these things are untrue.
If you think of the acts that Peter did (except for the denying of Christ, which was huge) never was he disloyal to Jesus - usually Peter would react in a physically defensive way to protect Jesus (like cutting off the guards ear) and acts of unwavering faith, Matthew 16:18 ---

When Peter walked on water for a bit then took his eyes off Jesus he sank - but the act of walking on the water was pure faith --- the churches mentioned above never seem
To mention that part --- they just like making jokes about faithless he was --- wait a minute --- HOW MANY OTHER APOSTLES EVEN TRIED ???

There is a reason Peter is mentioned 3 times more than any other apostle in the gospel - it's because Christ selected Peter to be his main minister due to his faith and Love for Jesus and his ability to lead the others ---

It seems they like to claim Peter made many disloyal moves against the Messiah --- but in truth it was one - the denial - a fact that Jesus foretold and later used the 3 time denial to restore Peter with his 3 time answer do you love me ---


Peter became the greatest early leader of the Church and along with Paul the most influential ---

Protestants don't seem to think that highly of Peter - maybe because Catholics and Greeks think he was the first Pope --- I don't know --- not sure myself ---

But whenever I hear a Protestant give a sermon about him it makes me feel like they're talking about an ignorant man with very little faith --- not the man that led that very 1st Pentecost --- or the man JESUS himself renamed the Rock for his undying faith ---