That's funny. I hear/read a lot more attacks on "Biblical literalism" from Catholic circles than I do on homosexuality. In fact, the Catholic Church has a certain compassion for homosexuals--an attitude never shown to Biblical Fundamentalists.
Vlad is right. You do exhibit an "almost constant beating of a single drum beat about biblical literalism in thread after thread after thread after thread after thread after thread."
Well, this is a conservative forum, is it not? Is defense of the Bible from its critics not a legitimate position to take on a conservative forum? After all, you just called it a "Catholic book," and now you dismiss it as unworthy of attention.
And, given your pattern of behavior, you know what's going to end up happening? You're going to end up regretting all of this.
I have never regretted defending the Word of G-d--especially from hypocrites who believe in every medieval miracle tale known to man but who suddenly become Ivy League skeptics when the Bible is an object of discussion.
You desperately need to break yourself free of this pattern you've caught yourself in.
I think you're awfully hung up on this J*sus fellow. Why don't you give up your fixation?
Depends on which circle. The most prominent circle - the Holy See - has been demonstrably quite affable toward Protestantism over the past two generations.
The fact is, ZC, the circle of fundamentalist Protestants on FR has been pretty unrelentingly nasty to Catholics on FR for the past decade - and they seem to especially delight in pushing the buttons of Catholics in a deliberately trolling fashion.
If my only knowledge of fundamentalist Protestants was what I learned on FR, I would have to conclude that they are as honest and principled and charitable as the average Muslim internet troll.
The witness of the Biblical fundamentalist contingent on FR is almost uniformly disedifying.
If all rural Bible Christians in the US behaved as they do, they would deserve to be a reviled minority.
However, having spent plenty of time in the American South I know from personal experience that they are - in general - far more decent and morally upright than many of the crew on FR that purportedly represents them.