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“And that’s why it’s SO easy to manipulate them.”

No. Protestants say they rely on scripture and yet they are consistently wrong on theology and easily manipulated by their leaders.

“Don’t read it for yourself; let the church tell you what it means.”

Once again we see one of the logical flaws of Protestant anti-Catholicism. Essentially you’re saying someone who is illiterate is doomed.

What would happen next - under normal circumstances - is that you’ll deny that you are saying that. I’ll just remind you that most people have no advanced training in scripture, or Greek, or Hebrew. They are dependent upon their pastors (whether Catholic or not), or books they buy (Catholic or not), or translations - which are all interpretations (Catholic or not). Thus, in effect, only a tiny fraction of people on this Earth are reading the Bible for “themselves”.

That’s another logical flaw that Protestant anti-Catholics have never been able to make an effective answer to.

You’ll most likely demonstrate why in just a moment.

Essentially you’re saying someone who is illiterate is doomed.

I am???

I guess that beats having a person tell me that I'm too STUPID to read and understand the BIBLE!

Luke 24:44-47
44. He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms."
45. Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
46. He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
47. and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

2 Corinthians 1:13-14
13. For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that,
14. as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.