[Devil_Anse]

Hey, Pal--While Utah Girl is furiously zapping articles into cyberspace to correct "Tom Servo's" smear job on LDS, why'nt you get out there and defend our own church?

I mean, since you mentioned URBAN LEGENDS (!) it would be a good idea to let the world hear our complete refutation of all those Serious Writings (by really-together people like this "Tom Servo") that claim that:

1. Catholics worship the Virgin Mary

2. Catholics worship a whole pantheon of lesser gods, called "saints"

3. Catholics have a fertility cult of their own, centered around the Virgin Mother, Mary

4. The election of JFK was the lynchpin of a Catholic plot to take over the United States

5. Jesuits secretly worship Satan

6. There is always a secret underground tunnel between a rectory and any nearby convent

7. The Gunpowder Plot (England, 1605) was part of a huge plot by Catholics to take over England and kill Protestant babies.

[Palladin]

Go to the Religion section to read all you ever wanted to know about Catholicism. This religion has staunch apologists, who start about 30 threads every day here on FR on every aspect of the Faith. They are far more educated and eloquent than I can ever hope to be. You will find answers to your listed questions there. If there's anything else you want to know, just ping sinkspur, siobhan, salvation, eastsider, howlingly mindbending absurdity, or any of the other faithful Catholics who post there daily.

However, none of it is relevant to the Eliz Smart case, as she and her family are not Catholic.