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There is no logical answer to this other than "yes." If what we hold is true, then whatever contradicts is false. It's tautological.

Thanks Dave for the straight honest answer.

Unless you think truth is relative.

No, not at all.

These 2 answers together mean that, in effect, RC's believe they have a monopoly on spiritual truth. The patent on "Truth" I stated earlier.

For the record, I don't believe any church, including my own, is incapable of error (infallible).

These 2 answers together mean that, in effect, RC's believe they have a monopoly on spiritual truth.

A monoploy on the fullness of Truth, yes.

That doesn't mean that everything that other denominations teach is error. Only that there is error mixed in with the truth in other denominations.

If you want truth you can find it elsewhere. But if you want the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, then you must cross the Tiber.

"For the record, I don't believe any church, including my own, is incapable of error (infallible)."

Gee, if that's the case, then it could be true that your Church is mistaken where it disagrees with Catholicism--even on infallibility.

You seem to be saying, "My church teaches that no church is infallible, but we could be wrong about that."

It's important to know that the Catholic Church has a long tradition of allowing the maximum intellectual freedom compatible with the fundamental creeds of Christianity.

For instance, I am free to reject every apparition of Mary every reported, including Lourdes and Fatima, but I cannot reject the Virgin Birth of Christ and still remain a Catholic.

I can reject the Pope's position on the Iraq war, but I cannot reject the Resurrection.

I can reject the concept of social justice, but I cannot reject the Ascension. And so forth.