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Only if you think one is bound to accept the dogma of one's church without exception.

I suppose Kerry could call himself a Martian if he liked. It's a free country, so yes, in that sense, he can call himself a Catholic if he likes, but if he does not respect the teaching on Communion, he is not a Catholic. And before you start asking me about birth control or other issues, you need to understand that Transubstantiation is a central premise to Catholicism. It is THE major difference between Catholicism and Episcopalianism. If Kerry wants to reject this "dogma" as you refer to it, it is fine for him to continue to consider himself a Christian, but he should stop calling himself a Catholic.

90 posted on 04/08/2004 1:17:33 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)

Well, presidio, I'm guessing that what he or anyone else chooses to profess as their religion - or what one is required to believe in order to make that profession - is not up to you.

95 posted on 04/08/2004 1:21:55 PM PDT by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)

"And before you start asking me about birth control or other issues, you need to understand that Transubstantiation is a central premise to Catholicism."

Welcoming all who wish to worship is a central premise of Christianity.

101 posted on 04/08/2004 1:25:56 PM PDT by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)

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