[Pete]

And that, I believe, is the message in the passage from James that I quoted. It is not that works will get you into heaven, according to Christianity, but that works are evidence of your faith.

That is the Protestant view of James 2.

[MineralMan]

That's what I understand. And it makes a lot of sense. In reality, the Roman Catholic Church takes the same view. If you read the encyclicals that have to do with this issue, along with the current Catechism, it's clear that there's really no disagreement. That's what puzzles me about the conflict between some Protestant denominations and Roman Catholicism. I can't find a real philosophical difference, based on the statements of the RCC.

[Iscool]

So then Mineral Man is a Protestant Atheist???