[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

I agree with the "Christianity" part, but that casts a much wider net than just the Catholic Church. I think Protestants did quite well in the good old USofA after having wrenched the bible from the hands of those that didn't allow the ordinary man to read it, and they seem to have been very blessed in all their endeavors, as opposed to Old Europe's stagnation.

You are exactly right. Rejection of Catholic perversion of scripture launched a return to the Bible and the birth of a mighty nation. However, rejection of the Bible at present is destroying it.

[mike182d]

You are exactly right. Rejection of Catholic perversion of scripture launched a return to the Bible and the birth of a mighty nation. However, rejection of the Bible at present is destroying it.

Catholic "perversion?" Excuse me, but do you have a translation of the New Testament not authorized by the Catholic Church in the 4th Century? The very New Testament you hold in your hand is a product of the very Church you accuse of perverting the Bible. If the Catholic Church perverts the Bible, you have no reason to accept the Gospel of John as true over, say, the Gospel of Mary Magdelene.