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>>The JW are much more akin to a 20th Century cult than any religion I know. Just spend some time at their Brooklyn Heights World HQ. It is like stepping into the Stepford Wives. Actually, what motivated me to write this article is that a fellow co-worker is a JW and has approached me.

>>This tactic of defining your position as the only reasonable one is, in my experience, used by college sophomores who are trying to learn how to think and the far left..

I do not define it as the only conclusion. For instance, one could argue that "true, the Church wasn't in error THEN, but in 550ad it did fade into apostasy."

Also, when I mean is that a reasonable person won't resort to the "WORD OF GOD" circular argument, but rather at least consider my position. Resorting to the "WORD OF GOD" and the "SPIRIT CONFIRMS IT [the canon]" to me argument is not a reasonable position to hold when trying to convince another. You can't reason with someone once they resort to this argument

>>If you want to join the anti-Catholic league I suggest that you learn to get a little deeper in your own thinking.

Uh, I'm a Catholic my friend.

Choose your words carefully if you don't want to be misunderstood. You did state that the conclusion reached in the article, an article based on unsupported arguments, is "inescapable".

Some of the most vociferous Catholic bashers claim to be themselves Catholic...kind of like that expression "self-hating Jew". But, I'll take your word for it that your intentions are good.