[al_c]

Okay, al dear al, I swear I'm not meaning to be argumentative, but that statement as I'm trying to plain-English it, means that you believe that salvation is won/earned/received/bestowed (pick your verb) ON THE BASIS OF (or by means of) our faith and our works. That is Rome's position.

Or are you hearing only what you want to hear because I am a Catholic Christian?

The position I laid out, what I understand the Bible to be teaching, is quite different.

Your own personal interpretation of scripture?

At least we ought to be clear on that; hard to dialogue otherwise. Like once when I talked with an RC priest; nice guy, liked him a lot, but it was like boxing with a fog-bank.

Pot, meet kettle. ;o)

[BibChr]

That was a stupid posting, al. Now you're just arguing. Agree or disagree, there wasn't a thing "fog"-like in my posting. If the RC position embarrasses you, that's your issue. You want it solved, let's talk. You want to keep it, we're done.

Dan