[polemikos]

Could you please just answer the questions? Its a yes or no question. After you answer yes or no, then you can give me a synopsis of your article.

I note with some amusement the response given by Invincibly Ignorant in post 785 above. In effect, I suppose it all depends on whether you're innocently (some would indeed say "invincibly") ignorant.

But all potentially smart-@$$ remarks aside, please see "Salvation outside the Church" for a fuller explanation. It's a short read and the issues involved require that one knows the state of one's own mind and heart.

[P-Marlowe]

This is a problem that we have in discussions. One person asks a simple yes or no question and the other person refers them to some web site rather than giving a direct answer. I think I know what your answer is. I think you would answer "NO, salvation is only through the rituals and sacraments and authority of the Roman Catholic Church."

If that is what you believe, then fine, just tell me. But don't dodge questions because you are ashamed of the response or because you feel it might offend my sensibilites or someone else's sensibilities. Dodging the questions and referring people to outside sources in lieu of answering direct questions wastes both of our times and it wastes bandwidth and wastes the time of the lurkers.

I have asked you politely twice for a direct answer to my question. You have politely refused on two occasions to directly answer the question. I will therefore assume that you have no intention of directly answering the question, so I will not ask again.

Thanks.

Marlowe