[annalex]

the same can be said for almost all people raised in the RCC

Not the same, because we are taught not to bring our baggage into the scripture. We are told to check with what the Catholic Chruch as a whole teaches.

the RCC support the Gideons

I don't know for a fact either way. I would not be surprised if we do, as it is sometime a useful thing, but I also would not be surprised if we don't because it is a truncated Bible.

[Forest Keeper]

Not the same, because we are taught not to bring our baggage into the scripture. We are told to check with what the Catholic Church as a whole teaches.

And what the Catholic Church teaches doesn't count as baggage??? :) "Baggage" doesn't have to be a bad thing. It just means a bias that is carried. I carry conservative Christian baggage to my political analysis. No big deal. All I'm saying is that we are all the same in this department, just from different sources. For example, when I look at one scripture, I carry with me the baggage of other scripture on the same subject. :)

FK: "[Does] the RCC support the Gideons?"

I don't know for a fact either way. I would not be surprised if we do, as it is sometime a useful thing, but I also would not be surprised if we don't because it is a truncated Bible.

Well, would you really say that a lost person given a Bible without the Dueterocanonicals would be worse off than with no Bible at all? What are the critical scriptural tenants of Christianity found only in the Dueterocanicals?