[Dr. Eckleburg]

I have had the unfortunate experience of having had a distant relative committed to mental hospital in my home town. While visiting her, I have had the privilege of meeting Jesus Christ (probably a dozen of them), John the Baptist (twice), Napolean, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and either Marilyn Monroe or Jayne Mansfield. The little voices told them, too.

LOL. What makes you so sure they weren't Catholic?

From the Protestant perspective, it is heresy to believe men on earth can forgive sins; that there is any head of the church but Jesus Christ; that men should fall to their knees to wooden icons; that men should pray to other men who have died; that earthly relics possess any supernatural powers; that by a simple invocation and raising in height, bread and wine can be transmogrified into the Son of God; that confession should be made to anyone other than God; and that there is any possible mediator between men and God but Jesus Christ.

And the funny thing is, the people who believe these deadly, delusional, anti-Scriptural errors aren't locked up in mental institutions.

Go figure.

[MarkBsnr]

::chuckle:: I'm certain that some of them are.

Well, my friend, I think that we will have to continue to agree to disagree on those very points. The Church's teachings are very clear, and with both the Bible and the Catechism online, along with all the other documents on the various Catholic websites (don't forget www.vatican.va), it is very easy to see what they are and where they came from.

[1000 silverlings]

You forgot the priest's magic finger.