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I understand the Catholic Church whom you place your faith in has told you otherwise.

It is the wild mischaracterization of the faith of others that brands you as either ignorant or deliberately aiming to offend.

It is awfully hard to believe the former.

However, we would be remiss in our spiritual duties to the readers if we didn't point out areas where this man-contrived institution is wrong.

Yes, and the tiniest amount of humility or concession to the others' sincere differences would help immensely.

As it is, the only reaction you invoke is visceral. The fact that you believe sincerely that God commands you to, and commends you when, you act this way seals the deal.

We have heard your ignorant and ill-formed opinion about our faith. We don't agree. Please just stop acting like bulls in china shops.

It is the wild mischaracterization of the faith of others that brands you as either ignorant or deliberately aiming to offend.

I'm sorry if it offends but it isn't a mischaracterization. We are told repeatedly by Catholics that Catholics trust the Church for their interpretation. If that isn't placing your faith in something, I don't know what is.

Yes, and the tiniest amount of humility or concession to the others' sincere differences would help immensely.

Would it help if I typed smaller?

We have heard your ignorant and ill-formed opinion about our faith. We don't agree. Please just stop acting like bulls in china shops.

Er...weren't we talking about humility a minute ago. OOOOOHHHHH!!!! I get it. It's me that is suppose to be humble. For other people it doesn't apply.

My "ignorant" and "ill-formed opinions" comes from the very simple language of the scriptures. I don't know much except what I can read with my own eyes. When it states things like:

Exo 20:3-5 You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make to yourselves any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them. For I Jehovah your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generation of those that hate me,

I take it to mean that God 1) doesn't want us to be making statues of anyone and 2) doesn't want us to bow down to statues. I know some may say that's OK. Heck, I know the Church might even have a bunch of church "fathers" who agree that it's hokey-dokey. But I value what is in the scriptures just a tad more than what a bunch of old men or a catechism tells me.