[Dr. Eckleburg]

The only confusion on this issue is caused and propagated by people who hate the Catholic Church and get off on spreading lies about it.

I beg to differ.

This particular confusion stems from the fact that a Roman Catholic, Judith Anne, has said she "bows only to Christ."

And yet I've never known a Roman Catholic who has not bowed to Mary or to a saint, as you yourself have proudly announced.

Thus the confusion of a Roman Catholic saying one thing, but (perhaps) doing another.

And is it ever possible for a RC poster NOT to accuse others of "hating the Catholic church" and "spreading lies about it" when we are merely in discussions about various theology points on which we disagree?

[Judith Anne]

Making things personal, and bringing in material from another thread are considered very bad form on the Religion Forum. Sooner or later, the moderator will see it.

[GCC Catholic]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2023050/posts

^A worthwhile read regarding this thread

[Campion]

And is it ever possible for a RC poster NOT to accuse others of "hating the Catholic church" and "spreading lies about it" when we are merely in discussions about various theology points on which we disagree?

Sure.

Telling somebody they believe or do something they don't, in order to discredit them and scandalize others, is not "a discussion about various theology points on which we disagree," is it?

[Antoninus]

And yet I've never known a Roman Catholic who has not bowed to Mary or to a saint, as you yourself have proudly announced.

My statement was not made proudly. Pride is the characteristic of someone who exalts themselves to the point where they refuse to acknowledge and be humbled by the brilliant examples of sanctity and devotion to Jesus Christ provided by the Blessed Mother, the Apostles and all the other martyrs, saints, blesseds and venerables which the Catholic Church has produced by the thousands and tens of thousands.

If I met Pope Benedict, I would kiss his ring. Not because I worship him. But because I hold him and the office of the papacy in the profoundest respect as Christ's vicar on earth. If that makes your ears burn, then so be it. Learn some humility and you may yet understand.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.