If that is so, how is it that so many People of God believe things that are so simply and clearly condemned by God in His inerrant Word? Abortion, homosexuality, greed, selfishness are all rampant in this world though they are all condemned by the Word of God. I don't mean people who try to follow the Word and fail. I mean people who think these things are not sinful.
Exactly.
“I mean people who think these things are not sinful.”
If we were to hold the votes imagined by narses, and allowed anyone to vote, a la certain brands of protestantism, we’d have a problem...but we don’t. We also don’t allow a hierarch to declare what we are to believe or not believe.
It really is a shame what has happened to the laity in the Latin Church. Your role in The Church and responsibility as guardians of The Faith have been reduced to nothing.