[Alex Murphy]

The council of Nicea did not fabricate the doctrine of the Trinity but they spelled out what was always believed by the church and compiled it into an easily recitable "creed". The doctrine is expressed in many, many places within the Bible....

It always floors me when I find myself arguing in favor of core doctrines (the Trinity, Heaven & Hell, etc) against Catholics. I had thought that a belief in the Trinity was something I shared in common with them.

If we agree with them that the sky is blue, they'll reverse and argue it's green just to spite us. I guess it just goes to show how anti-Protestant your garden variety Catholic really is.

[Quix]

Sometimes I wonder . . .

if we can even share the same notions of

up/down
left/right
front/back
in/out

with some of the RC’s.

I can’t recall such perverse obtuseness in any other group—certainly over such a long time—as with the RC rabid clique sorts here on FR.

[boatbums]

Agreed. And earlier a non-Catholic spoke about receiving communion during a Mass. He was told he was wrong to do so because NOBODY can receive the Eucharist unless they are in FULL communion with the Catholic Church - which means you must hold to all the doctrines of the church. I wonder how some here justify their infidelity to the very tenets of the Christian faith? Do they receive communion faithfully? Do they have to confess such unbelief before they go to Mass? I guess the cafeteria Catholics are even present on this forum.