[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

It's interesting that you'll use the BIBLE to try to make a point

Wouldn't do me much good to quote Church teaching, would it?

I thought quoting Jesus might carry some weight with you.

Now, how do you interpret Jesus' words?

And why should I take your interpretation more seriously than Christ's Church?

[metmom]

Probably cherry picking verses does impugn on your credibility.

There’s more to that passage you quoted than just that one verse. Verses need to be taken in context. Taking them out of context leads to error in interpretation.

Any believer in Jesus IS the church. An organization is not.