[MarkBsnr]

Were the cardinals led by the Holy Spirit when they elected Rodrigo Borgia (Alexander VI) - the majority of whom he bribed to get their votes and to wink at his debauchery? Alexander VI was not even the worst Pope but there were several that came before and after him. Maybe it's not an issue of thinking the Holy Spirit is wrong, but that the Roman Catholic Church is.

Suppose that the elected Popes were SUPPOSED to be in the place that they were. That is a rather interesting supposition, is it not?

[boatbums]

Suppose that the elected Popes were SUPPOSED to be in the place that they were. That is a rather interesting supposition, is it not?

Seeing as their election proved that fallible men - acting upon their own faults of greed and debauchery - were unreliable to be able to discern what is the leading of the Holy Spirit, I can agree that the purpose can indeed be interesting. ;o)

Perhaps this is one of the ways the Lord demonstrated the fallacy of the Roman Catholic Church's declarations of infallible Popes whose apostolic authority can be traced back to St. Peter and who demand all of Christendom's fealty because of it.