FYI--the Catholic Church is Bible based too.
Show me where in the Bible does it say that we are to pray to Mary? Or pray to saints? HOw about where in the bible does it say that there are to be Bishops, Popes, priests? It ain't there.
You need to look at the Catholic church as a man made institution that God does not respect.
The catholic church is now trying to cover up homosexual boy rape in its priesthood.
It is responsible for repression of knowledge, the deaths of millions and it loves money...it is the wealthiest of all institutions in this world.
Jesus said that the love of money is the root of all evil. It is far easier for a camel to go throught the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter heaven.
Tell that to the catholic cardinals that have those great big beach houses on the east coast right next to the rock stars and movie stars.
Catholic romanism is not what Jesus taught.
I choose to believe that the beauty of Jesus' message was its simplicty. The Beautitudes are more than five reasons not to listen to those who seek to loop hole and nuance us to death with their educated and narrowly defined interpretations.