[txzman]

As an ex-Catholic, all I can say is that until the lay people are able to take control of THEIR churches and as a body manage their affairs, this secret crap will go on and on and on.

I for one will never go back - after finally reading the Bible for myself, there is waaaay too much I cannot accept - not the least of which is this drama unfolding.

[Aristophanes]

Question: when you read the part about "Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you" - what Church did that sound like?

How about when you read the part about confessing your sins to one another? Or the part about giving Peter, and later the apostles, the power to bind and loose sins on earth? What Church did that remind you of?

Finally, does the church you now attend regularly consume Christ's body and blood, hear confessions and forgive sins?

[Campion]

As an ex-Catholic, all I can say

Pardon me for my impoliteness, but nobody asked you, and it's really none of your business, any more than if you were a Jew, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a tax collector, or a heathen.

The fact that you were once a Catholic gives you no special cachet or competency to comment, and doesn't require us to pay one whit of extra attention to what you say.