[Mad Dawg]

Yikes! Blue-duncan. Millions of RCs took only the cracker for boo-coo years because the RC “priests” were ‘fraid the common folk would spill Christ out of the cup. Couldn’t allow that, now could we? Must keep “the elements” properly stored in a monstrosity (or something like that) to protect it, er - God, - and to allow deceived people to worship the cracker and the wine.

All must be in order for the religion to work.

Is this intended as a serious characterization of Catholic thought? If not, what is it intended as, and was that a good thing to intend?

[Running On Empty]

I understand your question.

It is a puzzlement to me: “we do not profane, we just disagree”, it has been said on this forum.

Yet when Catholics consider such a post as this one to be a profanation of our beliefs—a far cry from being just a “disagreement”-— we are considered to be whiners and thin-skinners, and even offensively defensive in our replies.

The “respectable” endeavor to do as God counsels: “Come let us reason together” is itself made into a mockery.

Damned if we do and damned if we don’t—which is what the implications about us is all about, anyway, isn’t it?

[Manfred the Wonder Dawg]

It was a comment to Blue-duncan that reveals my perception of RC practice, not thought. I know not the thoughts of my wife, much less dead “priests” or other folk.

While RCs may not like my characterization of the issue, the main question is that of veracity - not style.