[Mad Dawg]

I'd answer with

1. The relevance of yyour contention to my argument.
2. The proposition that I actually made that you were disagreeing with or
3. The proposition in support of which you were proposing to argue
4. The argument.

I'm old and getting stupider day by day. I need things clear.

[count-your-change]

You were ambiguous about whether indulgences were a good or bad thing but offered that if given the act of offering indicated an encouragement to Bible reading.
Whether that is the result I can't and couldn't say.

And you suggest further that a capacity for abuse does not render them a bad thing.

My comment was concerning their history, that of abuse renders them a bad thing. and the position of the Catholic church toward the Scriptures as quoted, shows what conclusion might be drawn about encouragement of Bible reading.

In short, indulgences have always been an example of moral and spiritual rot and handing out rot for a good purpose does not change the practice into something else.