Where exactly did I lie?
I concluded that you lied here:
"armydoc wrote: I completely agree that the historical teachings of the Catholic Church held the interpretation of EENS that you hold."
BUT upon looking at it again, I see what you meant, that my interpretations are in line with the "historical" teachings of the Church.
I apologize for the accusation, calling you a liar. You just don't know that what you call "historical", is dogma, an absolute unchangeable truth, that can't be changed in later times. Since you are a Protestant, a philosophy that requires no adherance to any doctrine, you will never understand the hierarchy of dogma, and there is no point in going further. I've written enough.
My years have taught me that the litmus test of a REAL Christian is marriage and birth control. Real Christians stay married till death and have as many children as God sends. They don't use birth control. If I see a person who calls themselves Christian and is divorced and remarried, I know that they are hypocrites. If I see a couple with no children because they use birth control, I know they have not in God's Grace.How many Christians like that do you know?
armydoc asked:
By your definition, the ONLY Christians in this world are card-carrying Catholics, correct?
Few Catholics today stay married for life, and even fewer, I dare say, practically none, have as many children as God sends. Few Catholics will be saved.
If you only knew the women who will go to Hell because they did not bring into the world the children they should have given to it. ( St. John Vianney)
Among adults there are few saved because of the sins of the flesh....With exception of those who die in childhood, most men will be damned. (St. Remigius of Rheims)
In the great deluge in the days of Noah, all mankind perished, eight persons alone being saved in the Ark. In our days a deluge, not of water, but sins, continually inundates the earth, and out of this deluge very few escape. Scarcely anyone is saved. ( St. Alphonsus Liguori)