[MarkBsnr]

Forget that Catholic stuff. The thread needs to know just what each individual non catholic poster believes. The intro of New Age space cadets changes the entire landscape.

All along I blamed the poor misguided protestants. Sorry Martin and sorry Calvin

Throughout the entire 2000 years of Christianity, many people have tried to pry open a crack that would let them circumvent or change the rules to suit themselves. Martin Luther simply flung the door open. Without Luther, there would be no Calvin, for instance. Without Calvin, there would be no Knox. Without Knox there would have been no Puritans and state religions put into place in 18th century America. Also, there would have been no Restoration movement, no LDS, no Pentecostals, no Worldwide Church of God, no Raelians and so on.

With each succeeding movement, the innovations simply got wilder and crazier. Do you think that Scientology could have succeeded in a Catholic world, for instance?

[OLD REGGIE]

Do you think that Scientology could have succeeded in a Catholic world, for instance?

Of course not. Nor would any such thing as religous freedom. A Theocratic Dictatorship would already have "disposed" of any dissenters.