[MarkBsnr]

How many of these same people believe that educated opinions and advice are not necessary in constitutional law, architecture, transportation and aviation, legal defenses, tax strategy, medical necessity or even Information Technology? Their approach to theology is akin to "hey ya'll, watch this".

Yeah; they all claim that "my theology is more esoteric than your theology..."

[Natural Law]

"Yeah; they all claim that "my theology is more esoteric than your theology..."

We have a condition within much of the Protestantism displayed in this thread in which individualism trumps the communal roots of Christianity. I'm not talking about communism or socialism, but the communion that is the Church. Catholics believe that we are each a small part of a bigger synergy.

Pope Benedict XVI advises us to "live life as a pilgrimage keeping our gaze fixed on the destination for which God has created us. Since He made us for himself (cf. St Augustine, Confessions 1, 1), he is our ultimate destination and the meaning of our existence. Death, followed by the Last Judgment, is an obligatory gate to pass through in order to reach this definitive place."

We will each have to stand this judgment alone but our pilgrimage needn't be without the communion of saints is our