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I highly recommend you read the "Catechism of the Catholic Church", which you can obtain here:

Hi newbie. I highly recommend the catechism be burnt, I burnt mine. Deception is repulsive.

[MarkBsnr]

Hi newbie. I highly recommend the catechism be burnt, I burnt mine. Deception is repulsive.

We Christians are very wary of the point of view expressed in your post. We were martyred in the arena by those who later burned books. We are not deceived.

[Heart-Rest]

"Hi newbie. I highly recommend the catechism be burnt, I burnt mine. Deception is repulsive."

Hello, "oldbie"!

(This exchange sounds a bit like the current presidential race. I'm like the conservative "newbie" presidential candidates who are aiming to change the current "oldbie" presidential candidate -- President B.O. -- making him become the "FORMER oldbie president", and you are obviously the "oldbie" here, like that other "oldbie", President B.O. himself.)

(Just kidding -- that would be hitting below the belt.)    :-)

But, no, I will not burn my catechism to please you. (Hey, come to think of it, that's what President B.O. wants to do with the Catholic Catechism too, as do the Muslims, and the Chinese Communists, and the atheists....hmmmmm....)

Instead, I would strongly recommend you acquire another copy of the Catechism, and this time read it prayerfully, asking the Holy Spirit to guide your reading and your discernment and understanding.

And, like you said, deception IS repulsive, and self-deception is both repulsive and repugnant, as well as depressingly self-defeating for those who insist on practicing it.