[metmom]

Of course. Self interpretation, and misinterpretation at that according to your comments, is only when I quote the Bible instead of some tradition.

That's the case for all Catholics.

Seems that nobody is capable of correctly interpreting Scripture, but IS capable of correctly interpreting the CCC, any officially sanctioned Catholic interpretation of Scripture, any teaching of *Holy Tradition* (Mary for example) that are not only not supported but completely contradicted by Scripture, prophesies and visions of who knows what source.....

But by God, nobody has the wherewithal to *correctly* interpret Scripture by the Catholic church definition.

It goes to show the depth of brainwashing that people cannot see the irony and hypocrisy of that kind of teaching.

[count-your-change]

Well....you see how that discussion ended.

I would wonder just which traditions are considered required believing and which may be taken as over heated imagination.

For example the tradition of Mary's early home and its frequent flier miles from the 13th. century. Tradition says the house was transported from the Holy Land and touched down three times before coming to a rest in Europe.

Presumably the angels that carried it were careful in the flights.

And then there is Helena, Constantine's mother, schlepping the Holy Land in the fourth century and finding not one, not two, but three crosses! and as an added bonus THE crown of thorns.

Well, at least tradition says so. Of course the locals would never pass off anything fake to some goy tourist...never.

Traditions, I just don't believe them over much.