[Campion]

By the way, do you realize the utter insanity of what you write?

I'm talking about this:

they're just lay people with no ability to interpret their denomination's teachings

Catholic lay people have no ability to interpret their "denomination's" [sic] teachings, but you do ??????

You are not an authoritative interpreter of Catholic doctrine. Not in any sense. Not on any day of the week. Never. Not at all. By the grace of my confirmation (and by dint of about 15 years of amateur study), I am far, far, far better able to interpret my "denomination's" teachings than you are.

[ealgeone]

Unless you’re a priest you only have an opinion. You’re just one of millions of lay people without the ability to read nor understand Scripture or your dogmas unless your priest tells you what they mean. That’s been the clear message your fellow Roman Catholics have told us.

Truth is rough isn’t it?

[metmom]

The only reason someone needs to *interpret* something is because they don’t like what it clearly and plainly says and want to change it’s meaning to make it say something other than what is stated.

Simply reading something and stating what it says is not hard in the least.

So, for example, when ealgeone posts Unum sanctum, Catholics tie themselves into knots trying to explain how it doesn’t apply to them and mean what it says.

[Elsie]

I am far, far, far better able to interpret my "denomination's" teachings than you are.

Probably so; but are you able to do it better than the folks in charge?

Why so many schisms in Catholicism?

Why the EO??

Why Vatican II versus the other guys?

Why the SSPX guys?

Why such amity against your own pope?

[Biggirl]

Well by the way you have been flamed, it looks like the postings work.