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Can't we just agree that your pastors can be married and our priests can't.

Sure, and you can continue to wonder why there are fewer and fewer priests entering seminary and why more and more of your parishioners are joining evangelical churches because they are tired of their leadership not addressing the real issues.
Nice job of still not addressing the facts that I raised. I take it that your silence means you have no credible argument in your behalf.
Oh, and relax, Chigirl. :-)

Your issues have already been answered a thousand times. Incessently repeating the same bible passage and repeating the same questions for Catholics to answer doesn't mean you have any new issues to raise. The main answer to your question is that we rely on more than the Bible alone to form our canon.

If you think that our Church is going to die out because all our parishioners are leaving, why do you care? Isn't that what you want?

I don't wonder why there are fewer priests in seminaries. I know the reason is the liberalization of the Church, not because priests can't be married. If that were the cause, why hasn't the priesthood died out 800 years ago. In times of trouble, we need to hold on to our Traditions, not let them be dictated by the new "thought-of-the-day." (Also, some seminaries are experiencing a great resurgence of numbers. Those are the seminaries which are the MOST Traditional.)