You asked me to point out in scripture where it says exactly what you believe the Catholic Church to be. Very "Do you still beat your wife?" Of you. Obviously I can't point to scripture saying something about the highly specific windmill at which you tilt. It sounds terrible.
By forcing me to accept your preconceptions you are arguing in bad faith. It is fine if you want to disagree on specifics, you can make accusations that can be rebutted etc. But no one is going to allow you to set up a weird set of goalposts and agree to kick at it.
What I can do is point to Scriptural basis for the actual teaching of the church. It sounds like you have enough issues with those without kremlinology over whether a particular Pope was a closet communist. Since I get a completely different take on Francis etc (hopefully honestly, but who knows) and I assume you are intelligent and well meaning, I can only assume that you are reading everything, from scripture to the news in a different light.
I propose that the base difference is posture toward authority. I accept human hierarchies as a God ordained good and you see them as going against the will of God. If you are willing to provide scriptural basis for your belief, I am willing to provide scriptural basis for mine.
Daniel Wigton
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2025-05-09 21:04:40
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