Oh, if I didn't have mid-terms tomorrow! I am a VERY practicing Roman Catholic - and I KNOW my faith. If you would like I could debunk ALL your 'myths' about Catholicism after I take my exams (one of which is actually Early Christian Church History - and I'm at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point which is a public university!).
Here are just a few things to note:
Papal infallibility has only been used about twice in the past 2000 years - both of them around the 1800s (I can get exact dates if you would really like them)!
Praying for the dead is actually in the Bible (I can get you the exact reference).
We do not worship Mary or the saints - we pray WITH them (I can get more theological on this if you would like. . . )
The celebration of the Mass/Eucharist has been around since Holy Thursday. The earliest record of a Christian worship service was in 120AD.
The 'funniest' thing is that it was until 367AD that the Christian Church (now the Roman Catholic Church) formally published the contents of the Bible. The statement of faith was written in 325AD. (Only slightly less funny was being told by someone that Constantine brought Christianity to the pagans and so was the first Pope. . . .)
As I said, I will address each of the 'arguments' (either on the board or in a PM) after I'm finished worrying about the formation of Parliament and the English system of feudalism.
Sarah
P.S. if you want a GOOD site to look at to learn about catholicism try
Catholic Answers
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