Quote: F I've learned more about my religion in the past two years than I did in the previous 42. The point is, just because you were raised Catholic doesn't mean you really know the Catholic viewpoint.
Oh, I couldn't agree more. I know you would have no way of knowing me well enough yet, but don't underestimate me. I did the same thing while in college. Researched the full gamut of my (Catholic) university library's Roman Catholic theology books, making sure they bore the official stamps of approval (nihil obstat, imprimatur). And concurrently studying a Catholic translation of the Bible. I learned the "official" Catholic teachings very well. And the more I learned them and compared them to what Jesus and the Bible really taught, the less I believed them! Of course, inherent in the Catholic faith is the faith that the Church is above Scripture and has the authority to interpret and define what it means. But that's a faith I no longer have.
