In defense of Catholicism.

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While I appreciate the fact that there is freedom of speech, it bothers me to no end when fundamentalists and other non-Catholics start discussions that do nothing but castigate the Catholic Church. It's fine to debate, but to just come in here and trash the Church--that's extremely offensive. I love my Faith, I love my Church, I am loyal to Pope Benedict, and I know that a lot of other MyLotters do, too. I wish that instead of just throwing out memorized Bible verses without taking the time to put them into context (example: "For by grace you have been saved, through faith, and not of works, so that no man may boast." Well...have you read in the Epistle of James, verse 14 (Douay-Rheims Bible; it'll be a different verse in other Bibles, I'm sure) where it says "What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?" Verse 15 goes on: "And if a brother or sister be naked 16.And one of you say to them "Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled", yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body, what shall it profit? 17. So faith also, if it have not works, is dead." Does anyone realize that Martin Luther wanted to delete James from the Bible because it didn't fit in with his Sola fide mantra? He called this epistle "an epistle of straw". Take a look at his own words sometime while you're online...Google it. It's going to be there.