> I think a lot of the "Catholics are dangerous" rhetoric comes out of the large doses of ritual found within the Church, and the role of priests in the faith.

The deal with why Catholics are W-R-O-N-G is this. We've got a Pope. An actual leader of the Church who has the hotline with Big G. All of the other Christian offshoots of the Roman Catholic Church don't think there's a need for a Pope. You can talk to God as well as the Pope can. Oh, and we also read the Apocrypha, the "that's not part of the Old Testament" part of the Old Testament. It's got that neat story about secret doors, smoke bombs, and dragons in it which you people don't think should be in the Bible, yet you have no problem having an overly long lusty love poem or a bit about UFOs in there.

Me, I think it's like people arguing over salad dressing. The important thing you've got lettuce in there.

-FP