Originally Posted by via_dolorosa
I understand you may disagree with the Catholic Church, but is your interest in the truth, or any accusation against the Catholic Church that you think may stick? I think you'll have slim luck trying to demonstrate that the RCC persecutes the carrying of Bibles, especially since the late Pope John Paul II has done much to put copies of the Bible and the Catechism in the hands of the laity and encouraged them to read both. There simply isn't any truth to this charge at all.
Has this always been the practice of the RCC?
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However, you'll find abundant evidence that Communists (AKA atheists) are imprisoning people for possessing Bibles and destroying Bibles that they encounter. This is especially true in Vietnam and China. If your interest is in the truth, then go where the truth leads you, my friend.
Well that certainly excuses the Inquisition.


Im puzzled. If it was proper and papally sacntioned to burn heretics, as defined by the RCC, say as Tyndale was executed, what is different now? Why is this formerly common RCC practice no longer in use? Is there a dearth of heretics? Infallibility carries a lot of problems not the least of is accountability.

My interest is truth and I have yet to come across any group ,cult, or organization more adept at cherry picking and spin than the spokemen of the RCC. They make congressional democrats look like amateurs.