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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey OP, I am Catholic and think you will find many Catholics who aren't heavily into Mary, transubstantiation, and confession. We are cafeteria Catholics -- partly because posts like 20:17's give us pause. Some Protestants' literal interpretation of the Bible makes us nervous. ;)

Protestants think you can get to Heaven based on faith alone. Catholics believe you should have faith AND do good works. There's no free lunch for Bible believers who do crappy things in Catholicism, which is the Protestant line as far as I can tell.

As far as Protestants go, Episcopalians are somewhat tempting. Ritual without politics. [/quote]
Luke 18:9-14: "Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”[/quote]

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