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I don't think Catholics are going to burn in hell for graven images, and I've never said that. No one burns in hell because they commit any specific sin. We're all sinners, myself included. But if you believe in Christ, you are forgiven those sins. But it's one thing to say you're forgiven, and another thing to say that God condones it. And I don't understand what this means about being Christian and not following the Old Testament. The Old Testament was the foreshadowing of Christ, and Christ was the fulfillment of the Old Testament Scriptures. He said so as much in John 5:39: "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me." My original question pages back is why Catholics add so much that's not in Scripture. Transubstantiation, papal infallibility, papal succession, Mary's sinless state, priests not marrying -- why do you need them? They aren't mention in Scripture, and what IS mentioned in Scripture is sufficient for your salvation. [/quote]

Transubstantiation - Last Supper - in the bible. Papal infallibility - Jesus' promises to St Peter both before and after his resurrection - in the bible. Papal succession - St Peter was the first Pope when he was crucified they needed a new leader hence the succession - not in bible but makes sense. Mary's sinless state - debatable but it is dogma within the catholic church getting into that debate would take pages but short answer - God prepared a sinless vessel for His son. Priests not marrying - I agree, this was a rule change because of land ownership it could be changed back now.

Why do we need them? Because as been said ad naseaum by several posters - Catholics are not biblical literalists. Their dogma grew over many years as they built Christianity and the church.

If you are a bible literalist - awesome for you. I'd rather believe Mary's birth was immaculate and papal succession than the world is 6000 years old and there is no evolution and Adam and Eve lived with dinosaurs. 
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