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Yes, raised Catholic and "love and joy" was not discussed, except in the context that God loved us and wanted us to be happy with him in heaven -- the rest was doctrine on what to do (and not do) to assure a place in heaven and not in hell.

There's no disagreement that there is a scientific basis for the big bang and no scientific basis for transubstantiation.  The church accepts one and not the other.[/quote]

No, the Church wouldn't expect transubstantiation to be detected by weighing or chemical analysis or anything like that. If you're interested, there are ways for adults to learn more about Catholic teaching, or, failing that, you might want to read Stephen Jay Gould on the idea of "non-overlapping magisteria". As for what individual Catholics may say, the Church has both simple, ordinary people and sophisticated intellectuals; it sometimes seems that the simpler people are more likely to be saintly.

This isn't really an appropriate forum for getting into further discussions of Catholic teaching, so I'll exit, wishing you well.

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I know quite a lot about Catholic teaching and am surprised you refer to Steve Gould who was a scientist, not a theologian and not a Catholic, who was simply expressing his opinion that science and religion shouldn't overlap.  Many of his fellow scientists saw it as a cop-out - a way to avoid the obvious fact that religion can't be explained by scientific means.  Sounds like scientists come in handy when they make Catholicism look good (or avoid making it look bad).

Why are Catholics so proud of accepting the the science of the big bang, but then claim "non overlapping magisteria when transubstantiation comes up? One accepts science, and the other defies it.[/quote]

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