Pope said other churches are "defective", is he right?

[jewpinthethird]

Originally Posted by Relambrien

So what you're saying is that in the grand scheme of things, these debates on interpretation are irrelevant, and determining which interpretation is correct is just because of someone's interest in which is correct? That all that really matters is the overall big picture of Jesus' teachings, such as kindness to all people?

Pretty much what I was trying to get at. Model your life after the teachings of Jesus. Become your own Christ. We are all equal, regardless of what color our skin is, or what faith we prescribe too. We are all the sons and daughters of God. No human life is more important than another, and all life on Earth should be respected. The Catholic Church, being the totalitarian dictatorship that it was, sought to suppress equality, peace and democracy by making Jesus Christ "the divine Son of God and savior," robbing him of his humanity, as well as setting up a theological bureaucracy so that the masses wouldn't be able to interpret the stories of the Bible on their own, having to instead rely on the Church for their salvation.

Eh, I'm probably totally wrong, but I don't wish to derail this thread further. Please continue with the other topic at hand; don't waste your time on someone like me who really doesn't care about religion. I just wanted to know the reason behind needing to know a specific interpretation, but it seems that that won't be possible without delving into deeper religious matters. So please, just continue on with what you were doing.

So really, there is no "deeper religious" matters to be discussed other than the only people who care about transubstantiation are theologians whose stagnant dogma must not contradict itself.

For the rest of us, we can go on living our own lives, with our own personal relationship with God...well, except for me. I'm an atheist.