Steve, I'd like to introduce you to some Catholics who share your narrow, polemical perspective of Catholicism. They're the "team of apologists" at the Catholic Answers, http://www.catholic.com//. Just like you, they claim to know everything there is to know about Catholicism, and they're ready to fight to the death to prove they're right. The neoconservative Catholics grabbed up all the best domain names long ago: catholic.org, catholic.com, and a number of others. I'm surprised they didn't get http://www.vatican.va. I guess somebody else beat them to that one...

I don't like being put in a position where I'm forced to fight about my faith. I think that sort of approach is poison, destructive to all sides - so I avoid it as much as I can. These Catholic Answers people love to fight, and I've been forced into a fight with them once or twice. Just like you, Steve, they see no value in tolerance.

As for me, I'd rather fight against mass incarceration or homelessness or poverty. Leave my faith alone - it's sacred to me.

So, go to Catholic Answers, Steve. They're your kind of people.

-Joe Offer-