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"I realize that this thread is in the religion section; however, if you're going to keep posting that according to your religion, ONLY Catholics are going to heaven, to a site that is not specifically Catholic, you are going to have people calling you and Catholicism bigots."

Well what on earth kind of ridiculous religion is going to state that all other religions can get people to Heaven? Come on. That'd be an absolute waste of time. Let's be reasonable here.

"And I strongly object to Catholic beliefs that ARE bigoted, as well as those who post them and then can't handle reaction from others who don't share your beliefs!"

And from this it can be clearly demonstrated that pluralism can't work. It is an impossibility to have five different religions claiming to be the truth and yet coexist peacefully under a common banner that is not itself a banner of religion, all without lapsing into violation of it's own silly maxims. In other words, where is your tolerance for genuinue Catholicism in your pluralist society? It is impossible. The actual aim of pluralism is no religion, not "religious tolerance". "Religous tolerance" is just a placating kind of non-idea excuse for what is actually happening, which is that religion is being given the heave-ho from all society, that's all.

"You have stated that not just the pope, but the Catholic church is infallible. How can that be so, when popes and priests, with the blessing of the church, sold indulgences? Jesus NEVER talked about that, nor did he sell a "get out of hell free" pass. You can't find anything in the OT nor the NT, or even any of the preceding centuries, when the Catholic church's existed, about this one."

To answer this, one needs to first make all parties clear as to what infallibility means, who exercises it, when, and concerning what.

"I have no desire to turn this thread into a flame war, where each of us trash the other ( though that IS what you have done! ) and our respective religions. And since you have now completely hijacked this thread, I suggest that you now cease and desist."

Where's the tolerance? What about this freedom of expression? See there... a Catholic can't just repeat what the Church actually teaches in a pluralist society without unlocking the contents of the whitewashed crypt-O-doublestandard, can he?