“It does still seem to me”
I hate to inform you that it really isn’t all about what it “seems” to you. It is about the truth, it is about Tradition, it is about the Bible interpreted by the authority which codified it through that same Tradition and handed on by the Apostles. It is all about the church that Jesus created, it is One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic and it will stand until the end of time.
YOU might not believe it but that’s okay, the Holy Spirit may someday take you by the hand and lead you there. And as Paul, who didn’t realize that by persecuting the Apostles that he was persecuting Christ, you may one day become a Catholic.
You have the Bible and access to the Catechism of the Catholic Church and until you truly study it and are informed in your opinions it will do no good to argue with you. My faith isn’t predicated by your opinions and feelings it is predicated on the Truth.
Are you suggesting that truth is the same thing as "Tradition"? Or are you saying that truth is truth because of how the Bible has been interpreted? If so, then why is it that there are differences in belief between, say, the Orthodox Church (which claims that its Tradition and its interpretation of Scripture are truth)?
"YOU might not believe it but that’s okay, the Holy Spirit may someday take you by the hand and lead you there. And as Paul, who didn’t realize that by persecuting the Apostles that he was persecuting Christ, you may one day become a Catholic."
You got me there. I am certainly open to the leading of God's Holy Spirit. I do, however, hope that you are not really suggesting that by asking questions I am in any way "persecuting the Apostles". Heaven Forbid! I'll pray that the Holy Spirit will lead you into deeper understanding of truth, too. If that means that you remain a Roman Catholic, fine. But I do hope that you will be as open to leaving the Roman Catholic Church (should God's Holy Spirit lead you in that direction) as you hope that I am in becoming a Roman Catholic (should God's Holy Spirit lead me in that direction).
"You have the Bible and access to the Catechism of the Catholic Church and until you truly study it and are informed in your opinions it will do no good to argue with you. My faith isn’t predicated by your opinions and feelings it is predicated on the Truth."
And neither is my faith predicated on my "opinions". I hope my faith is predicated on God's Word, revealed in Scripture and in the life and person of Jesus Christ. And I believe that it is Truth that God, through an act of his grace, has saved me.
Grace and Peace to you.