Thank you ZC. I like to read your posts because, obviously, you were not afraid to look outside the box when your conscience guided you there.
But does that mean you are still, "technically" speaking, Catholic, the way I am, technically speaking, Eastern Orthodox?
As an adult convert to Catholicism I was of course baptized by intinction, but whether that means I am "Catholic" I don't know and don't care. Besides, don't I incur automatic excommunication for my belief in the pre-existence of souls? And if that don't do it, my "Biblical literalism" certainly does!