You wrote:
“If the questions had anything to do with the discussion, I would answer them.”
So, suddenly, points you make, or claims you make, have nothing to do with the discussion? Are you honestly claiming that what you say in threads has nothing to do with the discussion in the threads?
Again, PROVE what you claimed. here’s what you wrote:
“It is not about control; it is about teaching that such nonsense is true.”
Okay, show us all where the Vatican teaches that this woman is right and telling the truth. Can you do that for us?
“That begins at the top and the Catholic Church loves the top-down authority, so they get to wear it.”
Okay, show us where Pope Benedict XVI teaches that this woman is right and telling the truth. Can you do that for us?
Can you prove your claims or not?
"The reported apparitions at Fatima were officially declared "worthy of belief" by the Catholic Church"
This is a quote about Our Lady of Fatima. This is the nonsense to which I refer. Once "authenticated" by headquarters, of course the average Catholic is set to accept Medjugorje and the event that is the subject of this thread. I don't have any idea what the Vatican thinks about this one. But, you are having a great deal of difficulty understanding that I am arguing that they are responsible for these "kind" of ridiculous tenets. They set the idea in motion, so they get to wear it. Repent Rome, if you can.