[Cronos]

there’s hardly a ...I knew that cracked a Bible

Look around you -- on this forum you have a couple of dozen pretty active Catholics that know quite a bit and read the Bible regularly. And there are many more silent Catholic readers on this forum and many, many more CAtholics in the real world who do far more than "crack open" a Bible but diligently study The Word of God and grew deeper in Christ, in His Catholic Faith.

[metmom]

I’m talking about real life, worked with, lived with, and grew up with Catholics, as I DID state. Especially note the use *knew* that being the past tense of *to know* .

[Cronos]

I’m talking about real life, worked with, lived with, and grew up with Catholics, as I DID state

Valid. And equally valid that this is your personal experience with some people and one cannot extrapolate that to mean all Catholics, just as one person living in Manhattan can't extrapolate that experience to make conclusions about ALL Americans

on this thread itself there is represented a couple of dozen pretty active Catholics that know quite a bit and read the Bible regularly.

And there are many more silent Catholic readers on this forum and many, many more CAtholics in the real world who do far more than "crack open" a Bible but diligently study The Word of God and grew deeper in Christ, in His Catholic Faith.