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I was to do a reading during a Mass once and forgot my prepared notes. I wasn't worried about it, because I figured they had a Bible there I could read from. I was wrong; there was no Bible. There's generally no Bible in a Catholic Church.

What a bunch or Hooey, seriously do you expect anyone that has ever been into a Catholic church to believe this?

For those that have never been into a Catholic Church, when the Priest, servers and readers process into the Church, the reader (Which spunkets claims to be) Carries a copy of the Lectionary. This contains all of the readings for the year. The Catholic Church is on a three year cycle. If you attend daily Mass you will hear almost the entire Bible.

In addition most sacristies have at least one Bible and the priest will either have his divine liturgy of the hours or a Bible in the confessional.

Some thing else that is down right hilarious about spunketts comments is that the claim used to be that the Catholics chained the Bible down so that no one but the priest could read it. Disregarding the fact that Bible were so expensive because they were hand copied.

I have to side with my Catholic brethren on this one. You should FReepmail verga or NYer with details of this incident or detract. I argue against Catholicism on a theological/Biblical basis and nothing else. They are fine people. Your story strains credulity and ,although possible, is so abnormal it seems improbable.

"What a bunch or Hooey, seriously do you expect anyone that has ever been into a Catholic church to believe this?"

Yeah, whatever...

"For those that have never been into a Catholic Church, when the Priest, servers and readers process into the Church, the reader (Which spunkets claims to be) Carries a copy of the Lectionary. This contains all of the readings for the year. "

A Lectionary is not a Bible, nor does it approximate a Bible.

"The Catholic Church is on a three year cycle. If you attend daily Mass you will hear almost the entire Bible."

A subset of selected readings, however cycled are not the Bible.

"In addition most sacristies have at least one Bible and the priest will either have his divine liturgy of the hours or a Bible in the confessional."

A divine litergy of the hours os not the Bible. There might be a Bible in Father's car too, nevertheless, it's not present, or at hand during the Mass.

"Some thing else that is down right hilarious about spunketts comments is that the claim used to be that the Catholics chained the Bible down so that no one but the priest could read it. Disregarding the fact that Bible were so expensive because they were hand copied."

Irrelevant.