I agree science does not work like religion. My anaology fails on that level. All I am saying is that the number of good intelligent well meaning people that believe in something strengthens the case for that thing. It does not prove that it is right.
Yes I would say the same of the Pope if he was involved. Thank God we have had good Popes for the last while now. However, we have had evil Popes in the past.
Now a Pope could do something that would convince me that Catholicism was false, and that is teach something infallibly to the Church that is not true, concerning faith and morals. So if the Pope all of the sudden said homosexuality was not a sin, or if he said Jesus was just a man or something like this I would be forced by my own logic to accept that Catholicism is false. But in my studies this has never happened.
People have tried to demonstrate changes in Church teachings, so to help you out if you plan to do that to me the most usual claims is that the Church's teaching on slavery has changed, and another more recent popular one is that the Church's teaching on religious freedom has changed. Another really popular one is that the Church's teaching on usury has changed. I think slavery and usury are really the most popular charges against the Church.
Quote:I'm curious... would you say the same of the Pope, if he was involved? Or is he 'infallible' and blameless, no matter what?
Yes I would say the same of the Pope if he was involved. Thank God we have had good Popes for the last while now. However, we have had evil Popes in the past.
Now a Pope could do something that would convince me that Catholicism was false, and that is teach something infallibly to the Church that is not true, concerning faith and morals. So if the Pope all of the sudden said homosexuality was not a sin, or if he said Jesus was just a man or something like this I would be forced by my own logic to accept that Catholicism is false. But in my studies this has never happened.
People have tried to demonstrate changes in Church teachings, so to help you out if you plan to do that to me the most usual claims is that the Church's teaching on slavery has changed, and another more recent popular one is that the Church's teaching on religious freedom has changed. Another really popular one is that the Church's teaching on usury has changed. I think slavery and usury are really the most popular charges against the Church.
