How do Christians justify not being catholic?

[Alex K]

In theory Catholicism would be the correct doctrine if you are an avid devout reader of the bible (even if you support non literalist interpretations) but there's the historical context of Rome V. Constantinople and then Henry VIII (was it VIII?) wanted to have a divorce and so he told the pope to fuck himself (and anglicanism was born).

I appreciate that. But I'd think from a modern disinterested perspective of someone who wants to determine the correct faith, I would have thought a biblical literalist would have to turn to catholicism at least to some extent.

As someone who lives in the middle of reasonably coherent catholics I don't really dislike it, most people I've met are nice and don't mind the fact I don't believe (some old people tell me I just need to search for god but it's ok if I don't find it) - But I respect the advantages the protestant work ethic had for some countries.

And music...

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In 1 Cor 3, Paul says he did it.

10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

For that matter, Ephesians 2 -

19Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

Nothing special about "peter" there.
I do wish you people could get your story straight.

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I think I'm a bit slow tonight (it was a long fucking day), but I'm not 100% sure what you are telling us here.