The following question was sent to me in an email. Rather than answer it myself, I thought I'd present it to my readers. I'll send your responses by email. 
"you seem like a very intelligent man. far more so than i. do you know why we - christians, i mean - succeeded [sic] from the catholic church? please look into this because the catholic doctorine [sic] is about as far from the truth as you can get. i implore you to pray and meditate on the truth and it will be revealed to you. Luke 8:21 John 1:1 John 4:23" - K K
Here are the verses he recommends (taken from the ESV, a Protestant translation).
"But he answered them, 'My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.'" - Luke 8:21
I assume this is a reference to Mary.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." - John 1:1
When have I ever disputed this?
"But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him."
I guess this implication is that Catholic's don't worship in spirit and truth.
So, what say you, gentle readers? How shall I respond to my critic?
Funky Dung
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Um, maybe ask for clarification. There are other lines from the Bible that would more directly (seem to) strike at Catholic doctrine or dogma than the ones he selected. Right now I'm drawing a blank. It'd help to know more.
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Posted 25 Oct 2005 at 3:29 am ¶The Luke 8:21 reference is one routinely used against Mary's perpetual virginity.
The other two, though, I'm baffled. What do they have to do with anything? I'm with Jerry — ask for some clarification.
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Posted 25 Oct 2005 at 3:49 am ¶Hey, you might be interested in this…
http://standupandspeakout.blogspot.com/2005/10/loretto-teacher-fired-part-2.html
The poor girl is getting attacked in her comments section.
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Posted 25 Oct 2005 at 4:05 am ¶I don't know how you ended up with my mail!?!
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Posted 25 Oct 2005 at 11:35 pm ¶I think you should all repent right now and turn away from support of the papacy/anti-christ or else you will go to hell!
dlw
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