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Originally Posted by KevinTheOmnivore

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Damn, you basically quoted them verbatim. I would've figured you for a Dialectic of Enlightenment kind of guy. You might be down with it.

I googled that book and indeed it does seem like something I'd be interested in. Thanks for the tip.

But that doesn't mean his "agenda" ever really dictates our opinions and beliefs.

Not as word of law maybe, but it certainly holds a vast influence over a great number of faithful people, as this thread has discussed. Kind of splitting hairs here.

First off, there are several layers to Papal infallibility, like when a Pope speaks ex cathedra, etc., I'm sure you know all of this.

Not really, I don't, as the m.o of the catholic church never interested me one bit. I find all religions equally silly, and my interest in the social constructions based around them focuses more on the human aspect than it focuses on the specific workings of each church. So I read there's failsafes to the Pope being stupid. Good.