I have said yes to give a lecture about Religion: The Bible

[ICantSpellDawg]

No, but you should because needlessly offending people is a bad thing.

In Roman terms I would say that you are guilty of Vanity because you believe you have the right to express your views however you so choose and it is up to others to correctly interpret your utterences, if they have the werewithal.

Although, I could also interpret your remark so that you are guilty of Pride because you believe the rules of common courtesy do not apply to you.

You are also potentailly guilty of heresy against the Roman doctrine of Natural Law in implying that the board's rules do not reflect God's Divine Law and are purely human constructs despite their being devised witha Good will by the moderators and Admins, some of whom have been Roman Catholics.

In Protestant terms - you are making a point of being a tool for the sake of it.

Thou shalt not be discourteous? I'm not really understanding the point or origin of your criticisms in this particular thread. The church is nowhere near as dogmatic as you have constructed it to be. It houses sinners and sinners think and do what they'd like and correct the things that they believe harm them or their relationship with God and his Church. Thinking/discussing philosophy and being kind of a jerk have never been impediments to being a Catholic in my experience. 6 of the 9 supreme court justices are Catholics, and they are not discussing canon on a daily basis, and they surely are not always civil.

We recognize allegory in the Bible, we can recognize fallibility in most the church teaching if it is proven to us, but it has to be proven, it can't just be convenient to modern sensibilities, it must fly in the face of reason, tradition and natural law in a big way. I make an effort to recognize ex-cathedra teachings as a matter of faith and not to question them, but new ones are rarely made.

I reserve the right to be a frustrating jerk.