@44. CharlesWhite: You’re welcome. Unpackaging issues is not for the ADHD crowd.

@17 Roughcoat:

Dear Roughcoat, I’m not interested in nuancing a matter that Paul puts quite plainly–bluntly, even–in Romans. I’m also not a Roman Catholic, and prefer to take the Berean approach to teachings, which is to “[search] the scriptures …, to see whether [these] things are so” (Acts 17:11).

If you’d like to discuss matters of doctrine or faith, or even vent about things that trouble you, I am at your disposal as a fellowservant/slave/brother. Wretchard has my email.

–JC