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Generally speaking, no. The object of the forum (and the meaning of the word itself) is an exchange of ideas. Just the same, a sensible reply, even a critical one, is different from a series of back-and-forth posts intended mainly to get in the last word.

Not very likely, considering that the Catholics here have contributed almost nothing in the way of specifics that might back up their claims, while the other Christians' posts have addressed the issue by directing the readers' attention to a number of relevant facts, only to have that be brushed...

At the same time, that very sense of certainty is what does attract most of the people who join certain denominations and cults. Having kicked around between a number of different churches and/or religions, when a seeker encounters Roman Catholicism and its claims of being the one and only real...

Both of whom have more personal experience with the Roman Catholic Church's history and beliefs than I'm seeing in the posts put up by the Roman Catholics contributing to this thread.

I certainly did provide evidence, and if you truly understand your own denomination's history and beliefs, I should have been given something more substantial in reply than what you've offered here. An attempted rebuttal of some of the information I provided, for example. (?) Yes, and I...

Well, it's out in the open now. Yes, it can. And that's because your church makes Tradition be the basis for doctrine, in addition to Holy Scripture. Further, there is no doubt that infallibility, which the church claims for itself, had long been recognized as residing with the whole church...

and I gave you one such example. There was no such doctrine as that of Papal Infallibility prior to its promulgation in recent history, and then there was. That's a "change" and a "contradiction" of the Church's previous stance, and it's also a "doctrine." Here's what the Council that is...

For one, it invented "Papal Infallibility" only in the 19th century (splitting the church because some of its most important theologians couldn't accept this innovation.) The fact is that Papal Infallibility had never been the doctrine, some of the most famous Popes had spoken against the...

and you don't think that this is just another way of saying "changes?" Anyway, if doctrine does "develop," it necessarily means that the institutional church is changing it. The process doesn't cause a change in doctrine by itself. The church makes the decision about what IS Tradition at...

...and the White House sent the man who had been the #3 person (I think it was) in the U.S. Department of Justice to New York so that he could help Alvin Bragg, the local prosecutor, and only for this particular trial. That was not because the guy had already been hoping to find a less...

Failing to be present for corporate worship on any Sunday (or some other "Holy Day of Obligation" depending upon one's denomination)?

Indeed, but the reason it didn't happen was because the idea of doing what as done in this case was simply a' bridge too far for our politicians, something so harmful to democratic government and the rule of law that although there were some who wanted Nixon prosecuted, for example, they didn't...

What historical moments do you have in mind? The idea that the opposition party never had any opportunity to prosecute even a former president appears to be without any basis. You're guessing there. Or hoping.

Certainly. The question should actually be whether more of them will vote for him than were planning to do so prior to the court's decision. In addition, how this sensational and unexpected turn of events affects the Third Parties is an issue in itself. There are five such parties/candidates of...

Probably so. But it never has. Well, no. We have never convicted a president or former president of any felony. What WERE those charges, do you think? I saw two different news channels report different crimes that Trump had supposedly been found guilty of. Most of the commentators...

Absolutely. That's conditioned on the fact that the trial was a set-up and most people will easily realize that's the case. Had it instead been something like embezzlement or murder where the charges were clear, there was evidence, and the trial and judge were normal, it might be as you say. Not...

Apparently, lay persons who wanted to participate in some of the devotions common to monks began to use strings of beads or knots with which to keep track of their prayers. That was during the early Middle Ages. In time, the beads were arranged in a circle for convenience. The church...

Maybe he just wanted to show the audience what a president who's able to move around while still remaining upright looks like.

There's not much need anymore for such a change since most states have made voting possible for days or weeks prior to election day (and sometimes after election day, too). That's without having to make any claim of needing an absentee ballot because of health issues or the like. What's more...

Well, what would you expect Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) to say--that Biden and his advisors made unprecedented "take it or leave it" demands that will help to cover up his own particular weaknesses on stage?? 😜