Recently, I posted this thing about the Pope on Vicki's discussion forum, and it totally blew up. This Catholic dude completely attacked me. How rude. He called me ignorant for expressing how I feel about the way a lot of Catholics seem to view the Pope. It's an outsider's point of view, and I don't think it's totally wrong.

I really do wish that Christianity could be stripped of all stupid ritual things and more focused on why we go to church. I think it's stupid that there are different denomonations and that there are so many differences between them. Aren't we all there for the same reason? And do you really think that God is going to prefer one over the other? That's the thing about Catholics. Why do they have so many rituals? Why have saints, and why pray to them? They're not the ones to be worshipped. Why have the Pope? Why have confession when you can pray and confess your sins to the Big Man himself?

I've asked all those questions to Andrew so many times (he's Catholic), and he's tried to explain, but I still don't understand. If Catholics can't give straight answers for all those things they do, how can an outsider not think that way?