Sigh. You're reading between the lines bud. I've got you saying, "Mary had no clue," and, "Eventually...Mary understood," and now, "Mary...thought Jesus was crazy." Come on! That's not in Mark 6 man. That's nowhere in Scripture, none of that.
That's right. Not unless they have to for some reason. I think that entering heaven will be one of those times that we have to change our thoughts. I just think that Catholics will have to change their thoughts the least.
I've studied and I've studied and I've studied. You are just one more with a Bible and an opinion on it. Shrug.
"Sorry that you've been brain raped" by gospeloutreach-dot-net.
You are blessed. 'Sorry about the Falcons.
So can I.
'Figured you for a Falcons fan. Almost nobody's a Pats fan.
Again with the brain rapers. Who cares what gospeloutreach-dot-net thinks? Who said, "The Church does not give birth to the Word of God?" You're quoting authorities who aren't authorities, who cares what they think or say? In what way is the Church built upon Peter? Do you believe that Jesus's Church is built upon Peter?
the One who began it all). If you can genuinely say that you believe He is the Son of God who came to reveal the truth to humanity, you have a solid base from which to proceed. The quest then, is to find out how and where Jesus preserved that truth because it must be out there somewhere if Jesus really is the Son of God. Without that reliable source, there is a danger that your quest becomes a series of arguments about the meaning of the written scriptures. The inconclusiveness of that approach is reflected in the current 30,000 Bible-only Christian denominations. 
I wasn't spoon fed.
That was from your post.
The Christian Scripture was undoubtedly preserved throughout the centuries by the One Church, at all times.
I do study the Bible, that's where I found the Church, because she is one of the Book's main characters. She's not off hidden away in a corner. While some epistles were written to individuals in the Church, the whole New Testament was written to the One Church, and she figures prominently in many of these books.
The Church's magisterium does not have us ignoring God's Word to follow man made traditions. :nono:
If it were true, then yes; but it's not true. The bishops are not a man made tradition. The bishops are in the Bible too.
OK, so how is the Church built on ALL of the Apostles? How, exactly?
I'm only taking Matthew 16:18 (KJV) at face value, and you're saying that it shouldn't be taken at face value, so prove it. Otherwise I'm right to take it at face value, and ask the question, how is the Church built upon Peter, because that's what the Lord Jesus said that He'd do, so I believe Him, I take what He says He will do at face value.
No, I think I understand even more than you do.
Neither does the Church put anything or anybody in the way of Jesus Christ.
Agreed, and so does the Church.
They are conditionally necessary, for living the fullness of the Christian life, the perpetual gift from the Lord to us His Church. Mary is necessary because she prays on our behalf, and she has her Son's ear. Her prayers are powerful. The popes are necessary to know the fullness of the One Christian faith (Eph4:5KJV), and to know how to distinguish the One Christian faith from imposters, and they are necessary to administer and celebrate the Church's sacraments; although, there is one sacrament that the Church has loosed entirely from herself, baptism, which can be validly performed by anybody, even an unbeliever, so long as they are serious about doing it, and baptize in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit; Christian baptism, IOW (Eph4:5KJV). Priests are necessary because there are only about 5000 bishops and there are 2000000000-3000000000 Christians. All these necessities are conditional; they are needed to live the fullness of the Christian life, as the Lord desires for us, for our own good, for the good of the whole world, as His Church as a sacrament herself, is His ministry to the whole world. He ministers to the whole world in and through and as His One Church, the Body of Christ.
We the Church, I presume?
I've got one Colossians 3:2 (KJV) that suggests otherwise. For me, heaven is one of the beacons of my faith and helps clarify many issues and questions, helps me to fill in many of the blanks. :idunno:
I think so too.
I agree with this also, but again, in 1st Timothy 5:8 (KJV) Paul appears to tie together behavior and faith, so there's an explanation needed in order to read all of Paul correctly. And I've never heard that 1st Timothy 5:8 (KJV) is a fraudulent addition to Scripture, like there is controversy with some other verses.
Again, agreed.
Consider 2nd Corinthians 5:1-2 (KJV). Also, the Church teaches, "Heaven, the Father's house, is the true homeland toward which we are heading and to which, already, we belong" (CCC2802).
