I pretty much have as well - however I do still engage.  I do not give up the civility, I challenge others to find it.  Once in a while, they do.  About 5% of the time.

Exactly, the Bible is clear on this issue and so is Sacred Tradition. Actually, the male only priesthood has been a constant teaching of the Church from Apostolic times. The Book of Acts is a record of the actual history of the early Church and the "laying on of hands" began the succession of the ministerial (sacerdotal) priesthood.

The Church's source of truth is the Holy Trinity--Father, Son and Holy Ghost and since Christ promised that He would be with her until the end of the world and that the gates of Hell will never prevail against her, she will never fall apart as you say. The Catholic Church gives to men (I'm not politically correct), through Scripture and Tradition the whole of God's teaching, its meaning, and a guarantee of its authenticity. So, on the matter of the men only priesthood, it's not the Church that has gotten far from its source of truth, but rather it's plain to see that some of her members have.

I hope you understand now that the Church's prohibition of the ordination of women is a doctrinal matter and not an administrative one.

It is not an infallible dictum, so the rule can be changed.  I expect it will.  Infallible dicta are things that cannot change, as the belief is they come from God himself.  All others are rules interpreted by the fallible vessel - man - that can change as knowledge does.

60 years ago, Vatican II was also impossible.

What do you mean?

Vatican II was a pastoral council and the 16 texts of Vatican II are not binding. They are teachings, but not infallibly so as were, say, the First Council of Jerusalem, Nicea or Trent.

You are always going to win me over with references to Star Trek!  But you do actually bring up a good point.  Perhaps those that convert to civility, were civil all along, and just playing nasty because others were.

Re: Dogma.   

A Catholic dogma is a truth revealed by God and directly proposed by the Magisterium of the Church for our belief. Catholic dogma thereby gives Catholics complete, absolute certitude about what the Church infallibly declares in faith and morals.

The Catholic Church dogmatically declares and with authority, Jesus is the Messias, Papal Infallibility, Scripture is the inspired word of God,  Pope Benedict XVI is the legitimate successor of St. Peter in the primacy and the Holy Trinity. These specific truths allow for and are all compatible with sound reason.

Yes, dogmatism can be compared to the sciences.

Doesn't the mathematics teacher dogmatically declare that two plus two are four thereby giving students certitude in exactness in reckoning? Doesn't the chemist dogmatically declare that the composition of water is 2 atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen thereby giving us certitude from errors which could endanger our lives? These specific truths allow for and are compatible with sound reason.  

Then why are you so intent in bashing them?

You're an adherent to today's new fundamentalism of Secular or Atheistic Humanism..the new State religion and moral relativism is its creed. In it, absolute truth is taken away or ignored, and every man is his own magisterium and might makes right!

Yes, I realize I don't discuss according to your rubrics, (figuratively speaking), but you'll have to get used to it.

I think with the Church and evidently you think with video links which is something I'll have to get used to.

Atheistic Humanism has its own dogmas, principles and tenets.

The Atheist dogmatically asserts there is no God and that Christianity is man-made. But the scientific method which you claim is the only source of useable knowledge for humanity doesn't help you with proof of your dogmatic assertion. 

Catholic infallible dogmas are concerning specific truth for Christ said, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.

You illogically reject the Christ, the Divine, infallible unchanging authority in the Catholic religion, but accept the fallible human ever varying anti-Christian dogmatism in these video links. Is not this unreasonable?

You may not care what I believe in or not, but most of your articles in the philosophical and religion forums bash and attack the Church, her doctrines and the Catholic faith (Christianity).

Lula I told you before I am not going to battle the RCC, an organization that has been corrupt before its own inception IMO. An example: Because of the barbarity of the medieval CHURCH, medicine in say the 12^th century: you might remember that fresh shit was the preferred method of packing serious wounds and infections. That is if the leaching and blood draining were insufficient to kill the victim first. I suspect it is difficult to find a germ without a microscope hummm, room for thought here? So illiterate peasant women armed with folk lore and primitive herbology opposed church dogma with the meager materials at hand; by blending herbs and plants that did actually help … but they were labeled witches and mercilessly persecuted for their affront to the churches dogma and its insistences for a shit compact. So you just keep up your nonsense about inoculations and their ‘harm’ to humanity as you see fit. But your children will never attend school where my grandchildren may go because they will all be inoculated. Be careful what you wish for because you may yet get it.

What in the world would prompt me to read “The Godless Delusion: A Catholic Challenge to Modern Atheism”??? I am more than willing to take your word for whatever you decide to copy and paste from this catholic hit piece. I can only envision more nonsense until you enlighten me at which point I will delight in answering in detail.

PS – Just for your info, there are many more dogmatic groups that fit in here (like all of them) … but it is all about you isn’t it?

OK, that's a valid point.

However, where are the equal number of your articles bashing and attacking Judaism or Islam as you have written bashing Christianity?

You really must give this line a rest. It's just not true. Even though they are all too often based on ignorance, confusion, or revisionist history by anti-Catholics, your articles and comments are nothing but "battling the Church", even going back to the medieval ages. Labeling women as witches was a common punishment in those days and the secular rulers burned witches much more than the Church. I can't do anything about witch-burning anymore than you can do anything about the cruelest aspects of pagan society.

No, I'm not buying that. That may be true of you the self proclaimed Atheist, but in general, that's not the reason why Atheists don't believe in God. I've read that it often has something to do with a poor relationship with the father.

I discuss with you as an Atheist because on more than one occasion you described yourself as such.

I don't know your life other than what you share on JU pages. When I speak of the Atheist practicing Atheistic (religious) Humanism, it's meant in generalities.

As far as moralty, AH believe there are no enduring absolute standards of right and wrong. Does that sound like you? Same answer as above, until we learn differently.

That the universe is self-existing and not created. Does that sound like you? No it doesn’t, not well enough to let pass. Everything in existence was created somehow … but nothing was poofed into existence … that we can discover.

That the nature of the universe by modern science makes unacceptable any supernatural or cosmic guarantee of human values. Does that sound like you? No it doesn’t. Science has no methodology for detecting BS magic therefore it doesn’t waste valuable time postulating pointlessly. So they study what we do have and all the conclusions say you are wrong.

AH considers the complete realization of human personality to be the end of man's life. How about that one does it sound like you?If this is supposed to mean that we are born, live our lives to whatever ends and then die never to be heard from again (just like the gods) then the answer is yes.

Was there a point in here somewhere???