A question about what my (college) students are saying - help would be appreciated.

[TheMastersNemesis]

4. Products Of Fundy Nut Religion

Evangelicals and fundamentalists do not seem to believe Catholics are Christian. In fact the Catholic religion is more Christian than any of them having been established by the apostles. Read the new Testament and the epistles to the first Christians and it should be obvious unless you are on something.

I am a recovering Catholic and have not practiced in 47 years. I spent 16 1/2 years in the Catholic school system and even though I think the Church is now way off track there is more legitimacy in one priest than there is in all the preachers of all these pseudo religions, which are businesses selling the Bible and not faith or spirituality.

These kids have been brainwashed for virtually all their life and all the hear is RW religion which is a fraud.

My reply to these kids would be the Church is more Christian than you are.

Now regrettably the Church has acted very badly on the sexual abuse issue. And I do not understand why they have not addressed that issue correctly.

Even though I make no apologies for the actions of the Catholic Church today, I know they have legitimacy as a Christian religion. And you have to remember that the American churches came from the Elmer Gantry tent religion.

I do not know how you handle the question for your students because you did not state it. They cannot cite 2000 years of tradition like the Church can.