From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Actually the Catholic Church would appoint a 'Devil's Advocate'

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01168b.htm
"His duty requires him to prepare in writing all possible arguments,
even at times seemingly slight, against the raising of any one to the
honours of the altar."

If one's faith can survive the questioning it only makes it stronger


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> On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:07:17 -0500, "Gary Britt"

> wrote:
>
>>  It does have the apparent
>>drawback for you and many like you that in order to do such linking you
>>have
>>to open  your mind and quell your ignorant bigotry against people of
>>faith.
>
>  To me as a protestant, it seemed like a logical follow-on.  But I'll
> admit that I didn't research the Catholic requirements to see if this was
> even possible.   It was not meant to be "against people of faith".
>
>   There is very little logic surrounding this case, which makes it
> difficult for those posessing a strong opinion to convince others of their
> point of view.
>

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