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I've stated half jokingly that I believe that Catholics are less nuts than Protestants. Obvious reasons being their willingness to accept evolution and their willingness to accept that good non Christians can escape hell.

Others have stated that they are more nuts because of some of their silly beliefs like transubstantiation if I spelled it right.

My guess is that this paradox is resolved by the fact that most Catholics don't actually truly believe it. Social pressure makes them say otherwise. Wonder what percentage of American Catholics would pass a lie detector test that asked them if they were almost positive that transubstantiation is true?

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I would pass that test. The dogma of the transubstantiation and the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist have been part of Church teaching since the beginning. Scripture and tradition give us this dogma. Yes, it is one of those faith things. But there is rational thought undergirding it, as is true of all Catholic doctrine.