The New Testament describes how Christ established His Church on St.Peter. Catholicism officially began in Jerusalem in 33AD, 50 days after the Passover at the first Pentecost.  After Christ appointed St. Peter, He gave His command to go, teach and baptize all nations. The infant Church community was established in Jerusalem where they prayed, praised and thanked God and broke Bread just as Christ commanded. The Book of Acts describes that as well as the first Church Council held in Jerusalem. Catholicism is universal in that it is a world-wide religion in which people of every race and nation. The CC is in every country throughout the world except the Communist held ones. I think it's underground in China and N. Vietnam.

When you say the CC are you including the Eastern Orthodox, Russian Orthodox as well?  Just curious.

There are British laws you have to follow as an Englishman even if you are in France.

Just like there a Jewish laws you have to follow as a Jew even if you are in Britain.

For example, no British subject is allowed to commit treason against Her Majesty, even if it would be legal according to French law.

Not following Torah as a non-Jew is like not showing loyalty to the Queen as a Frenchman.

I think by "CC" she means the Roman Catholic Church.

Catholic mythology has nothing to do with my statement.

Some Hindus believe that their religion is ultimately based on the same background as Zoroastrianism and might have come from the region of today's Iraq. But it is an Indian religion nevertheless.

What makes Israel, Israel (I'm referencing the spiritual here)?

is europe today able to bridge the divide between roman/western and orthodox/eastern sufficiently to accommodate or diminish the effects of competing alphabets, calendars, etc.

otherwise, your statement might be more accurately qualified as roman catholicism is a western european religion.

No. I was talking about European as a distinct culture from Semitic cultures. Western and eastern Europe are different from each other, but they are both very different from Semitic cultures.

I don't know about spirituality. In practical terms Israel (the people) is simply defined by a common heritage and culture.

As Ronald Reagan often said....here you go again! throwing out ridiculous hooey about the CC!  

What is freely asserted can be freely denied.  

As to Origins and Special Creation, the Church thinks with and believes Genesis and is against Darwin's "amoeba to ape to man" Evolution lie that has so inflicted the world with philosophical doubts and irreligion.

The Church has always been a patron of true science. She knows the increase of knowledge of the laws of nature makes more evident the existence and power of God. She knows the sceintific discoveries and knowledge add to the possible well being of man. Besides that, the workings of God in nature applied to that knowledge for the benefit of mankind has been the work of her universities and hospitals.

There cannot be conflict between true science and the Church because God is the source of all truth, whether it's manifest in the physical or the spiritual sphere of man's activity.  

In short, replying to your assertion that the CC supports the keeping of science and religion separate, Pope Leo XIII, said: "Whosoever gives credit to fancies so grotesque shows how little he knows of the flame of zeal that burns in the heart of Christ's spouse," the Chruch. the galaxy of scientists, Catholics stand forth in history as evidence that the CC teachings were not a hindrance to their scientific work, to put it negatively."

The conflict is with the true scientist and the pretender, who mixes scieintific knowledge with lies and saeeks to use it to refute the unchangeable laws of God as they apply to religion and morality.

Wow. Your "CC" is really quite different from the Catholic Church.

Here you go again with other erroneous claims!

As for the Jewish Talmud......it contains the most offensive references to Our Lord and His Blessed Mother Mary. So therefore, on that basis alone, it CANNOT  be a "holy writing".

Regarding respecting Judaism...I greatly respect and revere the Old Testament Hebraic Judaism, but that is no more being full blossomed into Christianity, specifically, Catholicism. We know that modern Judaism propagated after 70AD is not the Judaism that God gave the world through Moses and Aaron.  While I respect Jewish people, I do not respect modern Judaism. How can I? What is the modern Jewish faith anyway? No one speaks with Torah authority today in either the Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, or Reconstructionist divisions of present day Jewry. The Rabbi is in no sense an intermediary between man and God. The priesthood ended with the Temple and even the rabbinical diploma, unlike Catholic ordination, confers no sacred power. It's simply a testimonial of ability of the holder to act as a Rabbi if he wishes to be elected to the position.

Every once in a while I agree with Leauki,,,,this is one of them!

cyrillic languages are as much all greek to me as hebrew or arabic

Ashkenazi {Europe} and Sephardic {Spanish or Arabian} are as different from each other as day and night, Even among the Jews there is prejudice, with the Ashkenazi looking down on the Sephardic Jews and the Hasidic Jews looking down on both the Ashkenazi and Sephardic.

Just checking.