And this from someone who claims that he hasn't quite got the 'Catholic mentality' yet. A little knowledge is indeed a dangerous thing.

Let me help you. I don't know who has been filling your head with the insulting tripe you are spouting on here - "amazingly selfish, and utterly pointless", indeed. Whatever your 'problems' were with your previous church, they are not going to be solved by convincing yourself that this new set of "rules" is the answer. It isn't.

The Pius epoch is gone and it isn't coming back any time soon. You are on a road that leads to nowhere. Vatican II happened and it's here to stay, grow and develop in the minds and hearts of Catholics around the world. Benny failed in his attempt to "rupture" it. He's now in a field chewing crud. Bertone, Levada and the rest of the herd are with him and Burke is about to join them. It's over.

And for the record, one of the greatest "tenets" of our Catholic Faith is transubstantiation. CHANGE.