text: It is a lie. Since I've stated repeatedly I think there can be no certainty about what the historical Jesus said, I wouldn't declare anything definitive about what he thought. I do speculate, of course, and I was careful to qualify my statements as such. Since you can't tolerate any departure from Catholic orthodoxy you resort to distortion and false witness. Your ridiculous assertion that to maintain skeptical distance from the church is to "stand outside the Church making faces at it, ranting at it, and giving it the bird" is a flagrant example.
  
  Impossible to take you seriously.