text: You probably know better in that regard.  But if the Church is teaching from that position, and asking Catholics (and for that matter, the world) to believe as it does because of SCRIPTURE, then it is making a huge tactical mistake.  Scripture is taken on faith, but billions don't believe.  What do we tell THEM?  The better route is natural law, which is not dependent on revealed truth that billions reject.  This is the stance taken by Alan Keyes, who, for all his faults, had this quite right:  Stand on natural law, as it is the ground that appeals to reason rather than faith.