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[MineralMan]

9. Yes. It's complicated, too, by scriptural stuff.

If it reads, "Be fruitful and multiply," as it does, the Church expands that to the extreme position and prohibits contraception. If Jebus is recorded as saying, "Don't get a divorce," the Church makes that illegal, regardless of the circumstances.

Literalism. Some folks say that isn't important, but much of Catholic doctrine is, and has always been, based on very literal interpretations of scripture.

Between picking literal nits and engaging in tortured logical processes, that Encyclopedia is full of nonsense that has been developed over 1800 years of unmarried old men fretting over details.

It's all an enormous mess, is what it is.