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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
really? I would think that romish christianity used the devil as its cop-out mechanism like most christians..
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"Roman Catholic teaching regards original sin as the general condition of
sinfulness (lack of holiness) into which human beings are born, distinct from the
actual sins that a person commits. It explicitly states that original sin does not have the character of a personal fault in any of Adam's descendants."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_sin
Though many Catholics also believe in the devil. Catholicism, in my understanding, really has a large volume of various interpretations that, at times, compliment or contradict each other. I really see this as a result of its apostolic/missionary nature. But "Catholic guilt" is certainly more traditionally Catholic than a lot of more "born again" influenced new shit going round.