re: Pope Francis: animals will be in heaven

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Technically, if you believe the Bible is the sole source of Christian belief, than the disciples sure had to "make shite up" in the years following the death and resurrection of Jesus. There was no Bible.

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That's another thing. The New Testament is basically all letters to various churches. You aren't going to write a letter to the church spelling out the basics of the belief system; you're going to write a letter about the more complicated aspects of some part of the belief system, or because some part of the belief system is being followed incorrectly.

That's why confession, transubstantiation and a ton of other basic Catholic beliefs aren't in the Bible. They didn't need to be, because they were all being followed already and everyone knew about them.