Claiming Papal Infallibility has only happened twice in 2000 years overstates the case by an order of magnitude. Papal Infallibility became a point of dogma in Vatican I in 1870 and has been used twice, Ex Cathedra, since then. More accurate to say ‘Once papal infallibility was instituted formally, it has been used twice in the past 150 years.”

What were those two instances?
1. The immaculate conception, which was some sort of controversy in the church? I thought this would have been settled with the Arians centuries ago. ”
We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.”

The assumption of Mary in 1950: “We proclaim and define it to be a dogma revealed by God that the immaculate Mother of God, Mary ever virgin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into the glory of heaven.”

I can’t imagine why the protestants would have a problem with this extra-biblical requirement for the salvation of the faithful.

“As with most things Catholic, concepts are taken literally and run with, without any attempt to understand them.”
This is true. Catholic theology has deep roots in the church fathers, who were eastern men long before the printing press. Like Paul, these are minds keen with understanding but from an alien world long before the printing press, it takes work to understand their context and then their writings. Godspeed on your journey.

Ryan George is right about Amazon and is monstrously funny. There are business studies to be written on how to ruin a completely controlled search system and how to destroy faith in a review system.

Re covid & Dr(s). Bailey: Covid is something biological, it’s not just mental. Your analysis and experience match my own, the pathology is real from first-hand experience. And something is causing a dramatic spike in miscarriages, which is one biological function that is almost entirely removed from mental effects. That biological train stops for nobody.
First Wave: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8251237/
Second Wave: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8661807/
That’s before the reproductive disaster that is the clot shot, which we will never know because of the industrial-scientific-academic corruption in the world of data studies.

The Iraqi Divorce WHILE AT THE WEDDING story screams ‘lost in translation’, because all of those lyrics make almost no sense translated to English.
I do imagine it as an arranged marriage. In one corner, the bride’s family is secretly thrilled to have been able to move the reckless daughter off to another family. “Whew, got that out of the way!”
The groom’s family didn’t do their due diligence on the bride beforehand because the patriarch lost a horse wager or something…then the whole thing comes unglued because the lady just couldn’t keep her inner Miley Cyrus under control.

The Norm MacDonald meme is top shelf.

DOMAIN QUERY UPDATE:
I put some pennies together and bought a Rogue Ohio Power Bar in Stainless. Came in yesterday. Holy smokes. Completely different fit and finish and feel and spin on the sleeves than the crappy kit bar I’ve been using. Many cumulative tons will be lifted on this, thank you for the recommendation! Center knurling is the right way to go.

Papal infallibility does NOT mean everything the Pope says is true. It refers to issues of doctrine, where councils have already debated a topic and cannot come to a conclusion, the Pope may issue a decree and settle the matter. The idea is that the Holy Spirit will shroud him from error, so we can put the matter behind us and get on with it. It has happened twice in 2000 years. Hardly exploited. But notice the real authority does not come from the man himself.

The reason Prots hate Papal infallibility is that, truly, they don’t like being told what to do. It is a sin of pride. They’re scared of something that never happens. To make an analogy, they’re afraid of global warming.

I’ll never understand why women go for so much ridiculous injection molding. I guess some dudes find it attractive but not me. This is my typical reaction.

https://youtu.be/Y8TNGVwFWyg?t=181