> While I'm no expert, Catholism does not *assume* the existence of God
> and the absolute authority of written scripture (sola scriptura).
Like many, it appears that you have been given false information about
Catholism. I am a Catholic, and we unquestioningly believe in the
existence of God. The authority of Scripture is absolute, but is shared
with Tradition.
> Catholism begins by approaching the Bible as any other ancient work,
> and from textual criticism concludes that the accuracy of the
> text is more certain than the accuracy of any other ancient work.
All liberal theologians (protesants and Catholics) do that, but that is
not exactly mainstream.
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