The Catholic faith has the most logical arguments of any other Christian religion

Notice I am arguing that Catholicism is the most logical Christian religion. Therefore my opponent would have to find a Christian religion with more logical teachings. Argument 1 Purgatory Catholicism believes in purgatory. Purgatory is a place where souls go when they do not commit sin of great gravity (mortal) but sins of a lesser gravity (venial) or to atone for mortal sins that they have in fact already confessed but have not completely atoned for. Other protestant religions (of my knowledge) do not believe this. they believe that sin is sin. They believe that stealing a car and stealing a penny have the same gravity. obviously this in the real world stealing a car from a poor person and stealing a penny from a millionaire are of two different gravitys. Stealing a car from a poor person would mean much more earthly suffering for that poor person than stealing a penny from a millionaire. Stealing a car from a poor person also means a person would have to overcome more of the "bad" conscience feeling. For example I would have a much more time overcoming the "bad feeling" I would get from stealing a car from an old lady. The "bad feeling" wouldn't be as strong for stealing a penny from a millionaire. Therefore I would have to go out of my way to do something sinful. Also the Catholic church teaches that for something to be mortally sinful three things must be fulfilled. The sin has to be of serious matter, knowledge or firm belief that the act is seriously wrong, and full consent of the will. Stealing a car from a poor lady would be obviously a serious matter. However if the person who stole the car was forced to by an outside source then he wouldn't be doing it with full consent of the will. or if he honestly truly believed that it was not a serious matter then he would not commit a mortal sin. It seems only logical that there are certain degrees of sin. If there are certain degrees of sin, then wouldn't in then be completely logical to have certain degrees of punishment? The answer must be yes. Argument 2 Contraception In many Protestant religions contraception is accepted. In Catholicism it is not and for good reason. Having kids is a byproduct of sex (as nourishing the body is to eating). The Catholic Church forbids even married couples to have sex unless they are open to having children. As sex's main purpose is not for pleasure (as eating main purpose is not for pleasure). Perhaps we do eat for pleasure sometimes but to be closed to taking in nutrients would be an illness known as bulimia (eating and taking in the pleasure but throwing up after depriving himself of the nutrients). The reason sex even exists in the first place is not for pleasure but for reproduction of our human race so that we may thrive and survive. The Catholic Church then teaches that using someone for pleasure is wrong because it is a selfish act and that the couple may use sex as a mere object of pleasure. Just as people with bulimia use food as an object of pleasure. Also, if a couple were not to be open to the production of children, and then the woman ends up pregnant, it would cause family problems (many times) over the unwanted pregnancy. To not have sex shows a respect for the person and gives you a better sensation during sexual pleasure, just as taking off from cake for an entire year would give you more pleasure than if you ate the cake everyday. (You might want to start wanting a different kind of cake and losing respect for that same kind you eat everyday) These are two main differences of the Catholic Church over protestant religions. Not to mention the Catholic Church is nearly 1500 years older than any other Church and all other protestant churches stem from the Catholic one (directly or indirectly) Credits http://www.catholic.com... http://wiki.answers.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://answers.yahoo.com...