No, that's not even what I said or what I tried to imply. You must be feeling that your faith is being challenged, so you must defend it, and I understand that. But what you said is not a valid reason to consider the catechism as truth outside of the bible. "God" intended the bible to be taken at face value. Religions just get a bunch of people together to interpret it the way THEY see fit; whichever way controls people more effectively, and hides the hundreds of discrepancies in the book. That's why there are so many different Christian denominations and Old Testament religions. To me, I see it as obvious that these religions are a scary power that shape the bible into whatever they want, to make it even more detrimental than it already is. Why do you think the Catholic religion didn't want to translate the bible for every man to read?

And finally, how is the Catholic church part of a 4000 year old continuum? Didn't it start after Jesus supposedly walked the earth?

PS. Could you have your lovely Catechism writers from the 4000 year old continuum interpret this passage for me: "Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment, for it is an old one you have always had, right from the beginning. This commandment – to love one another – is the same message you heard before. Yet it is also new." (1 John 2:7-8 NLT)