re: #208 The Nightmare of the five Orders of Beggars

If Spong is right and #183 is true, then Catholicism is wrong. It doesn’t need to be said explicitly. That’s why “implies”. I’m careful with words. Religious people are often polite in these matters and many of them indeed won’t explicitly say “your religion is wrong”. Yet if Christ was crucified, then Islam is wrong.

Does John Shelby Spong say that Catholicism is “wrong” according to what he believes?

Is the idea of “my side is right, other sides are wrong” part of his theology?

You seem to have decided that it’s an automatic part of any religious belief. However, that’s not a belief that is universally held.