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To: Jibaholic
I guess I should clarify a bit. Catholics services are so strange,, ritualistic, and empty of the Holy Spirit

OK -please explain specifically what the 'display' of Holy Spirit is that you recognize; additionally, do you suggest the Holy Spirit limited in some way so as to 'avoid' bestowing charisms to those 'unworthy' or perhaps charisms are only bestowed upon those asking in the 'right' manner -better yet, do you suggest one must possess a knowledge to receive charisms?

21 posted on 11/26/2004 1:38:04 PM PST by DBeers
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To: DBeers
OK -please explain specifically what the 'display' of Holy Spirit is that you recognize
I don't know, you can't measure things like that. But I've been church shopping among various churches and someplaces you feel the Spirit and some places you don't. I'm sure there are Catholic churches where you can feel the Holy Spirit, but they must be a minority because the fact remains that most Catholics don't go to church regularly and those that do are sunday Christians. That isn't to imply that there aren't sunday Christians and non-practicing Christians among Protestants, but overall it is a much bigger problem among Catholics. Case in point: look at the election: in almost every single blue state, Catholics outnumber Protestants, whereas the opposite is true among red states. Don't get mad at me for pointing out the simple fact that Catholics are more likely to be non-practicing than Protestants, and that Catholics are more likely to have secular values than Protestants.
22 posted on 11/26/2004 7:57:38 PM PST by Jibaholic (Google is your friend)
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