'Untrusting' Catholics rush to leave church

The Local ^ | 07 Nov 2013

[353FMG]

>>When a person leaves the church, they become exempt from church tax which is levied by the government.<<

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Lived and worked in Germany in 1977 but I had to declare my religious affiliation for tax purposes.

I told them that I was an atheist (I am not), it was unacceptable. I still had to pay German taxes.

[mlizzy]

So these former Catholics continue their search for God.

It's like searching for a way to quench your thirst, when you've turned your back on the only known body of water. Christ is living in the Eucharist; He's alive in the Blessed Sacrament. He patiently awaits.

http://www.justin.tv/marytown

[Blue Turtle]

Why don’t you find an article on islam or jews?

[Blue Turtle]

Where are the anti-christian articles then?

[celmak]

"LOL! at the reporter who wrote that. No paperwork needs to be filled out at a town hall."

I don't know about German law, but what you state makes sense. Can't help smile on that one too! :-)

[count-your-change]

The Christ of the Bible didn’t wait patiently, he was the shepherd who left the 99 sheep to search for the one.

Eat some crackers and sup some wine but Catholicism has failed to meet the criteria Jesus gave and failed over and again.

[Servant of the Cross]

It's like searching for a way to quench your thirst, when you've turned your back on the only known body of water.

"Our Hearts are Restless Until They Rest in You" ... St. Augustine

[Campion]

Jesus didn’t “give criteria”; he founded a Church. Would you prefer his own handiwork, or something built by men to fit, according to their own reckoning, Jesus’ “criteria”.

[BlueDragon]

Send her my love

[count-your-change]

It’s a simple English word so there should be no difficulty understanding it, if there is just say so.

[Campion]

No doubt, but that avoids the issue.

[mlizzy]

If Catholics were eating crackers at Mass (instead of the Eucharist, the True Body of Christ), the Church would all but disappear.

[mlizzy]

Thank you for that link! Christ gives us His saints, so that we may continue to learn; it’s a shame non-Catholic faiths do not see that.

[Servant of the Cross]

If Catholics were eating crackers at Mass (instead of the Eucharist, the True Body of Christ), the Church would all but disappear.

So very true. Even Martin Luther believed in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

[Iscool]

It's like searching for a way to quench your thirst, when you've turned your back on the only known body of water. Christ is living in the Eucharist; He's alive in the Blessed Sacrament. He patiently awaits.

I tried your Eucharist, a couple of times...There wasn't anything there...

And since a majority of Catholics do not believe in the real presence in the Eucharist, they know from personal experience that there is nothing there as well...

Your phrase, 'the only known body of water' is a deception...I know that from eating the wafer (1), and actually being indwelt with the Holy Spirit (2) without the wafer...But heh, good sales pitch...

[HawkHogan]

Glad you admitted that you disregarded a Church teaching. Why are Protestants so disrespectful and intolerant?

[mlizzy]

There is no benefit in receiving the Eucharist, if the one receiving doesn’t believe. That’s why there are so many lukewarm Catholics, the scourge of the earth.

[count-your-change]

Nope. Jesus said wheat and weeds would grow together until the harvest.