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To: aMorePerfectUnion

There are a lot more believers in Catholicism than any other faith in the world. Catholics - Going strong now for 2,000 years. The reason? Started by Christ who said he would be with His Church till the end of the ages, and the gates of hell would not prevail against it.


53 posted on 08/25/2014 7:01:26 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: NKP_Vet
There are a lot more believers in Catholicism than any other faith in the world.

Large numbers do not make it right.

55 posted on 08/25/2014 7:32:11 AM PDT by ealgeone (obama, borderof)
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To: NKP_Vet

“There are a lot more believers in Catholicism than any other faith in the world. Catholics - Going strong now for 2,000 years. “

I would agree that there are more “believers” on the books in catholicism. As to whether they are actually “believers”, it seems doubtful, since most appear not to ever darken the doorway to a church.

As an example, Belgium, a supposedly “catholic country”, where reputedly 75% of citizens are “catholic.”

The Catholic University of Leuven research indicates that regular church attendance is far less than 10%. Now, someone can brag that 75% of a population is Catholic (about 8.3 million souls). But if less than 10% of that number actually ever go to church (about 800 thousand), it appears that catholics are counting more than 7.5 million souls that don’t give a rip enough to have a spiritual life.

That is simply one country.

I think anyone objective would not believe your claim, unless you want to redefine what “believer” means.

Built on that weak foundation, the rest of your blustery post is pie in the sky.


61 posted on 08/25/2014 9:42:04 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "I didn't leave the Central Oligarchy Party. It left me." - Ronaldus Maximus)
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To: NKP_Vet
There are a lot more believers in Catholicism than any other faith in the world.

Yep. Catholics and Muslims far outnumber everyone else.

Matthew 7:13 NIV
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
127 posted on 08/25/2014 6:17:00 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Obama: The turd that won't flush.)
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