Rome is one giant PR firm and property management company masquerading as a world religion.
The truth is far different. Although Protestants have always outnumbered Roman Catholics in the United States by a wide margin, now even those who refer to themselves as "Evangelicals" outnumber Roman Catholics...
Although one in three Americans are raised Roman Catholic, only one in four adults describe themselves as such, despite the huge numbers of immigrants swelling American churches, researchers said. "Immigration is what is keeping them afloat"... Evangelical Christianity has become the largest religious tradition in this country, supplanting Roman Catholicism, which is slowly bleeding members, according to a survey released yesterday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life...
and...
Those who have left Catholicism outnumber those who have joined the Catholic Church by nearly a four-to-one margin.
And from here we learn that...
No other religion in the United States has lost more members to other faiths, or to no faith at all, than Catholicism, according to the new survey released by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. The survey, conducted in 2007, found that 31 percent of Americans were raised Catholic, but less than 25 per cent of them still identify as Catholic...In the marketplace, of American faith, Catholicism is the big loser.
So among all the sturm und drang, there is good news. Really good news. Many of these ex-RCs may join mega churches and receive milk rather than meat, but it's a positive trajectory and God willing, their appetite for the truth of Scripture will continue to grow and be satisfied by Christ alone.
As God wills.
"So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed." -- Acts 19:20
ROTFL!
The Olympics is really my favorite sporting event. Although, I think I have a problem with that Silver medal. Because when you think about it, you win the gold - you feel good. You win the bronze - you think, "well, at least I got something".But when you win that silver, it's like "Congratulations! You almost won. Of all the losers, you came in first of that group. You're the "number one" loser. No one lost ahead of you."
-- Jerry Seinfeld, I'm Telling You For The Last Time
thanks for posting quotes from the Fathers, especially St Augustine......hopefully people will become interested and research what these great men taught. Keep it up!