[Mrs. Don-o]

"The number of practicing catholics is likely somewhere between 500 million and 750 million... and that is a generous number."

You may well be right if we speak only of the Catholic population now.

But metmom's ire is directed at all Catholics without distinction, past, present and future:

You’ve had 2,000 years to try.
It hasn’t happened yet. You are not fine now and tyou never were.
And you’re not going to be.

Oh. I wonder what the number would be for the Catholic Church through the ages? The word "myriads" comes to mind.

It's a pretty comprehensive moral defamation.

And as I said, it's disappointing, coming from a person who usually manifests a more exacting judgment and a greater regard for truth that that.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“It’s a pretty comprehensive moral defamation.”

I think she was referring to the Roman religion itself, and not to those trapped in it on the Hamster Wheel of Guilt and Works...

But metmom can speak for herself. She knows the Scriptures and has convictions like granite.

PS - myriads may come to mind, but that is exaggerated.

[Biggirl]

The sad reality is that some of the other Christian FRpers forget is that the lay Catholics are leading the fight to clean out this corruption bigtime.

[metmom]

But metmom's ire is directed at all Catholics without distinction, past, present and future:

Nonsense. I never said such a thing.

Your thinking that's what I meant was just an assumption.