Posted on 12/03/2014 7:10:14 PM PST by ebb tide
There is also a great discrepancy in religious practice. In Argentina, for example, the “evangelicals” who put great emphasis on religion in their lives, pray every day and go to church every week are 41 percent, while the Catholics are just 9 percent and take last place in the rankings together with Chile and secularized Uruguay.
In Argentina, for example, more than half of Catholics, 53 percent, say they are in favor of homosexual “marriage,” which is already legal in that country. While among the neo-Protestants those in favor are 32 percent.
Ping
>>It is beyond comprehension why, considering the interest that the Pope has in the evangelicals, he seeks to implement changes in the Church that will only increase the number of Catholics leaving the Church and becoming Evangelicals. Soft peddling the opposition of the Church to abortion and homosexual conduct, getting the Church involved in left wing political agendas, allowing divorced remarrieds to partake of communion without annulments, etc, seeks to replicate on a global scale the missteps in South America that caused the Church to shrink and the evangelicals to prosper.<<
I thought competition was a good thing?
“Competition”?
More like collaborating with the enemy.
People who love Jesus are not your enemy.
Such a harsh word. Think of it as compromise. Networking with other denominations and political forces. Trying to find common ground. Bend but not break.
Tell that to Henry VIII or Elizabeth I.
Interesting stats about South America ping
He’s the pope of what church again?
Who’s he really working for?
Interesting choice of words when referring to Evangelicals........
Thanks for letting us know how you really feel about non-Catholics.
Typo: apostasize
I would, but they are long dead.
Therefore, I will say it again:
People who love Jesus are not the enemy.
I recommend you review your own posts in regards to Catholics before calling the pot black.
Show me where I called Catholics the *enemy*.
Catholics used to burn apostates at the stake. Why did they quit that practice? If they wish to renew it, then this Pope would make an example out of any others wanting to apostatize.
...Today the proportion of Catholics is 23 points lower, at 69 percent of the population. The negative record belongs to Honduras, where Catholics have dropped to under half, from 94 to 46 percent....The collapse in the number of Catholics has been accompanied everywhere by the exuberant growth of “evangelical” and Pentecostal Christians, of Protestant descent. This was known too, but the Pew Research Center has highlighted that those who are passing from one membership to another are not usually the most lukewarm in their faith, but the most fervent. The converts to the “evangelical” communities turn out, in fact, to be much more dynamic in propagating the Christian faith. And there is also a difference in helping the poor. While the Catholics assist them and that’s it, the “evangelicals” are not only more active in works of charity, but also do not miss the opportunity to preach the Christian faith to the poor. There is also a great discrepancy in religious practice. In Argentina, for example, the “evangelicals” who put great emphasis on religion in their lives, pray every day and go to church every week are 41 percent, while the Catholics are just 9 percent and take last place in the rankings together with Chile and secularized Uruguay.
May God bring such devastation, and more, upon every community on this planet.
Why did this author consistently put evangelical in quotation marks?
Post of the thread!!!!
Instead of bemoaning "losing" nominal Roman Catholics to Evangelical Christian faith, they should be rejoicing - as does every angel in heaven over EVERY soul that comes to repentance and true faith - and praising God that these people become even more committed to lives of holiness and service to others in the name of Christ. From how this thread started out, you'd think this was a competition between two opposing football teams or commercial businesses! Isn't it better than having people turn atheist like in Europe???
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