[jo kus]

It's obvious that once people were able to read scripture for themselves that they quickly realized how far off track the Roman Church had fallen.

People were reading the Bible for over one thousand years before the printing press. What on earth are you talking about?

It's interesting that the churches experiencing the greatest growth are evangelical in approach and place a emphasis on Bible study and the RC churches have largely become museum's.

Again, what on earth are you talking about? We have people standing in the back of our church on Sundays, it is so full. Maybe you should actually get out and go to Mass and see for yourself if the Catholic Churches are "museums" before you pronounce us dead!

Regards

[wmfights]

"People were reading the Bible for over one thousand years before the printing press. What on earth are you talking about?"
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Who controlled the copies of scripture that were read?

Prior to the printing press how were the copies of Scripture
made? Do you think they were expensive? If so, the audience able to see, read and study them must have been limited to a small group relative to the population as a whole. After the printing press the cost to own the Bible must have been dropping dramatically making it available to a much broader audience. In other words the RC church no longer had a near monopoly on interpretation, since people could read the Bible for themselves.

It seems that the RC church has very little faith in their parishioners since they try to maintain a monopoly on how to interpret the Scriptures.
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"We have people standing in the back of our church on Sundays, it is so full."

In Europe the RC Churches are museums. In the USA parishes are consolidating to maintain attendance. The parish schools are closing. The percentage of RC's as a percentage of total Christians is declining.

Do I think the RC church will disappear, NO! Do I think it will be surpassed by Protestant denominations, YES!