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I don't know if they're keeping score, all I know is that we do rejoice when another person finds their faith home. It isn't a competition, it is eternal life and death and while some may make an altar call and never hear from a fellow Christian again, joining the Catholic church is a big deal. It is an action that sometimes takes years of discernment and when the decision is made there are still months of classes, just to make sure you know what you are assenting to and know what the Church teaches.

As for "uneducated hicks", we become educated and join the Church, we just don't have any notoriety or fame so we don't make the news. Our parish welcomed 19 new members this Easter.

It is an action that sometimes takes years of discernment and when the decision is made there are still months of classes, just to make sure you know what you are assenting to and know what the Church teaches.

I don't know if it was "years of discernment" for me; I went from atheism to Catholicism with a stop along the way as an agnostic. I do know that it was a combination of a recognition of the simplicity of faith and the understanding that one need not leave one's intellect at the Church door in order to believe which lead me to the Church of Rome. Dispite its earthly errors, it still is the first, best and greatest house of our Father.

As for the classes; well . . . there was little about Christian or Catholic doctrine which was unknown to me as I had studied both in order to be clever in my disdain. Little did I know the sneaky irony of the Father as I was lead to Him while thinking I was going in the other direction. For the one who set heaven and earth spinning has little trouble with outwitting a dullard like me.

As for "uneducated hicks", we become educated and join the Church, we just don't have any notoriety or fame so we don't make the news.

I think you missed the point about the uneducated hicks part. Seems that only uneducated hicks leave the Catholic Church. Even your statement alludes to the idea that uneducated hicks that get educated join the Church.