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To: netmilsmom
Did you read and research the articles posted in post #34? Did you just do a search and find your rebuttal arguement? Did you read it thoroughly too? It seems that the number of 20,000 is way off base for those who really understand what denominations are. If a person goes by the definition of this one, then that definition must also be applied to all churches, including the RCC and the Orthodox. I am familiar enough with RCC to know that out of every set of 10 that I have visited, the core beliefs may be the same, but other beliefs would compromise, about 4 different denominations.

It is not necessarily about Proddies vs RCC vs orthos, but about the sinful nature of man. I would be willing to say that if you truly knew the beliefs of the heart of individuals and what they accepted as true of what they are taught in their "denomination", RCC and orthos included, I think we would find a pretty heft percentage that does not belief in all that is sanctioned by that particular sect. I know many hundreds of RC's and yet, I don't think that if all agreed on what they truly believe and put their trust in that you could get a congregation of more than 50 that believed the exact same things. And that includes all the priests and nuns that I know!

The point is that it doesn't matter. All are essentially the same. If you go to any church in the world and polled them, there would be very few, if any (unless it were very small) where everyone believes exactly the same thing. But to use a blown up, exaggerated number in order to try and prove (to themselves more often than not) that one "church" is holier than another is really sad and riduclous. That is not how the Lord God works. It never has been. There is even someone here on this thread who says that those who do not go to their church are not saved and do not have the Holy Spirit. I really feel sorry for them.

84 posted on 07/10/2007 12:22:58 PM PDT by lupie
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To: lupie

>>The point is that it doesn’t matter.<<

It does to you. You’ve asked for the information five times.
I gave you how the figure was found, and said at the beginning that I can’t argue it but did share it.

If you want to argue it, head on over to www.catholic.com and go to the forums. The writer of that explaination is now writing under JustDave1988. Ask him.

As for the differences in the people in the Catholic churches, that’s being corrected by the Vatican. After VII the liberals ran wild. Now we are getting better teachings and the young people especially are living truly Catholic.


92 posted on 07/10/2007 12:32:05 PM PDT by netmilsmom (To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
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