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To: bkaycee
"You do realize that the source for the 33,000 "denoms" also lists..."

"THE" source? I think you are just bloviating to make a point. There are many credible sources for numbers that approximate the 33,000 number that never mention any murders at all. I am accustomed to anti-Catholics, failed Catholics and kooks finding anything they want to on the internet. I'll bet you have a source for rhubarb pie recipes that also slanders the Church.

7,006 posted on 08/05/2010 10:16:15 AM PDT by Natural Law (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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To: Natural Law
"THE" source? I think you are just bloviating to make a point. There are many credible sources for numbers that approximate the 33,000 number that never mention any murders at all. I am accustomed to anti-Catholics, failed Catholics and kooks finding anything they want to on the internet. I'll bet you have a source for rhubarb pie recipes that also slanders the Church.

The main source that amateur RC apologist use is from the World Christian Encyclopedia: A comparative survey of churches and religions in the modern world Second Edition, David B. Barrett, George T. Kurian, Todd M. Johnson Oxford University Press

That laughable number includes Gnostics, Mormons, Jehovah's W's, etc.. Also many thousands of independent churches with identical doctrine are counted seperately.

The same source for this confusion also counts 242 Roman Catholic denominations, which is the number I will be using for future unity discussions.

7,081 posted on 08/05/2010 1:59:11 PM PDT by bkaycee
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