[Alex Murphy]

They have the “numbers” for sure, since the only qualifications for being among their “numbers” is being baptized at infancy. However, the Church does not have the hearts and souls of those Catholics. That has not bearing on the truths of the Church. If someone owns a Ferrari and chooses to keep it in the garage, no one will know that they have a Ferrari.

Think "tortoise and the hare". Ferrari owners can brag about the max horsepower and speed of a Ferrari all they want. Unless they take that Ferrari out of the garage and prove it, it's just another episode of Seinfeld being played out.

"I choose not to run!"

[ccastle]

Alex Murphy: Unless they take that Ferrari out of the garage and prove it, it’s just another episode of Seinfeld being played out——END

In order to prove it, only Catholics can do it. Unfortunately, practically all Catholics say the same thing, they want someone else to prove it (”it” being:do things God’s way and the world will change).

It has however been done for brief periods in history. It was done in Portugal from the late 1920’s till the late 1950’s, under Salazar. Portugal totally avoided the Spanish Civil War, and was spared from WWII. The people then started to go away from God, and were right back in the same cage as the rest of Europe.