And how many times do I need to remind you that you ADMITTED you never did do the work of "gleaning" anything from the documents? You even said it would take someone a lifetime to do so. A list of entities is no more proof of separate denominations, than the local phone book "CHURCHES" section does. There are over 50 Catholic churches in Charlotte alone.
Thus I provided the source and a means for you to search through FOIA. Use it or cease and desist this harassment which is bordering on an actionable tort.
Bordering on "tort"???? LOLOLOL! May I remind you, you are harassing me by insisting you have proven something that you have certainly not proven. You have also used pejoratives demeaning my dignity, which I have refrained from doing out of respect for the others on this forum. Maybe I'll sue you. I will NOT do your work for you. You present a book as evidence to a court that you have not bothered to study to prove a point and demand the judge look through it for you, guess what you might be told???
You stated "You did not prove your assertion and only "guessed". Please provide empirical evidence to substantiate said claim. To make such an assertion without evidence is not only inadmissible but is construed as defamation of character.Be advised you are publicly Noticed to refrain from such statements against me in this matter as you are merely attributing Intent without the requisite proof. I have a legal right to defend myself from libelous assertions and it appears you may have committed such a Tort.
OOOOHHH!!! I'M SHAKING IN MY BOOTS! Hey, Perry Mason, you cannot serve "public" notice on an ANONYMOUS forum and I HIGHLY doubt Free Republic will give my name to you. Go ahead, ask the Moderator, I'll ping him for you.
And may I remind you ONE MORE TIME, you admitted to another poster back in June, 2010, that you did not have any solid proof for your claim that the IRS documents prove there are 30,000 separate Protestant denominations. Do I need to re-post what that dialog was? Oh, heck, since I pinged the Mod, I'll let him see it.
BRONX2 wrote:
Why then are there that many volumes of Pub 78 ? Years ago it was 9 volumes but I wager it is more now. Most Catholic institutions tend to use the same EIN number but some have applied for their individual number. Each of these volumes is quite thick and the print is small. There are some secular non profit entities listed but while perusing pages years ago I noticed that the protestant churches are quite evident on randomly selected pages I made from several volumes. To obtain a number the entity must furnish and update their information some of which informs the reader of religious affiliation. I did not look at the documentation so I can not categorically state that there was not some affiliation between each entry. That would take a lifetime of research.
From BRONX2 on 6/15/10
From: Markomalley
To: bronx2
All I can say is be consistent then and identify each diocese in the world as its own denomination (both RC, EC, EO, and OO). There would, by the measure used by this group that developed the 30,000 (or 39,000 now) denominations, be somewhere over 8,000 denominations of Catholics and Orthodox. You and I both know that isn’t right. One other thing to consider regarding pub 78. My Knights of Columbus council has a charitable corporation that is registered in Pub 78. There are pages upon pages of Knights of Columbus organizations registered in that pub. How many Knights of Columbus fraternal benefit organizations are there? To my knowledge, just one. Even though each council is incorporated on its own, they are part of one large organization. I think you would see the same thing with any number of outfits that have independent chapters. You want to use “30,000” — go ahead. But just think: they have every right in the world to come back with “3,000” Roman Catholic denominations...using the same measure. And don’t ever complain if one of them does so, because they’ll be consistent with the measure you used.
18 posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:33:56 PM by markomalley (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus) It would be well for you to provide substantive proof for future assertions of a similar nature you make against my character. The Burden of proof lies with you. Law school would have provided you with this knowledge.
The analysis done by the statistician, an academic who was being paid for the work was published as an internal document. That stands as my proof. Seek this document under FOIA.
You have no proof other than your self serving testimony which is conjecture.Please provide evidence to the contrary or remain silent on this issue. The 30000+ will be used .
OUCH.....
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