It is true that many have left, but many more have joined and the Catholic Church continues to grow.
Not everyone who cries Lord, Lord will see the Kingdom of God. Of His chosen Apostles one betrayed Him, one persecuted Him, one doubted Him and one denied Him, but He forgave all of those who repented and sought His forgiveness.
I had a Theology professor who said; 'We are at all times surrounded by a spiritual battle between good and evil. If you do not believe this you are on the wrong side'. Take as you allies in this battle those of us who love God with all of our hearts, all of our souls and all of our minds. Do not look for the small errors in doctrine or in the capacity for reason and understanding to erase Christian unity. Look past those and instead for the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect; but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood. So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Remember that when we gather in this forum in His name he is here with us.
Peace be with you
I HAVE JESUS and HE trumps man EVERY time, ALL the time. So I listen to Jesus ALONE ALL the time.
But it is amusing to see catholics scrambling about picking and chosen Scripture from God's Word 'trying' to give the counterfeit credibility. It's no surprise you don't post from the counterfeit catechism which is the authority of Rome that catholics submit to - they are ashamed of it themselves!
Correction! The Spirit of God lives within me, so where ever I am - HE is there, also.
God's Word is THE FINAL AUTHORITY!