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To: infool7
I think the Church is not unlike a franchised business, sorta like McDonald's.

The original idea is so good, that soon it wants to grow and open more. Unfortunately, the more franchises, the more likely some will stray from the original menu and mission statement.

Things will vary by region and local management, and all things change with time and as the original business changes hands through the generations.

Others, liking what they see and seeking their own take on the menu and mission and wanting to offer different menu items that appeal to different palates, open new and competing versions of the original.

Soon, that original mission statement is so watered down and diluted by time, personalities, competition, regulations, etc., that much of the original meaning is lost in the fight for customers and who has the most appealing menu and most attractive franchise.

These are boom times in Christian boom town, but I read ahead and there comes a time when the boom goes bust in the future.

43 posted on 02/08/2015 7:08:45 AM PST by GBA (Just a hick in paradise)
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To: GBA

LOL. Great comments.


63 posted on 02/08/2015 7:39:01 AM PST by tioga
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To: GBA
I think the Church is not unlike a franchised business, sorta like McDonald's.

I like your synopsis. Christ's simple message is the best idea ever, trying to capitalize on it is missing the point, it is supposed to be offered free of charge but at the same time all of this evangelization costs real money and families have hungry mouths to feed.

I don't have all of the answers but His message needs to get through and the message is:

Love one another as I have loved you.

The Catholic Church has as it's sole core purpose preserving and spreading the message of His good news as you have illustrated, even a simple job is no easy task but our true enemy is clever and we easily fall into his scheme to get us working against each other and against Christ. May he forgive me for my mistakes which are many.

God Bless

98 posted on 02/08/2015 9:42:28 AM PST by infool7 (The ugly truth is just a big lie.)
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