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To: murphE
"Rest easy. We're much more concerned with burning the heretics within the Church, and by the time we get done with them we'll have run out of wood and matches."

I assume that you are joking..in any case, it's not funny because their are those that really still feel this way. The Catholics that I know who make such wild statements just don't know enough about Protestants. IMHO

Let me tell you a little of my observations.

My Catholic acquaintances run the entire gamut from claiming devotion to their faith and rarely attending church to spending all their time in the church. Same with Protestants.

The Catholics run the gamut of being addicted to drugs, porn, et, to complete self control and discipline..same with the protestants.

Of the Catholics that I know some read their bible regularly and pray and some don't..again, same with the Protestants.

In both cases the condition of the lives of these people is all across the board. In other words..I don't see a big difference in what really counts.

263 posted on 01/08/2005 5:54:55 AM PST by Earthdweller (US descendant of French Protestants)
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To: Earthdweller

I assume that you are joking..in any case, it's not funny because their are those that really still feel this way.

Of course I was joking silly, but I was trying to make a point by way of joke. At this point I am more concerned about 'Catholics within the Church' who are trying to destroy it. They will not succeed in the end, but have done and can do a great deal more damage before they are through. Far more damage than any of the Protestant reformers put together.

P.S. I had neighbors who are devout Baptists. Although we had serious disagreements on doctrine, we agreed on more moral issues than the people in my former Catholic parish did. I was very sad to see them move, and they are always in my prayers.

264 posted on 01/09/2005 7:16:03 PM PST by murphE ("I ain't no physicist, but I know what matters." - Popeye)
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