That’s what you all say when people leave the church. The ones who came to our church were not looking for some easy way out. They were tired of the lies and heresies of the church and some of the other foolishness that went on, like pedophilia, which was never addressed properly. No, my friend, there are many reasons why people leave churches. Being poorly catechized is not one of them.
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“That’s what you all say when people leave the church.”
Because it’s true. I’ve seen it myself numerous times. I have had to teach the faith to a number of “former” or “ex” Catholics. Some accepted it and returned to the faith. Others, especially those who were divorced, wanted to use birth control, supported abortion, gay marraige, cohabitation etc. were too wedded to their Protestant sects to change.
“The ones who came to our church were not looking for some easy way out.”
Yet they found it nonetheless. Now they can use birth control and no one in your sect bats an eye right? They can probably divorce and remarry too, right?
“They were tired of the lies and heresies of the church and some of the other foolishness that went on, like pedophilia, which was never addressed properly.”
No. Someone who joins your sect because of supposed “lies and heresies” in the Catholic Church already long ago left the Catholic faith and was already - for years most likely - a Protestant. Also, anyone who leaves the Church because one generation of bishops’ poor handling of ephebophilia (it was rarely pedophilia actually) didn’t have much of a faith to start with. A faithful person would realize you judge a Church by its saints, not by those who fail to do what the Church teaches. You see that’s the difference between a well catechized person with faith and someone proves my point in spades.
” No, my friend, there are many reasons why people leave churches. Being poorly catechized is not one of them.”
Being poorly catechized is all of them at heart - especially when combined with a self-serving heart. If you want to see what I am talking about, read it in this book: http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/resource_info/210.html
And if you look at reverts to the Catholic faith, they are often quite pen about telling the truth about their lives as Catholics when they were young: “This is my parish church located in Cleveland, Ohio’s historic Little Italy. You would not find me at Mass there or anywhere back then unless it was Christmas Midnight Mass except for a few occasions.” http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/a2.htm