[hosepipe]

[.. Typically, people experiment with evangelical communities and either remain surface Christians or come back home to the Catholic Church. ..]

The opposite is true in my experience.. I have known few Roman Catholics that were not nominal christians.. not all but most. . Most all roman catholics I've known trust and believed in the church, Not God(father, son, holy spirit) except incidentally.. The church to them is translated to mean the clergy.. extreme Mariolotry being the norm..

Not all of them but most all.. Stories(about the catholic experience) from some of them to me verified this condition is prevalent.. not absolute but prevalant..

[Quix]

The opposite is true in my experience.. I have known few Roman Catholics that were not nominal christians.. not all but most. . Most all roman catholics I’ve known trust and believed in the church, Not God(father, son, holy spirit) except incidentally.. The church to them is translated to mean the clergy.. extreme Mariolotry being the norm..

Not all of them but most all.. Stories(about the catholic experience) from some of them to me verified this condition is prevalent.. not absolute but prevalant..

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That’s been the OVERWHELMING majority of my experiences with RC’s too.

[kosta50]

Most all roman catholics I've known trust and believed in the church, Not God(father, son, holy spirit) except incidentally..

That is a completely distorted perception; nothing oculd be farther from the truth.

[annalex]

The church to them is translated to mean the clergy

The clergy is indeed the human core of the Church Militant. "As my father sent me I send you".