[Mrs. Don-o]

"In Asia it numbers into the millions and millions. And I believe it is deliberately tolerated for the numbers that can be counted on the rolls, and the coins that that keep the elaborate church buildings maintained."

I'm not sure what you're saying here. Are you saying there millions of Buddhists in Asia (Japan? Vietnam? Elsewhere?) who contribute to the maintenance of Catholic church buildings? I am not aware of any such, but perhaps you know more than I.

Please explain.

"We not only would but DO openly preach the falacy of it if we see it in our churches, and membership is not permitted without genuine repentance from idols (1 Thess. 1:9, 10; etc.), certainly not participation at the Lord’s table, because to permit such is a denial denial of the Faith of Christ."

Who is "we"?

I have never seen a single idol-worshipper church; they are apparently rare in eastern Tennessee.

[John Leland 1789]

“I’m not sure what you’re saying here. Are you saying there millions of Buddhists in Asia (Japan? Vietnam? Elsewhere?) who contribute to the maintenance of Catholic church buildings? I am not aware of any such, but perhaps you know more than I.”

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I’m saying that there are millions and millions of Asians who are Eucharist-receiving members of the Catholic Church, who continue to maintain Buddhism and other Eastern mystical practices at the same time, and the Catholic priests are fully aware of this.