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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
how about the “internal rot’ in the Lutheran church or the Baptist church...Why don’t you at least be fair and say” the internal rot was widespread in all organized religions”?

Because it isn't true. The other religions are not even CLOSE to the organized behemouth the RC Church is, and the other religions don't preach that if you leave the Lutherans (or whatever), you are condemned to hell.

They know that true salvation lies in grace alone through faith alone, not through membership or rituals.

252 posted on 03/17/2010 7:39:56 AM PDT by T Minus Four ("You do not have soul, you ARE a soul. You have a body." C.S. Lewis)
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To: T Minus Four

Here are some stats from an australian website—google child abuse, Australia—
I quoted here the “Protestant “ statistics...just in case anyone thinks that “Oh, it is just the catholic culture”

“Southdown Institute, a Canadian treatment centre for religious personnel with problems, says that 15% of the The Anglican diocese of Brisbane has raised the potential of bankruptcy were they obliged to pay out on abuse claims. This would be consistent with the Archbishop’s statement that the proposed inquiry into the diocese’s handling of abuse claims over the period 1990-2001 would be examining )

One researcher claims that the problem is greater in Protestants than among Catholics, stating 1.7% of Catholic priests are abusers, but 10% of Protestant ministers are abusers (cited in http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2213/pedoph.html ) “


278 posted on 03/17/2010 1:58:03 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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