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In your dreams, because it had nothing to do with that comment but rather with the comment about Protestant work ethic. It's a real shame that Catholics simply cannot address the actual substance of a post but must rather create some fantasy to attack.

Speaking of addressing the actual substance, “work ethic” did not come up in any of the posts I made or that were directed to me.

The Catholic Church did not *evangelized* impoverished countries.

I didn’t say impoverished. I said "the least of these".

You can excuse and rationalize all you want, but your argument has no merit because all the countries started on pretty much the same level and where they ended up is directly tied to which branch of Christianity was dominant.

South America was on the same level of development as Spain or France? And as far as being tied to "which branch of Christianity" is dominant, here are some interesting statistics for you:

Summary of GDP per Capita of Top 30 Countries:

Predominant Religion	Country Count	% of Total
Catholic	13	43%
Protestant	7	23%
Muslim	5	17%
Anglican	3	10%
Buddhist	1	3%
Undetermined	1	3%

Whew! The Protestants barely squeeked by the Muslims.

Details:

Rank	Country	GDP per Capita	Predominant Religion
1	Liechtenstein	$122,100	Catholic
2	Qatar	$121,700	Muslim
3	Luxembourg	$78,000	Catholic
4	Bermuda	$69,900	Anglican
5	Norway	$58,600	Protestant
6	Jersey	$57,000	Anglican
7	Kuwait	$54,100	Muslim
8	Singapore	$50,300	Buddhist
9	Brunei	$50,100	Muslim
10	Faroe Islands	$48,200	Protestant
11	United States	$46,400	Protestant
12	Andorra	$44,900	Catholic
13	Guernsey	$44,600	Anglican
14	Cayman Islands	$43,800	Protestant
15	Hong Kong	$42,700	Undetermined
16	Ireland	$42,200	Catholic
17	United Arab Emirates	$42,000	Muslim
18	San Marino	$41,900	Catholic
19	Switzerland	$41,700	Catholic
20	Iceland	$39,600	Protestant
21	Austria	$39,400	Catholic
22	Netherlands	$39,200	Catholic
23	Australia	$38,800	Catholic
24	Gibraltar	$38,500	Catholic
25	British Virgin Islands	$38,500	Protestant
26	Bahrain	$38,400	Muslim
27	Canada	$38,400	Catholic
28	Sweden	$36,800	Protestant
29	Belgium	$36,600	Catholic
30	Equatorial Guinea	$36,600	Catholic

Why doesn't the Catholic Church do something about teaching them to help themselves?

Why don't the Protestants do something about teaching the poor Protestants to help themselves, especially in the Southern US?

Summary of GDP per Capita of Top 30 Countries:
Predominant Religion Country Count % of Total

Catholic 13 43%
Protestant 7 23%

I trust that you are not making this up through the fictional sources that some of our friends would attempt to have us believe...

Rank Country GDP per Capita Predominant Religion

1 Liechtenstein $122,100 Catholic
2 Qatar $121,700 Muslim
3 Luxembourg $78,000 Catholic