Very funny. Cathinfo.com is in self declared schism.
And another thing: you have the Washington Times speaking of - and not quoting - the same Pew study that you rave about, and now we find that the Pew study was from some organization called the Landscape Survey (whoever they are), with no data or methodology cited. I am forced to conclude that this study has been pulled from the same orifice as the collected works of Calvin and all his minions has been.
You guys liberally quote the NYTimes as long as they are antiCatholic - not a care in the world as long as the sleaze can be lobbed by them and by you guys at the Christians in this world. Guess what: we Christians have been around for 2000 years and we care nothing for the ruins of the Reformation or the rubble of the Restoration except to snicker at the puerile babble that passes for doctrines, and to feel extreme sorrow for those caught up in such a farce, when they could come to Christ and be welcomed by all the Christians in the world.
lol. Apparently RC apologists believe there are NO Roman Catholic websites unless they post them. lol.
Deny the evidence all you want. Same old/same old.
But start protecting your children from Rome’s pederast priestcraft because they are creating the next generation of homosexuals.
Something RC apologists don’t seem too concerned about.
Mark, while you may interpret Lumen Gentum as rejecting all outside Catholicism as Christians(?), to relegate data on Catholicism as being an unclean or contrived thing due to its negativity or lack of research on your account is unwarranted in this respect, if not uncommon. While stats can be misused, and a slight margin of error is assumed, the reality is that multitudes of comparative demographical studies (http://www.peacebyjesus.com/RC-Stats_vs._Evang.html), and every study i have ever seen, including Catholic sponsored ones, shows RCs to overall being more liberal in faith and morals than their evangelical counterparts. And which other data concurs with.
In addition, they also testify to spiritual declension among Protestants and evangelicals in general.
Rather than impugning the credibility of such reports, some conservative RCs as well as evangelicals invoke them in warning against spiritual declension, which is the more reasonable response.
As for the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, info on that is easily obtained, and is done by the the "Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The Pew Research Center does this by conducting public opinion polling and social science research; by analyzing news coverage; and by holding forums and briefings. It does not take positions on policy issues." http://pewforum.org/Pew-Forum/About-the-Pew-Forum.aspx The 143 page Landscape Survey (http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report-religious-landscape-study-full.pdf) is based on interviews with more than 35,000 Americans age 18 and older, a very large representational population sample as compared with other studies.