Why your church has to replace 32% of its attendance every year: Where have all the church attendees gone? Let’s look at four important components.

Christian Post ^ | 01/30/2023 | Thom S. Rainer

[Chicory]

I hear you! But lying is also a sin, do I agree with you on that.

[MurphsLaw]

As a Catholic- that number 70 million-
are those who identify as Catholics- and is not the accurate number who Worship as Catholics in they way Christ gave Us.
If 70 million was an accurate number of a true Catholic populace who knew AND truly understood their faith (ie. Pelosi/Biden)-
This world would be a whole lot different.

[Zuriel]

**The New Apostolic Reformation movement is infiltrating many Churches.**

Isn’t that ideology of teaching people to be prophets?

(To the tune of the old dr pepper commercial):

I’m a prophet, she’s a prophet, he’s a prophet, they’re all prophets, wouldn’t you like to be a prophet too? Be a prophet, send us some money.....

[Chicory]

Are you trying to make a point? If so, what is it?

Just wondering...

[MurphsLaw]

The 70 million Catholic number you mentioned is bogus.
It's probably half that.

[Chicory]

**If** what you say is true, and **if** the Southern Baptists were all perfect, there would still be almost twice as many Catholics as Southern Baptists.

[MurphsLaw]

there would still be almost twice as many Catholics as Southern Baptists.

Well yes, that is certainly possible... and may very well be the case.

As a Catholic though, I really don't know much about the Southern Baptist denomination- so for me, I couldn't speak to that.

I just know the 70 million Catholics number that gets bandied about
is wishfully inflated, and needs to be nuanced when mentioned.
(At the same time though, I do wish that 70 million number was accurate.)

[Chicory]

>> I just know the 70 million Catholics number that gets bandied about is wishfully inflated, and needs to be nuanced when mentioned.
(At the same time though, I do wish that 70 million number was accurate.)
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I do not think the Catholic number is “wishfully inflated;” I think it is the number of people who, unless God is very merciful towards them, will be judged *as Catholics,* because it is how many have been known to be Catholic by being baptized or received into the Church.

[Chicory]

>> (At the same time though, I do wish that 70 million number was accurate.)
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But I can heartily agree with this!