2006-06-17 06:01:26 · 17 answers · asked by fuentes2513@yahoo.com 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The membership of the Catholic Church is growing in the United States and world wide.
For US statistics: http://www.usccb.org/comm/cip.shtml#toc2
For World Statistics: http://www.adherents.com/
With love in Christ.
2006-06-17 14:52:02 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hope so. The Catholic Church shows much internal dissonance. God is unchanging. His doctrines don't bend just because the common people sin. How come it is suddenly ok by the Catholic Church to have premarital sex? They don't speak out about it! The Pope should take a stance on something. Or the Church will fall further. There is a law term called easement which means that if you don't protect your land (in this case, idea) and you allow others use continually, then after a certain amount of time they legally have rights to it and you give up any say/power over it. This is what's happening.
2006-06-17 13:09:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, of course.
When a church is bent on rolling back the clock and ignoring realities of the World, people begin to question where the church's ideas are coming from.
The official Catholic position still remains against birth control, abortion, sexual relations outside of marriage, use of condoms to help prevent the spread of AIDS, etc. Intelligent people see the world around them and they know if such ideas were put into practice, economically and socially, society would not survive.
2006-06-17 13:11:11 · answer #3 · answered by Angela B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the Catholic Church like alot of the churches out there are a bunch of double talkers, they say one thing and do another. I think people are starting to see all churches for what they are and going back to how Jesus orignially taught out in the world and in nature.
2006-06-17 13:07:58 · answer #4 · answered by seven2379 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long As the Members of the Body of Christ stay together. it does not matter. The Body of Anointing has had a huge falling away,, Teachings. due to the Priest, Preacher, Teaching.
2006-06-17 13:04:54 · answer #5 · answered by kritikos43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes I believe they are and I am one of them. I waa brought up Catholic, got married in a Lutheran Church and had my son baptized in the same Lutheran Church.
2006-06-17 13:06:48 · answer #6 · answered by Meg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope the protestant religion loses most of its suckers too.
all religions are cults including my own which is Taoism. I dont like christianity simply because its for ignorant narrowminded egotistical people, that hate anyone that doesnt believe as they do.
2006-06-17 13:05:52 · answer #7 · answered by brianna_the_angel777 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, me included. The Archdiocese of Boston is still sending me crap in the mail, and asking for more money (not surprised, that's all they ask for). Organized religion is a clever scam. It's all about profit.
2006-06-17 13:04:09 · answer #8 · answered by Psychology 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you guys only knew...My church is going strong and is in the middle of a remodel because of enrollment demands!!!
2006-06-17 13:09:04 · answer #9 · answered by joy ride 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes..people are slowly realizing that catholics are cults...giving more importance to Mary than Jesus Christ. Their Bible slightly different from Protestant Bible which is the true Bible
2006-06-17 13:05:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋