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Poll: Is Catholicism a dying breed?
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View Poll Results: Is Catholicism dying out?
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Yes
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Member Since: 9/7/2011
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Originally posted by Penk
Catholicism has been around about 2,000 years and currently there are millions of Catholics around the world. It's never going to die.
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*Billions
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Member Since: 11/11/2010
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Originally posted by fabbriche
Well, not all atheists are rich and not all poor believe in God. But that's how it is across the board. As one attains more wealth, his belief in God lessens and sometimes dies as he gets himself so much attached to earthly possessions that he doesn't feel the yearning for and the need of the aid of a higher being. One cannot be godly and materialistic at the same time because religiousness and materialism are contradictory with each other.
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This is a load of crap. There a whole culture in Christianity that's obsessed with money and materialism look at some of these televangelist with these huge mansions yachts and expensive cars.
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Yes. I mean a pope just RESIGNED. It's clear that catholic church is a boat about to sink.
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Originally posted by Arris1314
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Originally posted by jqnetto
Yes. I mean a pope just RESIGNED. It's clear that catholic church is a boat about to sink.
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The Pope resigned because he felt he couldn't successfully perform his duties as the leader of the Catholic Church  That has nothing to do with the decline in popularity of Catholicism.
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Originally posted by Artemisia
The constitution doesn't specify a certain god, or religion.
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I meant the The Declaration of Independence. Right, no specific religion but our rights come from the belief in one which goes against what that girl was talking about.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
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Member Since: 8/1/2008
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Sadly no, but I'm sure their numbers are slightly decreasing every year.
It just won't die, it's one of the most perfectly structured systems in human history.
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Member Since: 9/7/2011
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Originally posted by I Am Music
Yas. A lot of what she said was true and right on target.
Churches get tons and tons of funding while there are school closings  |
OMG the tax exception was put into place in order to prevent Government from using tax methods to destroy the practice of religion. Does anyone who opposes religion even read their school history books? 
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Originally posted by princedonte
This is a load of crap. There a whole culture in Christianity that's obsessed with money and materialism look at some of these televangelist with these huge mansions yachts and expensive cars.
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I'll answer that with another verse from the Bible. Not all people who preach God's Word are true disciples of God. Many are false who only use God's name for their own personal gain.
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!" - Matthew 7:21-23
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Member Since: 5/1/2012
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Originally posted by CBXC
The Pope resigned because he felt he couldn't successfully perform his duties as the leader of the Catholic Church That has nothing to do with the decline in popularity of Catholicism. |
If you think so... it is obvious that there are more reasons behind his resignation.
I'm talking about church itself, not only its popularity.
Catholicism is a stagnant system, while science is always evolving, it is only a matter of time until people realize they don't need a knowledge with no rationale saying what they should and shouldn't do.
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And it's been prophesied in the Bible that one day the Catholic Church will collapse which will be the beginning of the end of the world. People will turn away from God. Children killing their parents. Countries at war with each other. Basically, the world on its road to self-destruction. So when the Catholic Church falls apart it will also signal the nearing of the fulfillment of that prophecy.
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Originally posted by fabbriche
And it's been prophesied in the Bible that one day the Catholic Church will collapse which will be the beginning of the end of the world. People will turn away from God. Children killing their parents. Countries at war with each other. Basically, the world on its road to self-destruction. So when the Catholic Church falls apart it will also signal the nearing of the fulfillment of that prophecy.
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Those who oppose religion need to watch The Mission. It's about how the Jesuits in South America were trying to save the indigenous people from the atheists who were trying to enslave them. It should make you think about how a man without God can have a complete disregard for human dignity just like that dumb girl in the video who believes she has the right to kill her unborn child.
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Originally posted by H2o
so now you're gonna deny it  |
Eye never confirmed it
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Member Since: 8/9/2012
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Originally posted by fabbriche
And it's been prophesied in the Bible that one day the Catholic Church will collapse which will be the beginning of the end of the world. People will turn away from God. Children killing their parents. Countries at war with each other. Basically, the world on its road to self-destruction. So when the Catholic Church falls apart it will also signal the nearing of the fulfillment of that prophecy.
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They believe that?
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Member Since: 9/7/2011
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Originally posted by jqnetto
If you think so... it is obvious that there are more reasons behind his resignation.
I'm talking about church itself, not only its popularity.
Catholicism is a stagnant system, while science is always evolving, it is only a matter of time until people realize they don't need a knowledge with no rationale saying what they should and shouldn't do.
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Religion isn't about finding out how to cure cancer, send a man to Mars, discover a new shark species under the ocean; it's about how God our Creator, the reason why we exist in the first place, has revealed himself to us and has given us the purpose of our existence. Everything has a purpose: a chair has a purpose, a clock has a purpose. What is our purpose? To come out of our mothers, eat, crap, sleep, get old and die? That's our purpose. No, that would make us no more than just objects. We are more than just that. Well ,that's what I believe.
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Member Since: 6/29/2012
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I'm a non-practicing Catholic but I still care for the religion and who the pope is. I don't think it will ever die out. If anything, the old cardinals with the conservative views will die out and the church will become more progressive IMO. At least that's what I hope.
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Member Since: 6/19/2012
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Originally posted by iStanGaga
Religion isn't about finding out how to cure cancer, send a man to Mars, discover a new shark species under the ocean; it's about how God our Creator, the reason why we exist in the first place, has revealed himself to us and has given us the purpose of our existence. Everything has a purpose: a chair has a purpose, a clock has a purpose. What is our purpose? To come out of our mothers, eat, crap, sleep, get old and die? That's our purpose. No, that would make us no more than just objects. We are more than just that. Well ,that's what I believe.
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You have a very naive world view.
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Member Since: 4/25/2011
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Originally posted by Artemisia
Still waiting for the answer to why I should respect a religion that doesn't respect me.
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We don't need your respect. What we need is for you to respect people's beliefs. You don't need to scatter all around this thread about your hatred about the religion. It's disrespectful to people with those beliefs. If you hate the religon stop going around saying **** about it.
Some people seriously
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Originally posted by iStanGaga
OMG the tax exception was put into place in order to prevent Government from using tax methods to destroy the practice of religion. Does anyone who opposes religion even read their school history books? |
I don't oppose religion but you're fooling yourself if you think churches don't get more money than schools especially in lower income areas. It isn't just money from the collection plate that keeps these churches afloat.
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