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TheMarriedKnight
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Are people leaving the catholic church more than other Christian faiths or are all Christian faiths on the decline?
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0Scarlett_nidiyilii
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I believe that worldwide numbers for Catholics continue to grow (through births and conversions), but in the West I think mainline Protestants are losing members faster.
But here’s the thing.
It’s not a competition.
We’re talking about people’s souls.
It also doesn’t prove that Catholicism is “wrong”.
Truth is truth even if nobody buys in.
You also have to look at wider social issues, our increasing hedonism and that our society is also increasingly damaged and dysfunctional (as secularism climbed, so do the rates of depression, anxiety and addiction).
But here’s the thing.
It’s not a competition.
We’re talking about people’s souls.
It also doesn’t prove that Catholicism is “wrong”.
Truth is truth even if nobody buys in.
You also have to look at wider social issues, our increasing hedonism and that our society is also increasingly damaged and dysfunctional (as secularism climbed, so do the rates of depression, anxiety and addiction).
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TK421
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The CC is growing but not at the same proportion as Islam is growing.
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Mike_from_NJ
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Is it growing as a percent of the population or just in sheer numbers? Also are you counting just those who self-identify as Catholics or are you also including those who were baptized Catholic but then moved onto another faith?
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annad347
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That would be interesting
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OKComputer
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Leaving Catholicism? Maybe. I think it’s fairly obvious that the church is shrinking, but perhaps I’m wrong.
Not obeying the church teachings yet still calling yourself Catholic? Absolutely. Look at Ireland. I think that point is virtually impossible to argue!
Not obeying the church teachings yet still calling yourself Catholic? Absolutely. Look at Ireland. I think that point is virtually impossible to argue!
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nicholasG
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According to the CIA Factbook and the Pew Research Center, the five countries with the largest number of Catholics are, in decreasing order of Catholic population, Brazil , Mexico , the Philippines, the United States, and Italy .
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Montrose
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That’s true but Islam is mainly growing through breeding, meaning they are having larger families.
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TK421
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Which is fine. And “having families” would be the preferred description rather than “breeding”.
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Nigel7
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If I remember correctly the Church is shrinking in the West, but groing in Asia and Africa and some other locations, resulting in overall increasing numbers in the Catholic faith.
It certainly is in dire straits in the West though. Modernism and liberalism/progressivism and Church leadership increasingly pandering to and following after those ills has brought with it some terribly unfortunate results, in my opinion.
It certainly is in dire straits in the West though. Modernism and liberalism/progressivism and Church leadership increasingly pandering to and following after those ills has brought with it some terribly unfortunate results, in my opinion.
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Montrose
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In your opinion!
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Mike_from_NJ
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Catholic families have traditionally been larger than Protestant families. Would it appropriate to say Catholics are outbreeding Protestants? Breeding is a term that’s more appropriate for population growth in animals as opposed to human beings.TK421:
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paperwight
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100% agree. Mike. ‘Breeding’ is a nasty term to apply to Muslim families. or any other. Very disrespectful.
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Montrose
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Your opinion. I used the word correctly whether you like it or not.
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Vico
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Asia and Africa are projected to increase greatest in number of Catholics.
PRB’s World Population Data Sheet 2004
Catholics 2004 : 2050 Projection
(Projected increase from 1,082,228,463 to 1,577,585,569 world Catholics)
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Neithan
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Africa is the future of the church, not only in natural growth but conversions — both from paganism and Islam.
However, that growth won’t last forever, either, and there seems to be a correlation with growth in secularism and irreligion once Christianity reaches critical mass, for various reasons.
However, that growth won’t last forever, either, and there seems to be a correlation with growth in secularism and irreligion once Christianity reaches critical mass, for various reasons.
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Pitcairn17
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The only place I can think of that would have been comfortable using the word “breeding” to describe people would have been Germany in the 1930’s.Mike_from_NJ:
Your opinion. I used the word correctly whether you like it or not.
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Montrose
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That’s your dark mind.
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RolandThompsonGunner
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“Breeding” has an extremely nasty connotation when applied to humans. The term is more often applied to animals
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