What if the 2000 of us agree on something?

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Non-Catholic posters, what would it mean to you if the 2000 of us agree on something?

(“Us” in this case being the 2000 Catholic posters on this forum with post counts over 1000.)

There are no wrong answers. :cool:
 
What is “something”? Does it have to be “something” of theological significance?

If not, then it could be something as trivial as “the sky is blue”.
 
Assuming you mean Echumenically:

Triune God (with only few exceptions),
the Lord’s prayer,
The prominence of the Gospels
Jesus as redeemer
the 12 apostles.
etc.
 
It would be rare, but just mean 2000 people, who already had something in common, agreed!

There are only 2000 with post counts over 1000? I thought it would be higher…
 
Crusaderbear said:
It would be rare, but just mean 2000 people, who already had something in common, agreed!

There are only 2000 with post counts over 1000? I thought it would be higher…
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I count exactly 1993 of us with over 1000 posts. 🙂
 
I just noticed OP was asking non-catholic posters…sorry I can’t read well!

The significance of 1993/1,285,000,000 is kinda low. thats total catholics in 2015…since my wife converted at the easter vigil, that number is going up! 🙂
 
puzzledtoo said:
It would mean to me that the 2000 are like minded.
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Going out on a limb, eh? 😃 🙂 Anyhow, thanks to you and all other responders. 🙂

The question was partially inspired by a conversation I was thinking about from about 15 years ago. (I didn’t put this in the OP because I feared that putting it there might turn this into a conversation about Spain or Opus Dei.)

It was a conversation among myself and other grad students. I shan’t try to recreate the whole thing, but at one point someone said something about the views of Catholics in Spain. (It had to do with attitudes regarding beach attire, but that’s even further off topic.) The rest of us responded with a bit of skepticism, so he explained: essentially he had taken the opinions of Spanish Opus Dei members and assumed that those views were held by Spanish Catholics in general.

May not be a terribly riveting story, but I find it somewhat interesting to know that some people take the views of a particular Catholic group (e.g. Opus Dei, or the “2000 of us” I referred to above) as a basis for their understanding of Catholics generally, or at least the ones in the same country.

I’m kind if thinking out loud here. 😊 :cool:
 
Peter_J said:
Non-Catholic posters, what would it mean to you if the 2000 of us agree on something?

(“Us” in this case being the 2000 Catholic posters on this forum with post counts over 1000.)

There are no wrong answers. :cool:
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If all 2000 of you agree to wire me five hundred dollars each, it would mean I could buy a Mercedes Benz. Thanks in eager anticipation.
 
Peter_J said:
Non-Catholic posters, what would it mean to you if the 2000 of us agree on something?

(“Us” in this case being the 2000 Catholic posters on this forum with post counts over 1000.)

There are no wrong answers. :cool:
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Oooh, oooh, let me guess!

Here are my candidates:
  1. It would mean THE APOCALYPSE IS UPON US!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!
  2. If it’s #1, who cares about any other answers?
 
dshix said:
What is “something”? Does it have to be “something” of theological significance?

If not, then it could be something as trivial as “the sky is blue”.
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True.

An example could be, suppose that one year ago we all said who we were going to vote for for president (well, those who live in the country that I live in) and it was all the same guy?

Or if we all agreed that devotion to Mary is necessary for salvation?

Those are a couple out of many possible examples.
 
I figure the Catholics on this board are a broad representation of primarily American Catholic thought. I would expect you to have the same general belief system but possibly differ is some matters of personal conviction.

I know in the protestant world the personal convictions we sometimes disagree on are things like if it is okay to drink alcohol or watch Harry Potter Movies or go see rated R movies or wear a two piece swimsuit at the pool or beach or wear a speedo:frighten:
 
lanman87 said:
I figure the Catholics on this board are a broad representation of primarily American Catholic thought.
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That is, I would guess, what my aforementioned friend (see below) thought w.r.t. members of Opus Dei and Spanish Catholic thought.
Peter_J said:
The rest of us responded with a bit of skepticism, so he explained: essentially he had taken the opinions of Spanish Opus Dei members and assumed that those views were held by Spanish Catholics in general.

May not be a terribly riveting story, but I find it somewhat interesting to know that some people take the views of a particular Catholic group (e.g. Opus Dei, or the “2000 of us” I referred to above) as a basis for their understanding of Catholics generally, or at least the ones in the same country.
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Peter_J said:
That is, I would guess, what my aforementioned friend (see below) thought w.r.t. members of Opus Dei and Spanish Catholic thought.
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So you don’t think the Catholics on this board are a broad representation of American Catholic thought?

If so, how do you think the 2000 of you differ from mainstream American Catholic thought?
 
Peter_J said:
Could you first tell me what you’re basis is for saying that we are?
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Well, now that I think about I would probably say that the 2000 of you are a sample of highly devoted (mostly) American Catholics. I would say that because you are participating on this board you have a higher level of knowledge. Maybe a good way to say it is that ya’ll (i’m from Alabama) take your faith more seriously than the overall Catholic population in the USA.
 
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