America's Protestants

[megamattman1]

On CBS World News at 7:30, or check your local listing. (prolly bc they are traditional quote unquote with no basis, and going fundamentalist..

or catholic? hmm.. stay tuned.

[megamattman1]

The traditional protestants are falling to people leaving their churches. The people either become no denomination or go to hip new age churches. And many of the protestants are left to either shut down or combine to have a substantial congregation; baptists, methodists etc are joining at times. And finally the number of protestants in the country is about to fall to below 50% for the first time ever in american history.

[Justified Saint]

That is pretty interesting. I read that article - watering down the gospel with "cool" novelties, that will do it.

[ironman]

We as Christians need to be strong in our faith. We as Catholics can't subscribe to Catholic light, it's definetely less filling, but tastes horrible. Any real Catholics right now cannot sit on the sidelines, this is not the time to bury our heads in the sand.

[MC Just]

prolly the one thing that will unite the church's in america is the coming persecution by Anti-christian liberals.

[lifeteenchick527]

ya i agree just....but another thing....for those protestants who are pro-life, they might come back to the church because they are defending Babies with us, so then they will want to learn more about Catholicism. Then they hopefully will see that the Catholic Church is the one true church!

[Theoketos]

I think that it will also be our un wavering stance on contraception that re unites our seperated brethern!

[lifeteenchick527]

ya that too!

[ironman]

You guys do have to remember though....without the evangelicals, the last 30 years we would have fallen just like Europe.....Evangelicals have helped out a lot

[RemnantRules]

[quote]prolly the one thing that will unite the church's in america is the coming persecution by Anti-christian liberals[/quote]

amen to that Just!

[MorphRC]

same thing is happening here with catholics.

[daugher-of-Mary]

[quote]I think that it will also be our un wavering stance on contraception that re unites our seperated brethern! [/quote]

true. Did anyone else read that book of essays written by female pastors of Protestant denominations who reconciled and became Catholic? Wish I could remember the title...anyway, most of them said the Church's solid stance on life issues was part of their conversion.

[MichaelFilo]

[quote name='ironman' date='Aug 26 2004, 12:54 AM'] You guys do have to remember though....without the evangelicals, the last 30 years we would have fallen just like Europe.....Evangelicals have helped out a lot [/quote]
Please explain.

[jrndveritatis]

[quote]QUOTE (ironman @ Aug 26 2004, 12:54 AM)
You guys do have to remember though....without the evangelicals, the last 30 years we would have fallen just like Europe.....Evangelicals have helped out a lot 


Please explain. [/quote]

The evangelicals have helped enormously on the political front. They actually get out the vote and have formed effective political groups to fight abortion.

Of couse they are using Catholic theology or at least following its lead. Only the Catholic Church has consistently stood up against contraception, abortion, euthanasia, sodomy, etc. in terms of doctrine. Without the Church's leadership in theology, the evangelicals would have been a bunch of small groups swept away with the mainline Protestants.

So, they are following the doctrinal lead of the Catholic Church (on these life issues) and supplying political clout that Catholics have not. Heck, 50% of Catholics voted for Gore and probably will vote for the just as anti-Catholic-teaching John Kerry. At least the evangelicals vote in huge numbers for politicians who defend life.

I don't know why the bishops and priests don't speak out more like evangelical leaders and point out that it is wrong to vote for abortion.

[CatholicCrusader]

[quote]And finally the number of protestants in the country is about to fall to below 50% for the first time ever in american history.
[/quote]

End to heresy, Deo gratias!

[jrndveritatis]

[quote]End to heresy, Deo gratias! [/quote]

Well, the heresy might be ending, but agnosticism and paganism are coming.

But with the fall of mainline Protestant churches, the Catholic Church will be the lone standing institutionalized Church remaining against the liberals and pagans, and this should give it a stronger voice and a more aggressive stance in asserting the truth.

[MorphRC]

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[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='jrndveritatis' date='Aug 26 2004, 10:47 PM'] But with the fall of mainline Protestant churches, the Catholic Church will be the lone standing institutionalized Church remaining against the liberals and pagans, and this should give it a stronger voice and a more aggressive stance in asserting the truth. [/quote]
What about evangelical churches? They are far from empty. And they're growing...

Or what about Mormonism... it's growing, too.

[MorphRC]

And pentas, there filling up!

[daugher-of-Mary]

[quote]What about evangelical churches? They are far from empty. And they're growing...[/quote]

The thing about evangelical churches is they can't keep on growing. Most evangelical churches lack any solid theological basis, so once kids join the church and get over the initial spiritual high, there is nothing solid for them to fall back on. My parents went through about 7 protestant churches in 20 years before coming home to the Catholic Church.