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Old 04-23-2005, 02:34 PM
midwesterngirl midwesterngirl is offline
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Originally posted by sugar and spice
The problem the Catholic church has is that the authority figures know that if they were to force their members to accept every single one of their viewpoints, they would probably have less than 100,000 members left worldwide. Most of the church's leaders know that, as a whole, Catholics are not following all of the church's teachings, but they trade that in for sheer numbers.
Yes, especially if the large number of members are actively tithing.

Last edited by midwesterngirl; 04-23-2005 at 02:40 PM.
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