My Great Awakening

[John Fazio]

(01-05-2019 04:52 AM)AussieMick Wrote:  John,
You make the usual comments re. Catholicism. Not being a very good Catholic, I hesitate (but not for long) to respond. I'd simply say that many Catholics are Catholics despite the Catholic Church. Maybe that's why Catholicism has lasted for so long, even though many have predicted its death over the centuries, and maybe why it has given comfort to so many.

AussieMick:

In my opinion, it survives and has given and will continue to give comfort to billions because it weaves a beautiful tapestry and recites a magnificent poem. Couple these with the innate need for help that I spoke of and we have a perfect fit. Few know the details of dogma and fewer still care about them. So billions stay in the Church despite absurdities like limbo and purgatory and despite scandalous priests. I was raised Protestant and was therefore initially hostile to Catholicism, but I long ago made my peace with it, when I felt I truly understood it.

John