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Tom Philbeck

Hutchinson, Kansas
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Posted on 05/06/12 at 02:37 pm in response to Sister Brigid McDonald calls Vatican's reprimand of U.S. nuns group a 'misuse of power'

I joined the Catholic Church 3 years ago, at the age of 60, along with my wife. Our journey took nearly 2 years from the date we first stepped into a Catholic Church and asked to speak with a priest. This was not a small step as we both were born a and raised (multi generational) in a protestant christian church whose core religious positions (i.e. on abortion, on the authority of the Bishops and Pope) are markedly different than those of the Catholic Church. After much study and...

Posted on 05/06/12 at 08:24 am in response to Sister Brigid McDonald calls Vatican's reprimand of U.S. nuns group a 'misuse of power'

Wow; I'm having a hard time visioning Christ focus as on "sales"; let's make our "product" more popular so everyone will buy it? Well among churches where it's been tried since the 60's it hasn't worked out real well.

Progressivism has been tried, in the Catholic Church, and many Protestant churches. Guess what, "sales" or active member participation in the most progressive segments are down, way down. Look at the examples set here in the US by the Episcopal Church and in the UK by...