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Comments
A comparison of Catholics and Protestants
It depends on what you mean by "welcoming". Protestant churches are much more aggressive in recruiting new members, but I prefer the Catholic approach.
Protestant churches seek new faces out and smother them. Catholic churches let people see what it's all about with no pressure. I appreciate the Catholic way.
Welcoming
I agree wholeheartedly with babyching -- the Catholic church is very welcoming without pressuring or smothering, and I prefer that approach as well. In fact, it has a lot to do with why I have remained.
So long as you share our ideas...
As a traditional Catholic, I have never felt welcomed in a run-of-the-mill liberalised Parish. Indeed I have been driven out.
It very much appears that the "all are welcome" idea has an unspoken codacil: "So long as you are progressive and liberal."
Appalling. Which is why I have refused to vote in this poll.
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