randythib

I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYONE BUT THE MOSQUE I GO TO HAS SEEN ALOT OF PEOPLE COME IN AND ACCEPT ISLAM THESE LAST FEW YEARS . ALOT OF THEM WERE FORMER ROMAN CATHOLICS OF ALL ETHNIC GROUPS . I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THE NUMBER OF SPANISH SPEAKING EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS HAS INCREASED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AROUND THE PEARLAND AREA . I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS HAPPENING HERE BUT IT IS ALSO HAPPENING IN MY HOMELAND , THE PHILIPPINES WHICH STILL HAS THE ONLY ROMAN CATHOLIC MAJORITY IN ASIA . ALOT OF CATHOLICS THERE ARE BECOMING MUSLIM OR PROTESTANT CHIRSTIAN . IS IT CERTAIN DOCTRINES THE CHURCH HAS THAT IS CAUSING THE EXODUS ? I DON'T KNOW BUT THE FORMER CATHOLICS WHO ACCEPTED ISLAM I HAVE TALKED TO THINK IT HAS ALOT TO DO WITH THE DETERIORATION OF MORAL VALUES WITHIN THE CHURCH THAT CAUSED THEM TO LEAVE ...

Speaking of Catholicism, has anyone but me noticed that the staff of Channel 13 are very proud Catholics? They ran three different specials on the building of the Co-Cathedral and gave nearly daily updates on it's building.

Actually, I consider it scary that the mainstream media seems to be staunchly Catholic. The Pope sneezes, and it's headline news. Meanwhile, other religions have HUGE news, and it's ignored. Does anyone here know that the Methodist very nearly split in half in 2004? Of course not, the Pope was blessing some baby.

Actually, the never ending flow of illegals across the border is supplementing Catholics across the Southwest US.

I am not only a devout Catholic nut I'm also an ex-nun. I left the Church over twenty years ago just to learn that my life is empty without it. The Church is both human and divine. The human makes mistakes (lots of them) but the Divine keeps it going. Will the Church ever die - No! There will always be those who can see beyond the human and isn't that what faith is all about! For this Catholic, I'm glad to be back home.

I have to disagree with dudester. The Methodist chuch spilt did get coverage. However it's all about numbers. There are far more Catholics worldwide than Methodists. That's why it gets more play. I have worked in a number of newsrooms over the years. They have been antyhing but pro-Catholic environments. If the mainstream media were pro-Cathiolic I doubt the priest sex scandal would have received as much coverage as it did.

I've always see the Pope get headlines. When the Methodist church started having it's problems with gays trying to remake the church, I carefully paid attention to the media.

When Rev. Kerry in Nebraska broke church rules by marrying a gay couple, that story got coverage, but it's because the media has a pro gay bent.

When it was announced the Methodist church narrowly avoided a split, I flipped through the channels that night. The story got ten seconds on over the air TV, however the Pope was traveling at the time and got anywhere from 2 to 5 minutes of coverage.

I started paying closer attention after that. I noticed that when a Catholic story was reported, it seem,s the media knew exactly who to talk to. If a story involved a Protestant religion, the photographer had awkward angles and the reporter looked very much out of place and uncomfortable.

The final part came together when The Da Vinci Code came out. The book is very much anti Catholic, but reporters fearing the movie would also be, I actually saw them try to warn people not to go. I saw it on local and national news.