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Skip to comments.The hidden exodus: Catholics becoming Protestants
Posted on 05/17/2012 5:40:57 PM PDT by Gamecock
Any other institution that lost one-third of its members would want to know why.....
The number of people who have left the Catholic church is huge.
We all have heard stories about why people leave. Parents share stories about their children. Academics talk about their students. Everyone has a friend who has left.
While personal experience can be helpful, social science research forces us to look beyond our circle of acquaintances to see what is going on in the whole church.
The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey by the Pew Research Centers Forum on Religion & Public Life has put hard numbers on the anecdotal evidence: One out of every 10 Americans is an ex-Catholic. If they were a separate denomination, they would be the third-largest denomination in the United States, after Catholics and Baptists. One of three people who were raised Catholic no longer identifies as Catholic.
Any other institution that lost one-third of its members would want to know why. But the U.S. bishops have never devoted any time at their national meetings to discussing the exodus. Nor have they spent a dime trying to find out why it is happening.
Thankfully, although the U.S. bishops have not supported research on people who have left the church, the Pew Center has.
Pews data shows that those leaving the church are not homogenous. They can be divided into two major groups: those who become unaffiliated and those who become Protestant. Almost half of those leaving the church become unaffiliated and almost half become Protestant. Only about 10 percent of ex-Catholics join non-Christian religions. This article will focus on Catholics who have become Protestant. I am not saying that those who become unaffiliated are not important; I am leaving that discussion to another time.
Why do people leave the Catholic church to become Protestant? Liberal Catholics will tell you that Catholics are leaving because they disagree with the churchs teaching on birth control, women priests, divorce, the bishops interference in American politics, etc. Conservatives blame Vatican II, liberal priests and nuns, a permissive culture and the churchs social justice agenda.
One of the reasons there is such disagreement is that we tend to think that everyone leaves for the same reason our friends, relatives and acquaintances have left. We fail to recognize that different people leave for different reasons. People who leave to join Protestant churches do so for different reasons than those who become unaffiliated. People who become evangelicals are different from Catholics who become members of mainline churches.
Spiritual needs
The principal reasons given by people who leave the church to become Protestant are that their spiritual needs were not being met in the Catholic church (71 percent) and they found a religion they like more (70 percent). Eighty-one percent of respondents say they joined their new church because they enjoy the religious service and style of worship of their new faith.
In other words, the Catholic church has failed to deliver what people consider fundamental products of religion: spiritual sustenance and a good worship service. And before conservatives blame the new liturgy, only 11 percent of those leaving complained that Catholicism had drifted too far from traditional practices such as the Latin Mass.
Dissatisfaction with how the church deals with spiritual needs and worship services dwarfs any disagreements over specific doctrines. While half of those who became Protestants say they left because they stopped believing in Catholic teaching, specific questions get much lower responses. Only 23 percent said they left because of the churchs teaching on abortion and homosexuality; only 23 percent because of the churchs teaching on divorce; only 21 percent because of the rule that priests cannot marry; only 16 percent because of the churchs teaching on birth control; only 16 percent because of the way the church treats women; only 11 percent because they were unhappy with the teachings on poverty, war and the death penalty.
The data shows that disagreement over specific doctrines is not the main reason Catholics become Protestants. We also have lots of survey data showing that many Catholics who stay disagree with specific church teachings. Despite what theologians and bishops think, doctrine is not that important either to those who become Protestant or to those who stay Catholic.
People are not becoming Protestants because they disagree with specific Catholic teachings; people are leaving because the church does not meet their spiritual needs and they find Protestant worship service better.
Nor are the people becoming Protestants lazy or lax Christians. In fact, they attend worship services at a higher rate than those who remain Catholic. While 42 percent of Catholics who stay attend services weekly, 63 percent of Catholics who become Protestants go to church every week. That is a 21 percentage-point difference.
Catholics who became Protestant also claim to have a stronger faith now than when they were children or teenagers. Seventy-one percent say their faith is very strong, while only 35 percent and 22 percent reported that their faith was very strong when they were children and teenagers, respectively. On the other hand, only 46 percent of those who are still Catholic report their faith as very strong today as an adult.
Thus, both as believers and as worshipers, Catholics who become Protestants are statistically better Christians than those who stay Catholic. We are losing the best, not the worst.
Some of the common explanations of why people leave do not pan out in the data. For example, only 21 percent of those becoming Protestant mention the sex abuse scandal as a reason for leaving. Only 3 percent say they left because they became separated or divorced.
Becoming Protestant
If you believed liberals, most Catholics who leave the church would be joining mainline churches, like the Episcopal church. In fact, almost two-thirds of former Catholics who join a Protestant church join an evangelical church. Catholics who become evangelicals and Catholics who join mainline churches are two very distinct groups. We need to take a closer look at why each leaves the church.
Fifty-four percent of both groups say that they just gradually drifted away from Catholicism. Both groups also had almost equal numbers (82 percent evangelicals, 80 percent mainline) saying they joined their new church because they enjoyed the worship service. But compared to those who became mainline Protestants, a higher percentage of those becoming evangelicals said they left because their spiritual needs were not being met (78 percent versus 57 percent) and that they had stopped believing in Catholic teaching (62 percent versus 20 percent). They also cited the churchs teaching on the Bible (55 percent versus 16 percent) more frequently as a reason for leaving. Forty-six percent of these new evangelicals felt the Catholic church did not view the Bible literally enough. Thus, for those leaving to become evangelicals, spiritual sustenance, worship services and the Bible were key. Only 11 percent were unhappy with the churchs teachings on poverty, war, and the death penalty Ñ the same percentage as said they were unhappy with the churchs treatment of women. Contrary to what conservatives say, ex-Catholics are not flocking to the evangelicals because they think the Catholic church is politically too liberal. They are leaving to get spiritual nourishment from worship services and the Bible.
Looking at the responses of those who join mainline churches also provides some surprising results. For example, few (20 percent) say they left because they stopped believing in Catholic teachings. However, when specific issues were mentioned in the questionnaire, more of those joining mainline churches agreed that these issues influenced their decision to leave the Catholic church. Thirty-one percent cited unhappiness with the churchs teaching on abortion and homosexuality, women, and divorce and remarriage, and 26 percent mentioned birth control as a reason for leaving. Although these numbers are higher than for Catholics who become evangelicals, they are still dwarfed by the number (57 percent) who said their spiritual needs were not met in the Catholic church.
Thus, those becoming evangelicals were more generically unhappy than specifically unhappy with church teaching, while those who became mainline Protestant tended to be more specifically unhappy than generically unhappy with church teaching. The unhappiness with the churchs teaching on poverty, war and the death penalty was equally low for both groups (11 percent for evangelicals; 10 percent for mainline).
What stands out in the data on Catholics who join mainline churches is that they tend to cite personal or familiar reasons for leaving more frequently than do those who become evangelicals. Forty-four percent of the Catholics who join mainline churches say that they married someone of the faith they joined, a number that trumps all doctrinal issues. Only 22 percent of those who join the evangelicals cite this reason.
Perhaps after marrying a mainline Christian and attending his or her churchs services, the Catholic found the mainline services more fulfilling than the Catholic service. And even if they were equally attractive, perhaps the exclusion of the Protestant spouse from Catholic Communion makes the more welcoming mainline church attractive to an ecumenical couple.
Those joining mainline communities also were more likely to cite dissatisfaction of the Catholic clergy (39 percent) than were those who became evangelical (23 percent). Those who join mainline churches are looking for a less clerically dominated church.
Lessons from the data
There are many lessons that we can learn from the Pew data, but I will focus on only three.
First, those who are leaving the church for Protestant churches are more interested in spiritual nourishment than doctrinal issues. Tinkering with the wording of the creed at Mass is not going to help. No one except the Vatican and the bishops cares whether Jesus is one in being with the Father or consubstantial with the Father. That the hierarchy thinks this is important shows how out of it they are.
While the hierarchy worries about literal translations of the Latin text, people are longing for liturgies that touch the heart and emotions. More creativity with the liturgy is needed, and that means more flexibility must be allowed. If you build it, they will come; if you do not, they will find it elsewhere. The changes that will go into effect this Advent will make matters worse, not better.
Second, thanks to Pope Pius XII, Catholic scripture scholars have had decades to produce the best thinking on scripture in the world. That Catholics are leaving to join evangelical churches because of the church teaching on the Bible is a disgrace. Too few homilists explain the scriptures to their people. Few Catholics read the Bible.
The church needs a massive Bible education program. The church needs to acknowledge that understanding the Bible is more important than memorizing the catechism. If we could get Catholics to read the Sunday scripture readings each week before they come to Mass, it would be revolutionary. If you do not read and pray the scriptures, you are not an adult Christian. Catholics who become evangelicals understand this.
Finally, the Pew data shows that two-thirds of Catholics who become Protestants do so before they reach the age of 24. The church must make a preferential option for teenagers and young adults or it will continue to bleed. Programs and liturgies that cater to their needs must take precedence over the complaints of fuddy-duddies and rubrical purists.
Current religious education programs and teen groups appear to have little effect on keeping these folks Catholic, according to the Pew data, although those who attend a Catholic high school do appear to stay at a higher rate. More research is needed to find out what works and what does not.
The Catholic church is hemorrhaging members. It needs to acknowledge this and do more to understand why. Only if we acknowledge the exodus and understand it will we be in a position to do something about it.
My huband and his four RCC college roommates are all "bitter" against what they were taught by Rome. In fact, it's more than bitterness. They feel lied to regarding something important. Three of them are now Protestants and two are nothings. They are bitter because they wasted so much time and learned errors instead of the truth.
My two best friends from high school are no longer RC. One is Protestant and one is nothing.
People want the truth and are angry when they don't get it
"The oldest manuscripts used for translating the Bible are in Greek.
The Latin Vulgate is a translation from the Greek. If you are using it for the English translation, the English version youre using is a translation of a translation, greatly increasing the likelihood of error."
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The first Bible was translated from the Greek and the Hebrew
into Latin.
Are you saying you can read Greek and Hebrew or the first
translation, Latin? Someone decided the Canon and someone translated the Greek and the Hebrew original manuscripts into the first Bible.
Pope Damasus chose the Canon in 382 A.D. and St. Jerome was the translator metmom. I can't go with the KJV, the King's translator's made thousands of changes.
How come you don't comment on John 6:66 in the Protestant Bible? I am teasing you. Seriously though, there are no coincidences.
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The Douay-Rheims Bible is a scrupulously faithful translation into English of the Latin Vulgate Bible which St. Jerome (342-420) translated into Latin from the original languages. The Vulgate quickly became the Bible universally used in the Latin Rite (by far the largest rite of the Catholic Church).
St. Jerome, who was one of the four great Western Fathers of the Church, was a man raised up by God to translate the Holy Bible into the common Latin tongue of his day. He knew Latin and Greek perfectly. He was 1500 years closer to the original languages than any scholar today, which would make him a better judge of the exact meaning of any Greek or Hebrew word in the Scriptures. Besides being a towering linguistic genius, he was also a great saint, and he had access to ancient Hebrew and Greek manuscripts of the 2nd and 3rd centuries which have since perished and are no longer available to scholars today. St. Jerome's translation, moreover, was a careful, word-for-word rendering of the original texts into Latin.
Nearly every Protestant prays the Lord's Prayer to one degree or another, yet regardless of their dedication to accurate interpretation, many skip right over the actual meaning of "our daily bread". The actual Greek words are "τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον" (ton arton hēmōn ton epiousion). The actual meaning isn't "daily bread" in that we are praying for our next sandwich, it is "supersubstantial" bread, meaning the higher substance brought about by transubstantiation. In other words, the Eucharist. From His lips to our ears.
Peace be with you.
"In every case I can recall, I found that if you took a devout Catholic and put them in an ecumenical setting of bible studies, they'll become a Protestant."
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I disagree. To be kind to my beloved Methodist neighbor,
when I was first converted...reverted to the faith. I went
with her to a ladies' Protestant weekly Bible study.
The speaker was a woman..not a good idea. I lasted three
weeks. I was convicted, she shared in that short time,
man is COMPLETELY depraved. That's not true.
God the Holy Spirit put on my heart, do not return. The problem is you have no authority to interpret Scripture. Private interpretation of Scripture...you see it's fruits, division and error. All of Scripture has to line up. Old and New Testament. God gave the authority to interpret
Scripture to the Church.
Read a Catholic Bible...it will be help, especially the footnotes for difficult verses. http://www.drbo.org/
Actually, St Jerome relied heavily on the Hexapla which was had significant Hebrew and Aramaic content. The reason St. Jerome moved to Palestine for much of the time of his work translating the Scriptures into Latin was to learn Hebrew from the Rabbinic scholars.
Peace be with you.
"...it is "supersubstantial" bread, meaning the higher substance brought about by transubstantiation..."
It is not about 'transubstantiation' or 'transliteration'. Jesus said, 'This is my body...' and 'This is my blood...'
It is...IT IS...it does not become, nor does it represent...it is My Body...it is My Blood...
When Catholics and Protestants and all Christians who are neither, fully understand that, the walls come down, and then it is time to rebuild the 'walls' according to God's Plan, not any of our man-made plans.
And the peace of the Lord be also with you...
"God gave the authority to interpret
Scripture to the Church. Read a Catholic Bible...it will be help, especially the footnotes for difficult verses. http://www.drbo.org/ "
Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible is far and away the last desirable Catholic Translation...the best one is the Jerusalem Bible (Not the 'New Jerusalem Bible).
I have been using the Jerusalem Bible for nearly the last 40 years as my favorite translation...and I am not 'Catholic', but I am catholic...one holy catholic church...
God gave each of us who know and love His Son, Jesus, as personal friend and savior, the Holy Spirit to 'interpret' Scripture...to understand what Scripture says. There are NO misteries in the Word of God...except those created by theologians, both Catholic and Protestant.
We do not need men to interpret for us...Jesus said, when I go I give you another Comforter...the Holy Spirit. The Church is not some hierarchy, it is the body of those who are a part of the bride of Christ. The Holy Spirit will make it clear, if we are not already quick enough to understand what God wrote in the Word.
If you ask God, and it is not made plain to you, then ask yourself...who did you ask...the Real God will make it plain to you.
It IS God's plan and when the disciples held the bread that Jesus had broken at that Last Supper, it was BREAD. When they put it in their mouths, it was STILL bread. When they chewed and swallowed it, it NEVER changed from being bread. The same thing with the cup of wine. It is so obvious that these "elements" represented Christ's broken body and shed blood and that partaking of these elements in the like manner was to be done...what did Jesus say? IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME. It was an object lesson for those there. It's that simple. Jesus used such lessons and stories and parables all the time to teach them.
How do we receive the sacrifice Christ made for us so that we HAVE eternal life? By faith. We believe on HIM. We RECEIVE Him by faith. A person can attend Mass twice a day and take "Holy Communion" every single time he's there, but without faith in the Savior Jesus Christ, he is as lost as one who never heard of Christ. It is NOT the taking of communion that saves, it is done in commemoration of the fact that we HAVE received him already by faith.
We are saved by grace through faith and NOT by works, not by righteous deeds we have done, not by our own merit or works, but ONLY through faith in Christ - in what HE did for us. Those religions that try to demand and insist that no other Christian churches have "legitimate" communion services BUT them are sadly mistaken. What it usually means is that those who state that are the ones who are missing out on the true intention and meaning behind the observance. Like the Apostle Paul said, as often as you do this, you do show the Lord's death until he comes. You do it in remembrance, to remind you, of what our precious savior has done for us. It is to remind us that we HAVE been given eternal life when we trusted in and received Christ. It is not a doling out of parcels of grace that together with all the other things we do gains us eternal life. We HAVE BEEN redeemed, by HIS blood, and we ARE SAVED right now! He did it ALL because of His great love and mercy.
"It IS God's plan and when the disciples held the bread that Jesus had broken at that Last Supper, it was BREAD. When they put it in their mouths, it was STILL bread. When they chewed and swallowed it, it NEVER changed from being bread. The same thing with the cup of wine. It is so obvious that these "elements" represented Christ's broken body and shed blood and that partaking of these elements in the like manner was to be done...what did Jesus say? IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME."
So, you do not accept what Jesus said. And that is the problem we continue to have between Christians. I understand both of the 'arguments'...yours and 'theirs'. Think how much easier it is if we just take what God says, what Jesus says, at face value. It is only in your mind if you do not believe that it is still 'bread' or still 'wine'.
It does not 'become' it does not 'represent'...it is...Jesus said so. Is that a lie?
Lord Jesus,
You said, "I am the way, the truth, and the light. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Touch the hearts of all Christians—and everyone that the Father draws unto Himself—that we may always and everywhere love one another. And in love, humbly seek to fulfill Your prayer to the Father, "That they all may be one."
You said, I am the way, the truth, and the light. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Touch the hearts of all Christiansand everyone that the Father draws unto Himselfthat we may always and everywhere love one another. And in love, humbly seek to fulfill Your prayer to the Father, That they all may be one.
How do you KNOW God the Holy Spirit put in on your heart not to return? Isn't this an interpretation?
The problem is you have no authority to interpret Scripture.
I see this statement a lot from Catholics. No where in scripture are we told that we are to "interpret". The scriptures tells us that ALL scripture is inspired by God for correction, teaching, and reproof so that we might be equip. It also tells us very plainly that we are not to look to anything other than scripture. And this was confirmed by the early church fathers when they deliberately set apart scripture from all other Church teaching as special or inspired.
You will certainly not find anything about venerating before images or the perfection of Mary in scripture. In fact just the opposite. It's very clear.
Read a Catholic Bible...it will be help
I have. You will find the Catholic Bible to be a poor interpretation of the original language. Beside, the early fathers tossed out the Apocrypha as not to the level of inspiration as the rest of the scriptures.
There's no integrity in misquoting someone by adding words to what they say and presenting it as their own words.
But I don't expect any less from Catholics.
Well, I'm sorry that they're bitter over it, but as Christians, there is the need to deal with that. Holding on to bitterness is not an option for a believer. It'll eat them alive.
We need to remember that our battle is not against flesh and blood.
So how do YOU get around the Scriptural prohibition against eating blood?
God has been very clear about it, even to the point of reiterating it in Acts 15 at the council of Jerusalem.
Could you perhaps give us the reason why it's so important to believe that it becomes the literal flesh and blood of Jesus?
For my own part, I'll share that is was a very strange and wonderful thing to realize (really realize) that Christ had entered into my life and literally saved me from Hell itself.
I had done everything the Catholic church had asked me to do. I had been Confirmed. I had gone to CCD classes for years. I was an altar boy. I prayed the rosary. I had gone on retreats. I had stacks of prayer cards. I wore Catholic medals of saints around my neck. I lit candles. I went to Confession. I went to Mass 2-3 times per week. Among my family, I was considered the "most Catholic" among them.
I will say this in all honesty, shame, and nakedness: I knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that I was going to Hell. I only came to this firm realization after 2 months of closely examining and studying scripture. The ugly truth was as plain to me as the black and white print at which I was starring.
Let me tell you, THAT terrifying truth was hard to bear. I knew I had not accepted Christ. My Catholic faith had no answers. I went to a priest, and asked him, straight out, if there was some way I could be sure I was not going to Hell. I was fearful....I didn't want to go to Hell, but I knew I was definitely going there! I wanted to know who I could enter into heaven and be with God forever.
His answer left me crestfallen:
"Errr....well.....that's a Great Mystery."
I asked another priest, who gave me almost exactly the same answer. I asked more Catholics and more priests. I got collections of everything from "good works" to "sacraments" to "be a good person" to "go to Mass every day for a year" to New Age philosophy.
One day at work I heard a man and a women who I both admired very much discussing scripture. The were talking about this verse:
"These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God." 1 John 5:13
They were both happy. Joyful. Relieved. At peace. And they spoke about what it felt like to know you were saved. Saved from what? I knew. Saved from damnation in Hell. Because, I knew that was where I was going.
It took many more weeks of reading, listening to sermons on the radio, and talking to Christians before I finally relinquished and surrendered to Christ.
Now, let me tell you, DESPITE knowing I was Hell-bound I was STILL reluctant because I a part of myself wanted to somehow hold onto my own destiny, my own pride, my own lusts, my own desired, my own sins.
I didn't want to change. I didn't want to transform. I was a coward. But, Christ would not let go of His pursuit of me.
When I finally knew that I was saved, it was the most profound thing I have ever experienced. I cannot express to you the joy and relief. I LOVED this guy (Christ!). I loved Him. I read the Gospels and re-read them. I watched a movie about Him over and over again. I loved my fellow Christians. Looking back, I could not believe how stupid and foolish I had been.
I had wanted to earn my way into Heaven and out of Hell. When someone first told me about the concept of Grace, I about fell out of my chair.
Praise be to Him.
"Could you perhaps give us the reason why its so important to believe that it becomes the literal flesh and blood of Jesus?"
Please do not put words in my mouth (or fingers). I did not say it's important to believe that it becomes...what I said is what Jesus said...'This is...'. The operative word is 'is'. It is neither transsubstantation nor transliteration. It is...'is'...because Jesus said 'this is...'
It is important that we take what the Word says and accept it without trying to twist it with theological doctrines to suit whatever point our particular man-made religiousity deeps the point we want to make.
"So how do YOU get around the Scriptural prohibition against eating blood?"
Oh, please 'Mom', get a life...Feed on Him...Let Him be in you...sometimes it is necessary to 'Let go and let God'...this is one of those times for you. You seem to be so steeped in your own transliterated theology that you have lost sight of who God is...and why you and I and the rest of us are here.
I believe we were created to give God companionship...koinania...
God walked with Adam in the Garden...
Enoch walked with God...
Noah walked with God...
God wants us to walk with him. Adam never understood that. Enoch and Noah did understand that. God wants us to understand that. And when we are seen walking with God, we never have to use words to share Jesus...our life here, walking with Him, does that.
We begin to get there when we Feed on Him, as He requested we do...it includes partaking of His Body and of His Blood.
Blessings to you on this, the Lord's Day...
It's interesting that you are talking about integrity when I've seldom, if ever, seen you correctly present Catholic doctrine. But I don't expect any less from hypocrites.
But I dont expect any less from Catholics.
As said by failed, bitter Catholics.
The disciples broke bread.
If we are to eat the literal flesh and blood of Jesus, it'd better not look or taste like bread and wine unless you hold to it changing at some point later, like after you're swallowed it.
Otherwise, could you tell us just where you get the literal flesh and blood of Jesus to eat and drink?
I'm not bitter. Lots of churches lie to people about hos to be saved. No one is responsible for my relationship with Christ but me. I could have accepted Christ at any time during the years of being Catholic but I didn't.
And as far as being a failed Catholic, what's the big deal when Catholicism can't guarantee the salvation that they claim only comes through them if you jump through the right hoops.
I'm saved now and I know if and if that's being *a failed Catholic* so be it. I'll wear that as a badge of honor.
I may have failed as a Catholic in the opinion of any Catholic I meet but I am not failed as far as God is concerned.
Galatians 2: 20-21 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
No, not really. But thanks for asking.
I'm not bitter.
So you say. You should read some of your posts about Catholicism.
No one is responsible for my relationship with Christ but me. I could have accepted Christ at any time during the years of being Catholic but I didn't.
For most people who claim to be Christian, God has something to do with the relationship. It would be interesting to see you explain your premise to a Calvinist.
And as far as being a failed Catholic, what's the big deal when Catholicism can't guarantee the salvation that they claim only comes through them if you jump through the right hoops.
This post is a fine exhibit of ignorance regarding what the Church actually believes and teaches.
I'm saved now and I know if
You're still here aren't you?
I'm always concerned for people who think they speak for God.
The Eucharist begins as the work of human hands the substance of bread and wine do indeed become the Body and Blood of Christ at the Epiclesis, or the moment of transubstantiation, in the Anaphora, or Eucharistic invocation.
Peace be with you.
Before you make your conclusions I would encourage you to gain an understanding of the philosophical concept of "substance" in which in any objecthood substance is distinct and different from it properties. Please don't continue to shortchange yourself. In your critique of the Eucharist you continue to focus on the properties of the bread and wine and ignore the substance which is the Real Presence of Jesus.
Peace be with you.
"Otherwise, could you tell us just where you get the literal flesh and blood of Jesus to eat and drink?"
I did that, several times. Read the Word.
Amen, and Amen!!
I learned about Grace from studying the Baltimore Catechism, back in the early 60s.
Right at the centre of the division which occurred between Catholicism and the first Protestant reformers right back in the sixteenth century was the question concerning the nature and means of Justification.......So the Reformers of the sixteenth century defined justification as the act of reconciliation flowing from the grace of God through the imputation of Christ's righteousness to the sinner, and received by faith - irrespective of any progress in sanctification at that point. Catholicism. however, regards justification as equivalent to the whole process of salvation, not just it's inception, as flowing from the grace of God and as taking effect through the infusion of the very righteousness of God into the human soul. One could summarize this by saying that the Protestant view was - and is - that justification equals justification by faith, while the Roman Catholic position is that justification equals justification by faith, and works, including due acceptance and appropriation of the role of the sacraments.
These are entirely two different view of Grace (Catholic vs. Protestant).
Catholic "Grace" is not the the same concept at all of Grace that a Bible believing Christian knows has saved them from Hell.
From the link:
" . Once the repentant believer comes under divine grace, he or she will not fall away and be lost, there is no concept of law still standing over the believer, who is now declared righteous in the very court of Heaven. (John 10:27-29; Romans 8: the entire chapter; Ephesians 1:11-14; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; 2 Corinthians 5:5). Even such recipients of God's grace as David and Samson were never rejected despite their considerable failings. 2. The grace of God covers all sins as long as one lives in a continual attitude of humility and repentance. (1 John 1:6-10; 2:1-2; Romans 8:1; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21). If one is arrogant and refuses to acknowledge, or repent of sins, this would simply confirm that such a person was never under God's grace. We may also see, then, that the Catholic has a much 'lower' view of grace than the Protestant, and a far higher view of what men and women can accomplish under their own steam! Catholicism also teaches a very high view of their own church laws and requirements, this is because they passionately believe that the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven were given to them alone (Matthew 16:19). From this authority they believe that their own traditions stand equal in importance to Scripture. But in contrast to Catholicism's numerous requirements, Paul writes, 23. Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. 24. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. 25. Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. 26. You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27. for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.(Galatians 3:23-29).
"God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God."
Ephesians 2:8
Every argument needs to build on recognized truths. When your initial premise seeks to build upon the falsehood that Catholics are not among "Bible believing Christians" there can be no acceptable proof of your thesis.
If you begin with a premise that the Catholic Church teaches a different interpretation of the Bible than your particular flavor of non-Catholic then we can build upon.
By the way, your link is a discussion of Justification, not Grace. As for differentiating Catholics from so-called "Bible believing Christians" would you care to expand upon the differences in the doctrines related to grace and justification between Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Wesley, Knox, Arminius, Murray and Swedenborg.
Peace be with you.
And verse 9 gives the reason why......
9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
Yes, all the "toxicity" around here is all the Catholic's part; Catholics would rather "burn the place down" then let anyone "get away with" having another faith.
It's just a coincidence that this thread was posted only an hour after This one: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2885062/posts Yep, just a coincidink. < /sarc>
(Anticipated likely response: "Of course this thread was posted after; it's a response to the former's silliness" which, if you, or anyone does say that, it only will show ignorance of your own hypocrisy WRT the claim that the Catholics "just can't let anyone get away with it", meaning of course Catholics are the only ones who would rather "burn the place down" then let testimonies of conversion stand.)
More like couldn't be happier! And KNOW they are blessed!
I have seen these debates here many times. I have no problem giving my testimony and admitting my love for Christ here on the forum. If I am ashamed of Christ on earth, He will be ashamed of me in the presence of His Father.
However, it is always the same. Evangelical Christians will point to scripture - which is black and white. The Catholics deny the scripture, say it doesn't mean what it says it does, look for ways to trap people, take 1/2 of argument "A" and merge it with new argument "B" and then blame the other poster for the leap, accuse others of lying and never really being Catholic, and my favorite - ridiculing their faith in Christ and telling them if come crawling back to the Catholic church they might (just might....mind you) have a shot at heaven.
**The Catholics deny the scripture, say it doesn't mean what it says it does, look for ways to trap people, take 1/2 of argument "A" and merge it with new argument "B" and then blame the other poster for the leap, accuse others of lying and never really being Catholic, and my favorite - ridiculing their faith in Christ and telling them if come crawling back to the Catholic church they might (just might....mind you) have a shot at heaven.**
Perhaps you need to give some examples here. In what I see on FR, I do not see the Catholics lying as you say they do.
Catholics do read the Bible every day. What is your problem with that? Don't you see the Daily Readings posted?
We are in the presence of God all the time as long as we haven't committed a mortal sin, but especially in the presence of God during the Mass. And especially when that REAL PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST is received reverently in Holy Communion.
Do you remember?
The term "Bible believing Christians" is certainly not a descriptor I made up. It is well recognized and widely, widely used. Almost universally.
At the very heart of this debate is God's word. That is what should be the authority. Period.
I certainly did not invent this "premise" that the Catholic church either ignores or misinterprets scripture vis a vis its doctrine. I could start at the Reformation and move from there.
Catholics do read the Bible every day.
Very, very few Catholics read scripture on a regular basis. My experience (and I am not alone in this whatsoever) was that the church highly discouraged independent bible study.
There are many sources for that, but I will simply post one posted on this very thread by daniel1212:
42.1% of Evangelical Protestants and 7.1% of Catholics Read Scripture weekly or more.
In my experience, those number are pretty accurate. We could argue the mean, the mode, and the standard deviation - or find other sources. Honest sources will almost universally be in agreement that the study of scripture is a very low priority for Catholics. The simple truth is that the great majority of Catholics do the exact opposite of what you said they do regarding the study of scripture.
We are in the presence of God all the time as long as we havent committed a mortal sin
Where in scripture is "mortal sin" listed? Chapter and verse please.
You won't find it. You see.....this is the problem. You are spouting Catholic doctrine, Catholic tradition, Catholic invention. There is no such distinction as "mortal sin" or "venial sin." Sin is sin. The Bible addresses it as such. The Bible does not teach (as the Catholic church does) that some sins are worthy of eternal punishment and some are not. It teaches that all of us have sinned (Romans 3:23).
I keep hearkening back to your one comment from your post to me:
What is your problem with that?
Well, I could turn try and turn the tables and ask you the very same question. In fact, I posted very early on in this thread that people would have "a problem" with allowing former Catholics professing salvation through faith in Jesus alone to not be allowed to rest.
This is a fundamental issue. In fact, it is THE issue for humanity: how can we be reunited with God? Since the fall of Adam, this has been the issue.
The difference between you and I is that I profess being saved by Grace through Faith alone in Jesus Christ; and you profess what the Catholic church teaches.
If you want to stand on that side of the river, you have every right to do that. You cannot be argued into the Kingdom of God. Believe what you want and stay with your faith if that is what you choose to do. You may disbelieve my faith if you wish.
However, I will bear witness when I feel called upon to tell people what Christ did for me. In fact, that is the 'Great Commission' that Christ gave to us in Matthew 28:16-20, isn't it?
I accept what Jesus said completely! No, he did not lie, he cannot lie because he is Almighty God incarnate. Think how much easier it is if we just take Jesus at HIS word. He said he is the door to the sheepfold. Is he made of wood? He said he is the vine and we are the branches, is he a plant? He said he was the bread of life, is he made of wheat and yeast? He is the water of life, is he H2O? He said he is the resurrection and the life, is he limited by our semantics of words? Were the followers of Jesus? When they were assembled that last night before the Crucifixion the next day, Jesus was celebrating the Jewish observance of the "seder". Those elements of bread and wine were part of that and they had quite specific reasons for being there all those thousands of years of the same observance by the Jews. Do a little research about the symbolism of each of those elements and what they represented. Go back and think about when Jesus started talking about himself being the "bread of life" and the "water of life". He was giving simple to understand similes and object lessons so that these simple people could grasp his meaning.
Now think forward two thousand years and see how convoluted and twisted his words have become. The simple lesson that he is the bread of life and whoever "ate" of him - meaning believed/received him - would NEVER be hungry (spiritual hunger), would HAVE eternal life. But what have men done with his words? "Special" priests have to "confect" the elements of the Eucharist (which simply meant thanksgiving). They do some actions, say some "special" words, and viola! the bread and wine are literally - yes, that is what they say - changed into the body and blood of our savior so that all those who come forward and eat that tiny piece of cracker are literally receiving the life of Christ into their souls. But if you go back to the first century life of the Christians, they had "love feasts" where they partook of the bread and wine just like Jesus told them to do - in REMEMBRANCE OF ME. They did not look at that as the way they could be given the grace to be saved. They already KNEW they were saved because they had already accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior before they came together in their local assemblies to share in this observance.
From the site http://www.the-highway.com/eucharist_Webster.html we learn:
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that when the priest utters the words of consecration, the bread and wine are changed into the literal body and blood of Christ. He is then offered to God on the altar as a propitiatory sacrifice for sin. The Council of Trent explicitly states that in this divine sacrifice which is celebrated in the mass, that same Christ is contained and immolated in an unbloody manner who once offered himself in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross. There are thus two aspects of the Roman doctrine: transubstantiation, which guarantees the real presence of Christ; and the mass, in which Christ, thus present bodily, is re-offered to God as a sacrifice. This, however, is not the only view which has been expressed in a consistent way throughout the history of the Church. From the beginning of the Church the Fathers generally expressed their belief in the Real Presence in the eucharist, in that they identified the elements with the body and blood of Christ, and also referred to the eucharist as a sacrifice, but there was considerable difference of opinion among the Fathers on the precise nature of these things, reflected in the fact that the ancient Church produced no official dogma of the Lords Supper. Interpretation of the meaning of the eucharist in the writings of the Fathers must be done with great caution for it is very easy to take a preconceived theology of the eucharist and read it back into their comments and teachings.
I encourage you to go to the link and read the excerpts given of some of the Early Church Fathers and their views about the subject. It clearly shows that the idea of the "eucharist" becoming the body and blood, soul and divinity of Christ and its propitiatory purpose was NOT held by the Apostles nor the first Christians and, instead, it was a process of development of doctrine and changes over centuries that give us the dogmas the Catholic Church teaches today. Rather than this church's contention that it teaches the orthodox Christian faith as it has ALWAYS and EVERYWHERE been believed is patently untrue. It is NOT "only in my mind" that I don't accept the teaching about this observance, it is what Scripture says and I believe God's word over fallible men who presume to contradict God's word. You can choose to believe they have that right, but I hold the truths of God's word to be THE authority NOT men.
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13)
I do not disagree with your discourse here. My point is that both 'transsubstantiation' and 'transliteration' are man's theological attempts to make communion, breaking of bread together, something that it is not. And by the way, I believe we are shown in the Word that the early church celebrated this together frequently, probably at least once a week, not once a quarter, or at say, Easter and Christmas. Fact is, I suspect the early church had no special 'Easter/Christmas' celebrations.
And you are correct...communion has no special 'saving the soul' qualities. That is totally dependent on each of us personally accepting the gift of grace offered by our Lord in His death and reserection.
The worlds systems would have none of Him and that is their downfall. The religious, the political, the economic systems of the world they are not His way and they are crumbling. Fear not. He is in control. Let His way be our way and let His peace be our peace.
Problem is....
Hebrews 9:22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
If the eucharist is an unbloody sacrifice, it's useless. A *sacrifice* without the shedding of blood is meaningless killing.
Besides, Christ's life was not taken from Him; He offered it Himself. His death provided payment in full for all our sins.
His death was so that God's justice could be satisfied not so that some priest in some church could offer Jesus to God in an attempt to appease God by offering Him as a sacrifice to God for us. (Which by Catholics own admission still isn't even good enough because you don't meet a practicing Catholics who is sure of getting to heaven)
Hebrews 9:24-28 24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, 26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, 28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
Hebrews 10:8-14 8 When he said above, You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, Behold, I have come to do your will. He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Jesus is not in heaven being continually offered for sin as a perpetual sacrifice, He is seated at God's right hand having FINISHED that work.
Last but not least,.....
Hebrews 10:18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
Amen! And on this thread that speaks about why some Catholics leave the Catholic Church to join the "Protestant" ones, I believe that your statement is probably the best reason why the majority do it. There is a stirring in our souls - the result of the Holy Spirit - convicting us that there IS truth and it is NOT found where we are. I recognized it at sixteen years old and, all these years later, the more I learn, the more I am convinced that it was indeed the Spirit of God leading me out of a false, man-made religious system into the glorious Gospel of His grace. I have lived the truth that God is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him. Every day I thank him for loving me and saving me and leading me to THE truth. It is a promise He gives to ALL who search for Him with all their hearts - He WILL be found.
They will say that these are all divorced people ..LOL
My reformed church is also filled with ex RC's
I learned about Grace from studying the Baltimore Catechism, back in the early 60s.
~ ~ ~
SuziQ, Natural Law, everyone reading this thread,
Have you ever read the writings of Father Matthias Scheeben?
I love his book, The Glories of Divine Grace. It might
be on the Net to read.
"Jesus is not in heaven being continually offered for sin as a perpetual sacrifice, He is seated at God's right hand having FINISHED that work.
Last but not least,.....
Hebrews 10:18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin."
~ ~ ~
The Holy Masss, the "everlasting sacrifice" is offered in Heaven. Scott Hahn a former Protestant minister said when he went to his first Mass..."this is the Book of Revelation!"
Read the footnotes for Hebrews 10:18. God the Holy Spirit
does not lead every person into their own interpretation
of Scripture. If that were true, you would have multiple
beliefs and churches...ecclesiastical communities, yes?
Hebrews 10:18
Now where there is a remission of these, there is no more an oblation for sin.
[18] There is no more an oblation for sin: Where there is a full remission of sins, as in baptism, there is no more occasion for a sin offering to be made for such sins already remitted; and as for sins committed afterwards, they can only be remitted in virtue of the one oblation of Christ's death.
Hebrews 10:10-20
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
So, no, your "interpretation" of this one verse, implying that it is speaking only of sins committed prior to baptism as being remitted, but future sins needing the application of the grace received at the performance of the Mass, is plain wrong. The sacrifice of Jesus Christ perfected FOREVER those that are sanctified - made holy/set apart. By His ONE OFFERING - forever, for all who receive Him as Savior.
I almost expected a "hearafter reffered to as the third party" line after that.I'll have my lawyer look into the matter and get back to you.
Thankyou for your posts bb and the time you take to write them.God bless.
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what?!? okay, fine, i took the bait: slapping is not okay.
Nope, it's not. and worse, it's what the Christian dude wanted. You're following his agenda, not your own.
I'd feel bad for the guy if I had a soul. I do not. Go her.
Young and stupid she is. That is exactly what they want her to do. They want to be made into victims. They want to instigate confrontation. And they won.
During 2004 Gay Decadence in New Orleans I saw a husky anti-gay protester with a megaphone make his way into the very middle of the massive gay crowd chanting anti-gay rhetoric. He was pushed violently and drinks were thrown at him some from as high as the balconies. He continued to stay in the middle and take the punishment with a sad look of face until the police escorted him out but somehow I could tell deep down inside he wanted to illicit this abuse on himself.
Shame on the young dyke! The biggest punishment for someone nobody on a soapbox is for everyone to simply ignore them.
FUCK!! That was the DUMBEST thing she could have done!!! That is what the extremist Christians want us to do!!! They will use that claiming that they were assulted by a lesbian!! Not only that, the guy who was slapped could have pressed charges.
As much as what they were yelling at the parade is wrong and sick they have a right to say it. (sorry but those are the breaks) And yeah, I will fight to the death my right to march in my Gay Pride Parade and I will fight to the death to protect the rights of the protesters to say what they want. It is called the US Constitution babe.
If she had really wanted to fuck with him, she should have hugged him.
It's tragic that she slapped him when there are so many guns available.
On a different note, I wish i had the balls to take part in something so inspiring.
Sigh. Not sure what the point of this comment is. I guess I'm just jealous reading Noel's account.
A fun visceral release, I'm sure, but a bad, bad idea. Ghandi and King won by being better than their oppressors. I'm sure it would have been fun to slap Bull Connor, but they knew it would have gotten them nowhere. What if next time everyone brought the evangelists muffins and juiceboxes?
If the opposite had occurred (the protester slapped the lesbian) the crowd would have called for his hanging. Hypocrisy is a funny thing.
Sometimes it's not about the political statement, it's about doing what you can be proud of yourself for.
I walked away from a situation like that once (not a religious guy, just a regular asshole), and I still feel bad that I didn't do or say a damn thing.
Fact is, the evangelicals are wrong. No, we shouldn't make our point by punching them out, but at least we feel so strongly that it is so difficult to walk away.
Minto had it right at #6
A little street justice every once in a while isn't necessarily a bad thing.
violence is never the answer.
use jesus agin' 'em & love your enemy. and make sure they know who's example you're following.
absent the diety thing, jesus was way cool. read the thomas jefferson bible or the gospel of thomas for more info.
the more you know...
I infinitely prefer to stand in front of them sucking face with the prettiest dyke I can find. A couple years ago it was a smokin' hot firefighter from SFD - she poured her water bottle down my cleavage (it was like 85 degrees), and we smooched right in front of the protesters. That makes their heads explode much better than whacking them. I generally am not in favor of making out with girls in front of straight guys - stupid straight porn has ruined that for everyone - but I'll make an exception in that case.
Sooo, did he, like, turn the other cheek, like Jeebuz commands?
Doesn't sound like it.
And anybody want to take bets that in 10 years the "victim" will be a bottom who's heavily into getting slapped on the cheek by his Dom?
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Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada appeared on CNNâs âAmerican Morningâ on Friday to discuss âAmazing Spider-Manâ #583, the upcoming issue featuring U.S. President Elect Barack Obama.
Referencing Obamaâs previously established credentials as a Spidey fan, Obama told CNNâs Alina Cho that the incoming Commander-and-Chief is âactually the future Nerd-and-Chief. We have a geek in the White House!â
Written by Zeb Wells with artwork by Todd Nauck and Frank D'Armata, âAmazing Spider-Manâ #583 features Peter Parker covering Obamaâs inauguration in Washington, D.C., and depicts Spider-Man and Obama sharing a fist-pound.
Asked what President Elect Obama could learn from Spider-Man, âNo matter how great his powers are, those things donât necessarily cure your day to day problems. You always have to remember where you come from and who you are.â
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And I've never even had to stand in a line longer than one person in front of me to pick up my ballot but this morning we were almost to the door in a line. Seriously, our little voting place is typically a ghost town but it was packed today! And We always go at 8am, so it's not that we went at a different time from previous elections - we didn't. The people are showing up to vote in droves today, it was intense.
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Swansea is the second largest City in Wales next to Cardiff. It is situated alongside the coast about 20 Miles South West of Cardiff on the Mouth of the river Tawe. Swansea is a vibrant modern City with many things to do and see in the area. There is a fabulous shopping Centre with some lovely shopping arcades, also within the town you'll find the largest indoor market in Wales (apparently you can get the best tasting Lava bread here)!
Swansea has some lovely parks and gardens with Singleton Park being a stonesthrow away from the City Centre and Clyne Country park just a few minutes drive away.
The picturesque town of Mumbles is just around the corner with Oystermouth Castle and the famous collection of bars and restaurants which make up 'Mumbles mile'.
The Gower Peninsular is just a 30 Minute drive away from Swansea, the Gower was the first area in the United Kingdom to be granted 'Area of outstanding Beauty' (AONB) status. It is a fabulous area renowned for its' isolated beaches, rugged scenery, fabulous views and magical castles.
Swansea was granted City status in 1969 to mark Prince Charles's investiture as the Prince of Wales. The announcement was made by the prince on 3 July 1969, during a tour of Wales.
Much of the town was flattened by bombings during World War II but you can still see some remains of the Castle within the City Centre.
In years gone by Swansea played a huge part in the export of Copper Industry earning its' nickname 'Copperopolis'. Nowadays, the revitalised dockland has been transformed into a peaceful waterside area known as the Maritime Quarter or SA1. Here you will find the Marina, Waterfront Museum, Art Galleries and of course Restaurants & Bars.
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Vicki, fabulous page about Swansea. It reminds me a lot on my few days in the city. At that time I used Swansea as a base to explore the Gower Peninsula with places like Oxwich Beach, Three Cliffs Bay, Rhossili Beach and Worms Head.
Some nice places here to visit. Would love to see Swansea Castle and the Clylne gardens would be a must visit for me! Have just seen some beautiful Rhododendrons in the Blue Mountains, Australia.
so swansea is more than a football team then :O)
Looks like a nice place, you would think there would be more swans though, i cant's see any on your pics.
I worked in Swansea for a couple of years in the late '70s and never cease to be amazed by how much it has changed. It is good to have updates from Tips like yours !
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By MICHEL MARRIOTT
Published: February 26, 1998
WHEN Microsoft bought WebTV Networks for $425 million last August, speculation began about how quickly pumped-up televisions would replace home computers as the electronic road to the Internet's super information highway. Why not? Television sets are a little like elbows and navels, went some of the thinking: just about everyone has them, but only 4 out of 10 American households have computers.
A complete WebTV system can be bought for less than $200 -- one-fifth the price of a bargain personal computer -- and that is encouraging to supporters of this emerging technology. They hope that the little black set-top boxes will prove to be a popular way for millions, especially the budget-conscious, to find their way to the Internet.
But sales of WebTV, the most established player in the Internet-television industry, have proved modest. They appear particularly disappointing, retailers say, when compared with the rapid adoption of video-cassette recorders. Even with recent improvements in how WebTV operates, and with Microsoft's deep pockets to herald the set-top boxes' features, doubts persist about whether there are enough bargain hunters to support the much-vaunted notion of convergence, the term used in the industry to describe the melding of technologies, like televisions and computers.
Yet some people, like Matthew York, believe that lots of people will want easy access to the Internet through their television sets. Last August he began Smart TV, a glossy magazine published six times a year that covers the dissolving edges that have for decades separated TV's and computers.
''I think the days of TV as we know them are numbered,'' said Mr. York, the magazine's editor and publisher. ''A major paradigm shift is taking place.''
WebTV tends to be no larger than a VCR and plugs into a television and a telephone jack. Some units, however, like those being offered by budding WebTV competitors like World Gate, @Home and Media One, depend more on cable to bring Internet services to standard television sets. In either case, the Internet comes to television with a fee. WebTV charges $19.99 per month, much like on-line services like America Online, for unlimited use.
Neither fish nor fowl, these set-top boxes do blend, with varying degrees of success, some of the best functions of computers and televisions. The user can use a specially designed remote control to move a highlight box around a television screen arranged with icons, clicking on the images to select WebTV functions.
Despite the apparent convenience and cost advantages of WebTV, consumers generally do not understand what Internet-television really is, suggested Aharn Schachter, vice president and general manager of Datavision, a Fifth Avenue electronics superstore in midtown Manhattan.
''This is not something that can be thrown into the superstore to be bought like bread or milk,'' Mr. Schachter said of WebTV. ''That can be done when everyone understands what it does.''
Some consumers wonder aloud whether Internet-television systems -- or, as some call them, Net-top boxes -- will be the eight-track cassette players of the 1990's, a transitory technology whose time may come and go faster than last year's fashions.
At least for now, WebTV could change television habits. Someone watching television with an Internet Net-top box could, for instance, tune in to ''Baywatch'' on the television, then click to the Web and check weekend weather forecasts for Malibu, read the history of lifeguarding or order autographed posters of David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson Lee, and send E-mail to the studio with plot suggestions for new episodes.
''We've taken this very complex hacker world that you need to be very savvy about, and we've tamed it to the point where it's ready for an average consumer,' said Steve Perlman, the 36-year-old chief executive of WebTV, which he co-founded in 1995.
So far, WebTV has 250,000 subscribers, Mr. Perlman said. That is surprisingly modest, many media experts agree, when compared with the 11 million subscribers to America Online, the biggest on-line service in the United States.
WebTV has been hard at work trying to entice more buyers, Mr. Perlman said. WebTV Plus, the company's latest and more expensive version, released in December, creates a Web-in-picture window on television screens so TV viewing does not have to be interrupted if a viewer wants to cruise the Internet. Unlike the ''Classic'' models, WebTV Plus has a hard drive.
This means that the box can receive and store frequently requested information, like weather reports, movie listings and incoming E-mail, even before you ask for it. The information is sent by the WebTV system of computers, or servers, in the middle of the night, when most viewers are asleep. The effect for the user is that those kinds of information appear almost instantaneously.
Yet WebTV, with or without a hard drive, cannot run computer software, like Quicken or Quake II, that is sold on diskettes or CD-ROM's. WebTV has no disk or CD-ROM players or means to attach them, but printers can be connected. Users also cannot store information they find on the Internet.


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The shares tumbled 7.4 percent to 69 fils, the lowest since May 2003, at the 2 p.m. close in Dubai. The stock has slumped 45 percent so far this year.
The second phase of a cost-reduction program will include a "reduction of administrative expenses, the amalgamation and further alignment of departments, a recalibration of budgets and a significant headcount reduction, which is primarily related to repositioning the brokerage business and associated operational and administrative expenses," Shuaa said in a statement to the Dubai bourse.
The United Arab Emirates' largest investment bank has reshuffled staff over the past year amid the global economic slowdown. Shuaa on Nov. 17 said it had a third-quarter loss of 156.2 million dirhams ($42.5 million) after making valuation adjustments and booking provisions. The company in May said it would eliminate 39 jobs, or 11 percent of its full-time employees.
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UNION, Mo. (AP) _ Attorneys for the Franklin County woman accused in last year's kidnapping of a baby and attack on the baby's mother today are expected to ask a judge for a change of venue.
Thirty-seven-year-old Shannon Torrez is accused of slashing the throat of Stephanie Oschenbine and kidnapping Oschenbine's 10-day-old daughter, Abby Woods, last September.
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Governor Tomblin: Delays Threaten W.Va. Medcaid Expansion
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It looks like folks in the Mountain State who were counting on Medicaid to expand might have to wait a little longer. That's because a letter sent out by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has raised serious question on whether West Virginia will be ready to expand it's program, which is required by the Healthcare Mandate.
Earlier this year Governor Tomblin announced the state would expand its Medicaid coverage as part of the federal health care overhaul.
As part of the change it's estimated that an extra 90-thousand people in the Mountain State would be eligible for the program.
Officials had hoped to unveil the plan in June, but that hasn't happened.
In a letter Governor Tomblin sent to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services he blamed federal delays as the reason the Mountain State hasn't rolled out their plan.
Governor Tomblin also said a number of his questions, including whose eligible for the program, haven't been answered.
A recent blog cites most of the answers Governor Tomblin is looking for can be found on a website established for the health care law.
Lea-Lea Nicholas-Campbell, a Fairview resident, told 5 News that Tomblin needs to get things figured out so residents in the Mountain State can get the coverage they need.
"I don't want to fall through the cracks, but we don't want a bunch of words on paper and things that (no one understands)," she said.
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Special thanks to co-host Stan Schultes, recent co-author on his book on DotNetNuke 5, Jessica Moss, Don Demsak, Carl Franklin, Pensacola Junior College, Main Campus, and the SQL Saturday Pensacola 2009 Team, especially Karla Remail, the live studio audience, and the many volunteers who made this show a reality!
I have reposted all of the Tool Shed Tooltips and Episode One and Episode Two with Hi Def default views, so the code and PowerPoint slides are crystal clear. Feel free to comment or email Russ Fustino on what tools you use and love and would like to see on future episodes.
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