[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=scaredyclassic]Historically the catholics were pretty aggressive prosyletizers.

Aren’t the catholics still trying to get their membership numbers up by focusing on Africa and south america vrecruiting?

My wife’s family is Catholic but I suspect they may be crypto Jews whose ancestors glad the inquisition and only pretended to be cathokics[/quote]

Scaredy: At the risk of sounding snarky, aren’t we all crypto Jews when it comes right down to it?

I’m Jesuit educated, so I completely agree about the “aggressive” proselytizing and it’s a big reason I don’t practice it myself. It goes without saying that the Catholic Church, like the United States, can alternate between good works and horrifingly bad behavior in equal measures.

That was one of my main points on not confusing religion and spirituality, along with not confusing the Bible with faith.

As a Catholic, I’m familiar with the liturgy, just as being a Jew, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the use of Judiaca and the highly ritualized religious rites it’s used for. I’m pretty sure that you can easily distinguish between religion and spirituality in that example.[/quote]

spirituality is a basic human emotion that religion tries to monetize?[/quote]

Scaredy: Absolutely. And if history is any guide, quite successfully at that.