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« on: February 08, 2007, 07:07:09 PM » |
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I've always found the Baptists -- particularly the Black Baptists -- the most eager to "pass-the-plate." Even as an eight year old, the sight of the collection plate passed around a congregation of otherwise poor people four times during a single service had convinced me of the "virtue" of atheism until I matured around age 17 or so.
And as far as social gospel is concerned, the Roman Catholic Church's propensity for it pales in comparison to the liberal Protestant sects.
But I can only agree with you about the exclusivity of the RCC. While the Church may be gaining converts in the Third World, here in the US, both the clergy and the laity conspire to keep potential converts out. I learned that the painful way back as a confused sophomore at LSU
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